Stem Mixing or "Stem Mastering"
is a hybrid between our mixing package and our mastering-only package, designed for artists with fully- or partly-mixed songs.
Mixing from stems enables us to do almost everything we would during the mixing stage–punchier drums, tighter low end,
vocals more up front–all while retaining the essential character of your existing mix.
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Before clip raised in volume for more accurate comparison. Hear the full song from rapper Deja at The Ozone Lair.
With stem mixing, you're giving us more to work with than you would for mastering (a single audio file), but less than you would
for mixing (all of the track layers separated). You take all of your individual tracks and export them in groups called "stems."
A stem, also known as a submix, subgroup, or bus track, is a single audio file made by combining similar tracks. For example, you can create a "vocal stem" by soloing
all vocal layers simultaneously and exporting them as a single stereo audio file. Unlike for traditional mixing, you should leave all
of your volume, panning, plugins, and automation enabled when exporting stems.
With Stem Mixing, we literally "fix your mix":
we take care of any technical issues
while leaving the creative aspect of the mix to you or your engineer.
Stem Mixing Is Great For:
• Artists who mix their own music
• Producers and engineers who mix their own projects but want fresh ears to tweak their mixes after spending many days or weeks on a project
• Rappers or singers who purchase beats/instrumentals online and only have access to the stereo instrumental file and their vocals
More About Our Stem Mixing Service
• What you'll send us: up to 7 stem files per song, depending on how much flexibility you want to give us (more stems gives us more control over the sound).
• $80/song
• Mastering included
• The essential character of your existing mix is retained.
• 30 days free revisions
• Generally does not include automation (volume rides, EQ changes from section-to-section, etc.)
Music based on electronic drums (rap, pop, techno)
1. Vocals
2. Synths
3. Kick
4. 808
5. Bassline
6. Snares/claps
7. All other percussion (hi hats, shaker, crash, etc.) and sound effects
Music with live drums (rock, jazz, country)
1. Vocals
2. Guitars
3. Bass
4. Kick
5. Snare
6. All other drum mics: rooms/overheads/toms/etc.
7. Synth/strings/miscellaneous
Singer/songwriter, no drums
1. Lead vocal
2. Background vocals
3. Acoustic guitar
4. Tambourine
