Your stems can be sent to us via Wetransfer, Drop Box, Google Drive etc.

MASTERING

Please provide a 24 bit 44.1khz file of your mix with any limiting on master bus disabled.

MIXING

If you have a rough mix that you want me to improve on then I’d like to start mixing from that point.

In this case you should provide two sets of stems in separate folders.

1. WET – these are stems with your effects (insert and send/return), EQs, compression left on (please disable all master bus processing).

2. DRY – These are raw files with your processing turned off. If there is an effect or process that is integral to the sound or arrangement (like automated effects and sweeping filters, delays, autotuning, distortion etc.) then leave this active but disable your EQ and compression. I’ll leave it to you to decide on what is important in this case.

If you have no rough mix and you’d like me to start completely from scratch then only provide the DRY stems.

In both cases the following steps should apply in creating your stems. Please:

– provide a WAV or AIFF version of your rough mix for reference (turn off limiting on the master bus).

– provide consolidated AIFF/WAV files that all start from the same position.

– make sure all files have appropriate names (“Lead Vocal” is better than “Audio-12″…)

– export 24 Bit or 32 Bit audio files.

– export at 44.1kHz sample rate (or the native sample rate of your project).

– load your stems into an empty project and check them through to make sure you’re happy with them before sending.

– provide the song tempo.

– do not normalise the audio files.

– provide as many mix notes / reference tracks as you like.