REFERENCE is the perfect tool for quickly comparing your track to your favorite mixes. That’s why it’s important to use reference mixes to make sure you stay on target while mastering. If you spend enough time tweaking knobs, you can lose perspective and think that what you’re doing sounds great when it might not. Read on to learn some of our favorite tips for adding focus, width, and depth to your masters using mid/side EQ. That’s why we put together this blog to help you enhance your tracks using mid/side EQ while mastering. However, it can also quickly throw your mix off-balance or even cause phase problems if you don’t know what you’re doing. When used correctly, mid/side EQ gives you additional control over stereo tracks and can even be used to isolate instruments in the mix. Mid/side EQ lets you adjust frequencies in the center of a stereo track separately from the sides, which can be an extremely useful technique for mastering.
