Luca Pretolesi breaks down the technique of using parallel clipping for loud and punchy drums! This is a great approach for achieving maximum loudness without sacrificing clarity. By applying parallel clipping at the end of your mix, you can enhance the drums' impact and bring out the best in your tracks. Try it out and experience the difference! 

Today is all about that bass! Luca Pretolesi will be going over the technical intricacies of widening your drums using just two powerful plugins - Space Control and Spiff. He will be demonstrating this technique using Tech Panda's track "Talk To Me Nice". Discover how this approach can influence not just your drum sound, but trigger insights on arranging a song! 

Luca Pretolesi shares tips and tricks from the official mastering session for Dylan & Harry's house hit " Give It To You Like." Learn how to use Compression, Sidechain, Multiband, EQ, Clipping, Stereo Width, and more for industry standard loudness that translates in any speakers. Apply these techniques to your songs for amazing results in any style of dance music, house or EDM mastering.

Learn Advanced Sidechain Compression techniques from 11x Grammy Nominated Engineer LUCA Pretolesi. Utilize multiple busses and compressors to make the instruments in your track glue together for professionally mixed results. Discover how Sidechain can be used across your drums, bass, synths, and more, in our complete course at MyMixLab.com

Luca shares his expertise, guiding you through the essential components of the mastering process and what to avoid, especially when self mastering. This video will cover all that you need to know from the FabFilter Pro L and the Standard Clip so that you can take your master to the next level.

Reid Stefan teaches you the beginner basics of Clipping using StandardClip. This course covers the common Clipping features such as Saturation, audio meters, Oversampling, ceiling, and more. Learn how to shape your tone like a pro with this 13+ minute tutorial that breaks down everything you need to master your Clipping Plugins.

In this week’s all new course, Reid Stefan teaches his complete vocal chain and workflow for recording vocals like a pro. This tutorial covers everything from the mic, to hardware processing, into the Apollo interface and Console app where Reid creates a headphone mix for any vocalist. This course also covers the correct levels for recording vocals with and without hardware in between your microphone and interface. After recording vocals Reid uses LUFS metering plugins to check the levels of vocals against other mix groups such as Drums, synths, and mastering.

Learn how to Master hpouse tracks in Ableton 12 with 100% Stock Plugins using Reid Stefan's updated 2025 Mymixlab Master Chain. This course covers all the setup steps from gain staging,eq,dynamics,saturation,clipping,limiting, and more! Download the final preset as an ADG file to easily drag and drop into any Ableton Project

This course introduces Luca Pretolesi original technique of mid-range compression, a method he developed to enhance presence and clarity in your mix. The technique focuses on compressing the mid-range frequencies to achieve greater definition, ensuring that important elements in a mix stand out without sounding overly harsh. Since its inception, this approach has been widely embraced by other engineers, with several online videos and discussions further exploring the concept and its applications. The course provides a detailed breakdown of how this technique works and how it can be used to improve your mixes.

Digital vs. Analog EQ Emulation: what is the difference, and does it really matter? Luca Pretolesi dives into this critical topic, breaking down the nuances between true analog hardware and digital emulations. Understanding the strengths and limitations of both worlds can completely transform how you approach mixing and mastering. Get the inside look at how Luca decides what works best for the sound and why choosing the right tool is everything.