What should I fill them with? All answers welcome. Budget-friendly answers preferred. These will be open-back, porous traps covered with discount fabric. Cheers!

We’re going to film a video called “mix trick or trash?” for YouTube. Well read out a common mixing tip, then each vote if it’s a great trick, or total trash. What are the most controversial mixing tips and tricks you can think of that we could cover?

I have tried 6 ways to Sunday and I can't get the desired result with the loopback signal. Always a hot mess of distortion or signal to noise ratio being low. I've searched the forums and the interwebs and cannot find any fix or trick to get it to work. HELP!!! Cheers.

Hey everyone, Excited to announce that we're hosting a free event this Friday called "The Successful Home Studio". On this exclusive Zoom webinar you'll learn directly from Mastering.com alumni about how they have reached a professional level in their production, mixing and mastering skills. They'll be sharing their stories and best tips for how you can make fast progress with your music in 2026, and finally make the leap to industry-standard quality. This event will also act as an open day for anyone interested in our flagship program, The Reverse Engineer. It's your chance to learn more about how it works, what the day to day is like, the admissions process etc. Plus, we'll be sharing the details of a special New Year package for anyone who joins The Reverse Engineer before the end of January. It's a higher level of hands-on help than anything we've ever done before, so if you're thinking about joining anyway, be sure to come along to find out more. The Successful Home Studio takes place on Friday, January 16th, at 9am Pacific / 12pm Eastern Time / 5pm UK / 6pm Central European time. You can find the event in the Calendar section here in Skool, or by going to this link: https://www.skool.com/mastering/calendar?eid=2f259778fb3049189699265424fbf50a See you there, Rob

I often think about what our mission is at Mastering.com. It's something that's constantly in flux. On the surface, it's pretty simple... to become the world's #1 audio school. But why bother? Why is that important? Ultimately, it comes back to music. And I believe that music is undergoing a radical change right now (along with many other forms of art). The act of creation is shifting. AI is forcing us to ask questions about what music and creativity means. And without going on a massive detour around all the different reasons why music is important (maybe another time)... I keep coming back to one core idea: Pure creativity. Being a "purist" is not always a good thing... But the more time goes in, I keep coming back to this word. -- → What is "pure creativity"? Pure. What does it mean? A quick Google defines the word as: "Not mixed or adulterated with any other substance or material." There are so many ways in which the creative music making process can be adulterated in today's world. I think it will become increasingly important to defend against these influences as time goes on. There are many practical decisions you will need to make as a musician and artist that will become increasingly vital. -- → How much of the production, mixing and mastering process do you hand off to others? Since you're reading this and you're on our mailing list, it probably means you've already decided that taking the production process into your own hands is important to you. I think this will become increasingly so, and the alignment and ownership of all elements of the music creation process will help you create in the purest way possible. Of course, there is a benefit to collaborating with third parties, and it simply depends on your goal. But the ability to write, record, produce, mix and master music yourself puts you, the creator, at the center of it all. -- → How much are you willing to use AI? This is the big one, and the talking point.