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[Stuart Smith]

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in general terms what are the sorts of things i could look at to improve my mixes so when i play them i hear big, clear wide audio. i feel like there's something I'm missing and thought i would post the situation on here and pick peoples brains.

for the record I've been mixing for 15 years in a home studio setup that's 100% plugins and cross reference my mixes on AT-ATH40's.

thanks!

Edited March 28, 2024 by Stuart Smith

[Starship Krupa]

It would be easier to give advice if we could hear one of the current mixes that you would like to improve.

Oz-Soft Xpander and Polyverse Wider are two of my favorite freeware widening plug-ins.

It might also do to get familiar with Mid-Side processing, where you apply different processing to the mid and side parts of a stereo source. When done with compression, especially, it can make for interesting spatial results.