A solo project called DOSIMO. It doesn’t sound like anything I’ve released before. It’s slower. Heavier. Feels like it’s coming from a different place entirely. The first release lands at the end of April, but I’ve started sharing fragments of it. This is one piece of it. The rest is unfolding here: instagram.com/dosimo.music/ Open to any thoughts. Especially on the visuals and how it’s coming across so far.

So I'm really struggling and wondering if there is anyone who has time to "uncomplicate" a few things for me in realtime? The whole LUFS, VU and peak stuff is starting to overwhelm me. I first remember seeing it mentioned when Jake used to do the mixes. But he would only normalise gain. His mixes sounded awesome, and as far as I can remember he didn't go into all the metering. He simply made sure nothing clipped above -10, then carried on with his volume balance. I was learning this way for years but it feels like everything has changed. Now it seems it's essential to use the meters etc. So was Jake doing it wrong all this time, or am I just really missing something? I really feel lost and would like some simple guidance. Ideally just one or maybe two people because it seems nobody can really agree on anything when it comes to methods. I've been doing this for years! Hopefully someone can help me get at least one decent mix to my name? I don't want to give up, but it seems pointless trying to learn when the structure keeps changing! I have a mix that I am currently going through but I only get as far as listening on replay these days! I try and follow along with the tutorials but everything seems so back-to-front when I delve into my own work. Then there are people saying plug-ins don't matter and stock is just as good, but when I ask a question about how to do something I get told to buy a million different plug-ins. Or when I try and follow a tutorial, and they have a plug-in I don't have, I then get told any plug of the same nature will do! It's like people don't want to help each other anymore and just want to make things a complicated as possible! PLEASE HELP! I'm from the UK if that helps also. There was a guy who said he'd be willing to Do like live meetings with me, that would have been awesome! But I haven't heard back from him recently and I have forgot his name! If you see this, is the offer still open?

I’ve watched a lot of videos where the limiter is set to -0.1, but the ones I have been watching lately go to -0.2 or -0.3. I notice Rob has his at -0.5 at the beginning of the recent VU video. Why the difference in numbers? It all seemed fine at -0.1.

UPDATE: thanks for the feedback! Here's a fresh mix, your notes were so very helpful everyone 🙏 https://on.soundcloud.com/eSdfB0X1kNBSkJv4hZ OG POST: An indie film studio hired me to write, produce and mix a track for an upcoming film! This is my first time doing a sync licensing project and I've been working hard all week to get it done ^_^ But. My ears are really tired at this point. Here's the first mix, planning to take another stab at it tomorrow. In the meantime, I'd really love to get your thoughts!! Please lmk if you have any feedback. https://on.soundcloud.com/5N5FCDvolEcXfLKpY9 This is a Charli XCX / bbno$ / blackpink inspired track. For a car chase scene! So excited.

While studying the SSL 4000 E Channel Strip, I stumbled on info that completely changed how I think about music production process. It defined my new direction where I want to go next in my journey -> dive deeper into producer skills of sound selection. It turned out, in the past engineers didn’t rely on endless plugins to fix a mix later.There was no “I’ll repair it in mixing” approach. Instead, they relied heavily on the quality of the source and the great sound selection so sounds fit together without forcing. Once it hit the SSL console and a few pieces of outboard gear, that was basically the mix. No 50 plugins. Quick mixing decisions for each channel. No endless tweaking. Just great sounds going in. I was like “whaaaat… only SSL console?” Suddenly I caught myself doing exactly that, relying heavily on forcing the sounds to fit together later in mixing. I realized I have absolutely no strategy in sound selection. It cannot be just “oh I like it”. So, that it's one of the most important lessons in this March 2026. Focusing now on new direction, on how producers are good at the sound selection. How to do it.