Stems & Recording
What stems are, how to export them from your DAW or multitrack recorder, and how to record a band rehearsal so the tracks are actually mixable.
Piano and Voice: Recording a Keyboard Direct vs an Upright With Mics
A digital piano through two cables and an upright with two mics are different recordings with different problems. What to plug in, where to put the mics, and how each one mixes.
How to Record and Mix Guitar and Voice at Home With One Interface
Two inputs, two mics, one take. How to place them so the guitar stays out of the vocal mic, when to overdub instead, and what the acoustic profile does with the result.
How to Record Vocals in a Rehearsal Room (No Booth, No Acoustic Treatment)
How to Record Drums With 1, 2, 3 or 4 Mics
How Many Stems for Mixing?
How to Export Stems in Logic, Ableton, FL Studio, Reaper & GarageBand
Exact stem export steps for GarageBand, Logic, Ableton Live, FL Studio and Reaper
Best Mixer for Recording Band Practice: 3 Budget Multitrack Rigs
WAV, FLAC or MP3?
The Right File Format to Upload to Your Distributor
The 5 Most Common Mistakes in Home Recordings (and How to Avoid Them)
Clipping, bad gain staging, phase problems, noise, and mono-incompatible stereo.
How to Split a 2-Hour Jam Session into Individual Tracks
Bandmixr's Rehearsal Cutter detects song boundaries automatically
What Are Stems and Why Do They Matter?
Stems are the building blocks of every mix. Here's what they are, why they make a difference, and how to export them cleanly from any DAW.
How to Record a Band Rehearsal That's Actually Mixable
Here's how to set up multitrack recording that actually produces mixable stems.
How to automatically Mix a Zoom LiveTrak Session
You captured a full band on a Zoom LiveTrak. Now you have 12 clean stems and no idea how to mix them?