Mix Sessions

Room acoustics play a decisive role in how your mixes translate. In this Mix Session, Jan Muths breaks down how standing waves, room modes, speaker boundary interference and early reflections influence what you hear — and why untreated rooms often lead to inconsistent low end, unclear midrange and unreliable stereo imaging. You’ll learn how to approach acoustic treatment methodically: where to place bass traps, how to identify first reflection points using the mirror technique, why room symmetry matters, and how to position and angle your studio monitors correctly. The session also explains practical speaker calibration using pink noise, when room correction software can be helpful, and why soundproofing is not the same as acoustic treatment. Rather than chasing expensive upgrades, this episode shows how small, well-targeted improvements to your listening environment can dramatically increase confidence, clarity and translation — even in a typical home studio.

If your mix sounds great in the studio but falls apart in the car or on other speakers, your monitoring and room acoustics may be the real issue. In this episode, you’ll learn how speaker placement, standing waves, and reflections affect what you hear — and discover practical steps to improve translation and mix with greater confidence.

Why does mixing sometimes feel effortless, and other times like a constant struggle? In this Mix Session, Jan Muths explores how poor workflow — not lack of talent or plugins — is often the real reason mixing gets hard. You’ll learn why recording, editing, and mixing should be treated as separate phases, how preparation and focus affect decision-making, and how better structure removes creative roadblocks before they appear.

Live from Mix Artist Studio - What really matters in mixing. Spoiler: it's not the plugins.