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03/11/2025

Cubic Mixing (exclusive content to TJ Tunez Universe )

⬛Cubic Mixing is basically when you visualise your mix as a square, rather than a stage, let's clarify a bit
⭕Imagine your song contains the following instruments playing together on the drop section
➡️Piano, Guitar, Kick, Bass, Marimba, Pad and synth
Assuming they all play at the natural volume (you haven't mixed anything yet)

I often rearrange my tracks by the order of importance/loudness,e.g
1️⃣Kick (solid foundation)
2️⃣Bass (tight low-end)
3️⃣Piano (chord progressions)
4️⃣Synth (rhythmic chord progressions)
5️⃣Guitar (harmonic balancer)
6️⃣Marimba (melody enhancer)
7️⃣Pad (atmosphere)

After doing that it will be easier to head to cubic mixing where you think of your mix in 3 main ways
1️⃣Front or back (volume)
2️⃣Left or right (panning)
3️⃣Up or down (enhanced stereo field)

Let's step into it in the upcoming post ❤️

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03/11/2025

02/11/2025

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31/10/2025

🖐🏻Let's mention the most popular topic in music production, which is of course, Reverberation (known as reverb to many),so what is it?

➡️Well, reverb in simple words is the space around your instrument and the room it lives in.... I sense confusion or but,let me walk a bit inside your head
"You know reverb as that echo effect, you're not right, not wrong either,in fact I'll give you half-right😜"
➡️Echo effect is the combination of reverb and delay,
✔️Reverb is naturally caused by sound bouncing around a room or space
➡️E.g think of a woman walking into an empty hall wearing heels 👠,can you imagine how the sound of heels will bounce around the hall,that bouncing sound is called reverb
➡️Delay is simply repetition of sound after a certain time, usually in milliseconds (but that's a topic for another day

✔️What reverb does?
📗It thickens your sound, particularly in the low frequencies
📗It creates a sense of space, that's why it's ideal to use it on wide sounds
📗It creates a room around you sound, that's why you may feel like the sound is floating

🪫But overusing reverb may muddy your mix, because imagine if all instruments in your song are thick,are floating and are spacy,it will be hard to note which frequencies are particularly giving you a problem

📌Bonus Tip:
Use as little reverb as possible and ensure that you low-cut/high pass frequencies every time you use it

We'll dive more into it,in the upcoming posts, so stay tuned 😃

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31/10/2025

📊Smart Composition (With Mixing and Mastering in mind)
📘Being a producer is not about making a few big decisions, it's about making many small ones that build up over time, and work in your favour,so let's dive into it

😉So let's talk about it, how do you compose with mixing and mastering in mind

🖐🏻Let me work inside your head for a minute,you once started composing a song, but by chance didn't finish it up, I know, but that doesn't mean you you must skip any songs you have in mind

➡️The point is to stay minimal,one instrument at a time,so let's make an example
1️⃣If you plan to create a viby energetic song, it's best to start with rhythmic instruments
✔️ Drums (kick,bass,snares, cymbals etc)

1️⃣If you plan to have emotions/stories in your song,then start with expressive instruments
✔️ Piano/Vocals (most common), guitar, trumpet, violin or saxophone

3️⃣If you plan to create some sort of movement and atmosphere,then consider having naturally wide or adjustable instruments
✔️ Synth, pads, syncopated bass, reverb cello

⬇️It's a start but the point is to work on one instrument at a time bearing in mind that it works well with what's already there,
➡️If you know the most important element in your song, you'll immediately know how to approach mixing and mastering

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30/10/2025

Consistency in the form of a man,big up to Yung Quan for the hardwork you've put into your work, after listening to songs dropped into our mail box, you took the top spot,congrats 👏🏻🎉🎉

30/10/2025

Art in making ❤️❤️❤️

30/10/2025

🫅🏻Just completed my Sound Engineering Course 🎇🎆
I thought I should start giving you more from here

➡️We're stepping into a new chapter, exclusive to this page,so if you're new, be sure to hit that follow button, comment and share, your engagement keeps us going

⬇️Chapter 1: Music Production Trilogy
Composition + Mix + Master

🤔I'm sure you're like "we've discussed these things before, why are we back here again", I'll show you why, but first think about what popular pro producers usually tell you

🔋You song is not bad,🪫 your mix is
Or
🔉Your song sounds static (linear/flat)

But you don't know what they mean exactly, well at the end of this chapter you will, we'll focus on the creative side of music production before diving into technical, which forms about 20% of your song, otherwise it would sound like it was made by AI right?

📊Let's discuss how this trilogy works
📘Composition - this is where you choose the instruments of your song, how they each work together,e.g
Piano for melody, guitar for chord progression
Drums for rhythm

📗Mix and master📘
📌Mixing is where you ensure that each element has its own space in the mix and your song is balanced and enjoyable to listen to

📍Mastering is where you make sure all those elements sound cohesive and consistent, meaning you do small changes that uplift your song as a whole, not individual instruments

➡️If this resonates with you,be sure to follow TJ Tunez Universe to learn more about music production