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Preparing your files

Ten minutes here saves a week of back-and-forth. Follow this and your mix starts the day your files land.

The checklist

  1. WAV, 24-bit, at the project's sample rate. Don't convert to 44.1k or 48k if you recorded at something else, and don't send MP3s.
  2. Every stem starts at bar 1 (0:00). Consolidate or bounce each track from the very start of the song, even if it doesn't play until the last chorus. Everything should line up when dropped into a new session.
  3. One file per track. Mono sources stay mono, stereo stays stereo.
  4. Turn off master-bus processing. No limiter, compressor or EQ on the master when you export. Leave a few dB of headroom; nothing should clip.
  5. Dry, plus processed where it matters. If an effect is part of the sound (a particular delay, a synth patch, amp sim), send both the dry and the processed version.
  6. DIs for guitars and bass. Send the clean DI alongside the amped track so I can re-amp if needed.
  7. Name things clearly. 01_Kick_In.wav, 14_Vox_Lead.wav, 15_Vox_Dbl_L.wav. Not Audio 1_03.wav.
  8. Tell me the tempo and key. Put them in the folder name or a text file, e.g. FaultLines_128bpm_Am.
  9. Include your rough mix and one or two reference tracks, so I know where you're heading.

Sending them

Zip the folder and send a link through WeTransfer, Dropbox or Google Drive. Put the song title in the zip name. One zip per song keeps things tidy on an EP or album.

Not sure how?

Every DAW does this slightly differently. If you get stuck, message me which one you use and I'll walk you through it. It's quicker than guessing.

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