🔥 Live Online Event: Fix-The-Mix™ Challenge 🔥

Turn frustration into satisfaction.

Give us a few hours of your time, and we'll teach you the "reverse" framework for reaching industry-standard quality in your mixes — so you can start feeling CONFIDENT 💪 in the quality of your work

Starts Wednesday, February 22nd, at 10am Pacific
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Introducing...

Fix-The-Mix™ 
Challenge

WHAT IS IT?

This is a 3-day, live challenge that’s going to help you fix your mix...

So you can finally achieve the sound you have in your head — and get more satisfaction and self-confidence from your music.

How? By leveraging objective knowledge & techniques to identify exactly what’s wrong with your mix.

By the end, you'll be able to hear and identify problems better (with less trial and error) and improve the "first shot" translation of your mixes and masters.

Starts Wednesday, February 22nd, at 10am Pacific
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"I gotta say, I learned more practical material here in a few months than I did at a 4 year university"

Kevin Koelzer — Acoustic Guitarist & Audio Engineer

MEET YOUR COACHES:
CALEB LOVELESS & JAKE KODWEIS

Caleb Loveless is a 25-year veteran in the industry and co-owner of Slowave Studios and Black Fox Mastering. Caleb has worked as a songwriter, producer and mix/mastering engineer for charting artists, some of the world’s largest brands and major film/TV studios.

Rob Mayzes is a musician, mixing engineer and educator from Oxford, England. Rob has dedicated his life to teaching producers and engineers how to hone their craft and do what they love for a living, and has been teaching online since 2015.

Jake Kodweis is a music producer, songwriter, and educator. Jake signed his first record label deal in 2005, has licensed over 1,500 tracks, and helped thousands of artists achieve their true potential and build their music careers.

DAY #1: MASTERING

We’re going to demonstrate the mastering process live on a track and walk you through the objective analysis process. You'll quickly see that a poor mix can't be fixed in the mastering phase.
LISTENING
Analyze a track and figure out what's missing.
EQ
The best way to use EQ to fix the sonic spectrum.
DYNAMICS
Use compression & limiting to fix volume & dynamics. 

DAY #2: MIXING

We’re going to show you how to identify the root problems in the mix — and give you some heavy-hitting mixing concepts to fix these at the source.
BALANCING
Why volume balancing should be your go-to fix.
VOCALS
How to make your vocals stand out and sound pro.
REVERB & DELAY
Prevent your mix from sounding muddy or thin.

DAY #3: FINALIZING

Now that we've fixed the issues in the mix, we'll go back and master it again to see the difference. But first, we'll walk you through the entire mix and break down every decision.
MIX WALKTHROUGH
Get a full breakdown of the final mix and the decisions made.
LIVE MASTER
Then we'll peel back the curtains on a live master.
BEFORE/AFTER
See the result of focusing on the objective first.

Ready to break out of the plateau?

Here's the transformation you can expect if you join the challenge...

BEFORE 
the challenge

  • Unsure why your mixes don't sound right.
  • Overwhelmed with all the info on YouTube.
  • No idea what to focus on to take your mixes from good to great.
  • Your music isn't getting any traction.
  • You're struggling to find clients who will pay you well.

AFTER 
the challenge

  • You know exactly what to do to fix your mix.
  • You know what information you can ignore.
  • You know exactly what to focus on to improve.
  • The increase in the quality of your music leads to more exposure.
  • Your portfolio improves and you attract better clients.

"More useful than anything I've consumed in the past 2/3 years I've been producing"

Cormac Paul — Self-Producing Artist

You got questions? We have answers.

How much does it cost?
It costs just $9 to get a ticket to the full 3-day event. You also get 30 days after the event to request a refund.

What if my mix is too bad to be fixed?
If anything, the earlier you are in your journey, and the further your mixes are from a pro standard... the bigger the improvement you're going to see.

Equally, if your mix is 90% of the way there, and you've been searching for that last 10% - objective analysis will help you figure out exactly what's missing.
My room isn't acoustically treated, does that matter?
Having a good room will certainly help you identify what's wrong with your mix. That's why room tuning is a major part of our flagship program, The Reverse Engineer™. 

But just like training your ears, there are stages to this process. You don't need a perfect room to significantly improve your mixes. You should continue to improve the quality of your work while gaining new knowledge IN TANDEM with improving on your room over the long-term. Otherwise, you'll get stuck on your room and won't make any progress until you have the "perfect" setup... which we both know doesn't really exist.
Can't I just figure this out on my own?
How has that worked for you so far? Sure, you could learn eventually this stuff through repetition and practice... but it's going to take you decades to get to the same point as everyone else. Instead of reinventing the wheel, it's much quicker to learn from somebody else's experience and mistakes.
How long do the sessions last?
Session length will vary from day to day. The first day will be the shortest, but anywhere from 3-5 hours a day can be expected.  If you cannot attend live, you can always watch the replay.
I don't have time to do ear training before the challenge - will I still benefit?
We'll show you techniques that don't rely on your having great hearing. 

Yes, ear training is incredibly important. But you can still drastically improve your mixes while you're working on your hearing over the long-term.
Is this for a specific genre or type of music?
No, what you're going to learn is totally agnostic to the genre of music. 

Remember, it's mastering the SCIENTIFIC aspect of music production that's important. Once you do that, you have the building blocks for any genre or type of music.
What DAW are you going to use?
It doesn't matter - the techniques you use are the exact same in all DAWs. You'll be able to follow along regardless of which DAW you use.
Am I going to need a bunch of expensive software/plugins to see results?
No. Better gear will certainly help BUT the first step is developing your knowledge and skills. 

Only after that should you think about upgrading your gear. That way, you're using it to it's full potential, instead of having a bunch of expensive gear you don't actually know how to use.
What's the refund policy?
You have 30 days after the live event to get a full refund. This means you can watch the entire event FIRST, then decide if you want to get a refund or not. If you're not happy for any reason, we'll refund every cent, no questions asked.
Will there be a replay?
Yes, a complete recording of the live event will be made available for replay. For standard registrants, replays are available for one week after the event. VIP registrants get unlimited access to replays. 
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