The 4 Frequencies That Ruin Mixes and How to Hear Them

If your mixes sound almost right but something keeps nagging at you; a heaviness you can't shift, a sharpness that wears you down, a quality you can't quite name then chances are one of these four frequency areas is the culprit.

In this video I walk you through the four frequency areas I come back to most often when working through student mixes. Rather than pointing at numbers on a curve, I've tried to describe what each one actually sounds like — with real world references that will help you recognise them by ear, in your own mixes, before you've even reached for a plugin. I've also put together a free set of pink noise reference tracks to help you train your ears between sessions. You'll find the download link in the video description.