Just bought an old MCU Pro controller for a very good price. I need to replace the LCD displays bc they go old and stop shining. (Got the replacements all ready) And it also makes a funky humming noise, i think is because the LCD needs high voltage to work but since they don't shine anymore, they are overloading the component that supply the high voltage. (Not the main power supply) Ive just disassembled some parts of it and it has a lot of different screw types had to put them on different containers so i dont get them mixed up. A fun restoration project of a great piece of gear. Ill aim to make it work good as new so i can implement it to my mixing workflow The jog wheel its a bit bent too, ill see what i can do about that.

So I’m working on track for a client and he keeps on coming back at me with mix notes that are more about feeling versus technicalities.. How do you guys deal with these types of mix notes? I feel like where he wants me to take the song is not where it can go. Like he’s trying to make the song something it’s not..and based on the production plus vocal performance wise it can’t go there.. I’m pullin’ out my hair!!

Dope little article about some of the Grammy nominations and their loudness and dynamic practices. https://waveinformer.com/2026/01/28/2026-grammy-mastering-analysis/

Fam! Lets kick off our first community Mix Lab on Monday February 9th. How does 3pm MST sound? In the Mix Lab, the song is the Constant. The Engineer is the Variable. When we strip away the "competition" (who is loudest, etc.), we are left with pure interpretation. The why did you do what you did, opens us up to a conversation, where we are learning from each other and discussing elements that we may have missed and interpreted differently than others. The Mix Lab is about proving there are multiple right answers. Come to this lab not to see who has the best mix, but to see how many different ways this song can exist. You will leave not with a trophy, but with a new technique for your own toolkit.

Touching on what @Pedro Arechiga was talking about, mixing from the top down, I usually start with some NLS.. just one.. and I usually find that Mike works best.. Then when I bypass and activate, the difference is night and day!! I know @Dom Mendoza does something similar.