Harsh mixes are rarely caused by one thing. What you're usually hearing is several sources — cymbals, guitars, vocals — each with their own dynamic harshness, all landing at the same time.

EQ feels like the obvious fix, but because harshness is d...

Channel strips are one of the most powerful tools sitting in most people's plugin folder, and one of the least understood. Open one up and you're faced with filters, compression, EQ, and a handful of buttons that don't explain themselves. So a lot...

If your mixes feel loud but not impactful, this new video will help. I break down what “punch” actually is, where it comes from, and how to shape it so your kick, snare, bass, guitars and vocals hit with clarity and confidence. It’s a simple, prac...

If mixing guitars often leaves you overwhelmed, second-guessing your choices, or endlessly cycling through plugins… this video is for you.

I’ve put together a short, practical guide featuring 5 of my go-to guitar mixing plugins—each one chosen...

 If you’ve ever added compression to a bass guitar and still felt like something wasn’t quite right, you’re not alone. Bass is one of the hardest instruments to get sitting well in a mix—and it’s easy to overthink it or second guess yourself.

In ...

 Let’s be honest—compression is one of those concepts that takes a while to fully click. There are so many types—Optical, VCA, FET, Vari-Mu, Diode Bridge—and for a lot of home studio musicians, it just adds to the overwhelm.

In my latest video...

If you’ve ever struggled to get your acoustic guitars sitting just right in a mix—balanced, present, and natural—but without sounding squashed or artificial, this new YouTube video is for you.

In it, I break down how compression can help solve co...

A new video from me where I talk about multiband compression vs dynamic EQ, how they’re different and why you might choose one over the other.

I show you how I'm using both on my vocal chain, in multiple instances, and discuss why each one is the...

Hearing Compression

Mix bus compression is often used to bring a cohesiveness to a mix, sometime called "glue", so the instruments and vocals gel together in a recognisable way, giving the sound of a professionally mixed record.

The disadvantage...

The God Particle plugin is an all in one mix bus plugin that uses Jaycen Joshua’s signature sound to get you focusing more on the creative process without all the faffing around. I give it a spin to see what it does and if it can give my mix bus p...