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Mix Coach

Readings against the genre target and a reference — as a prioritised to-do list with concrete steps.

The tells you what was measured. The Mix Coach tells you what to do about it — in the right order. It sorts everything into critical, important and polish and gives each item a reading, a target and concrete steps.

The Mix Coach: prioritised to-do list on the left, readings against the target on the right.

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Choose a fileA bounce from projects, references, releases or the library, optionally with a reference.
Target and stageChoose the target genre and “mix bounce” or “master” — the rules differ.
Work through itCritical first. Tick off each item once it is done.
Measure againBounce again after the changes and compare. Copy the list as text or write it to the mix log.

The rules it measures by

Parameter	Range	What for
True peak	≤ −1.0 dBTP	Above that it distorts after encoding — always critical
Loudness	per genre	Not a flat −14 LUFS; with low crest it never suggests more limiting
Crest factor	≥ 6 dB (master), ≥ 8 dB (mix)	Below that it is over-compressed
Bass mono	correlation < 150 Hz ≥ 0.9	So the carries everywhere
Mix headroom	peak −8 … −4 dBFS	Mix bounce only; spots a forgotten limiter
Bands	±3 dB vs. reference	Critical from ±6 dB; without a reference only a rough plausibility check

Try it yourself · AN-13

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