FILE SHARING INSTRUCTIONS

Failure to follow the instructions below may cause delays to your project, cost you extra money, and reduce the quality of your mix.


Use Dropbox or WeTransfer to share your files with me.

For mastering, send me your final mixes.

    WHAT TO SEND FOR MIXING

    • The Artist, Song, and BPM in each track’s folder name: ”Artist_Song_120BPM”
    • Your rough mix
    • Your Pro Tools session or your exported stems (see below) from any other DAW

    STEM GUIDELINES

    The more time I spend troubleshooting your stems, the less time I spend mixing your track.


    Do these 7 things right the first time:

    1. Make sure all your stems LINE UP AT THE SAME STARTING POINT
    2. Export MONO TRACKS AS MONO FILES and STEREO TRACKS AS STEREO FILES
    3. NAME your exported stems SIMPLY and ACCURATELY
    4. Export at the SAME RESOLUTION AS ORIGINALLY RECORDED in your session
    5. DO NOT NORMALIZE OR DITHER your exports
    6. Send me GOOD AUDIO with CLEAN EDITS and NO DIGITIAL CLIPPING (This is YOUR music.)
    7. CHECK YOUR EXPORTS before sharing to confirm you’re sending me ALL THE RIGHT TRACKS that FOLLOW THESE GUIDELINES

    RAW OR PROCESSSED?

    It depends. If you send me processed (”wet”) stems, then with all my channels zeroed I should get your mix how you left it. If this sounds good, I can build on your results. If your mix wasn’t working, it may take me longer to fix things than if I had started fresh. If you’re not sure, send me both and I’ll use whatever serves my mix best. You can also pick and choose, sending me processed stems only for tracks where you specifically want to keep the sound you’ve already acheived, like an effect or special treatment. Otherwise send me all raw (”dry”) audio and I’ll build my mix from scratch.


    YouTube videos on sharing stems from popular DAWs other than Pro Tools:

    SHARING FROM LOGIC


    SHARING FROM ABLETON



    Questions? Email me.

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