Professional online mixing

The mix is where a song stops being a pile of separate tracks and becomes music. It's the process that decides what you hear, where, with how much body and with what character. A good mix goes unnoticed: the song simply sounds great on any system, the vocal is clear, the groove pushes and everything has its place. A bad mix also goes unnoticed at first listen, but the listener skips to the next track without knowing why.

At Stitos we offer professional 100% online mixing: you send us your tracks, we work the song, and we send you back a balanced stereo with body and clarity, ready to master. No physical studio in between, no matter where you are.

What we do in a mix

Mixing is done track by track. It's not about applying a preset to the whole thing: it's making specific decisions for every element of the song so they all coexist without fighting over the same space.

• Balance and levels. How loud each element sits relative to the rest. The vocal leading without shouting, the bass felt without masking, the drums driving without dominating.
• Panning and stereo field. Where each instrument sits from left to right to create width and separate elements that would otherwise compete in the center.
• Per-track EQ. Shaping the tone of each instrument and carving room in the spectrum so the vocal, bass and synths don't step on the same frequencies.
• Compression and dynamics. Controlling volume swings so each element stays stable and present throughout the song.
• Effects and depth. Reverb, delay and creative processing to add space, depth and character without clouding the clarity.

The result is a single stereo file (24-bit WAV, with enough headroom to master) that delivers the song balanced and ready for the next step. If you want to understand the difference between this process and the next one in detail, we explain it in mixing vs mastering.

Hear the difference

The best way to judge a mix is with your ears. Here's a real example: on the left the raw material, on the right the result after the mixing and mastering process.

If you want to train your ear to spot exactly what changes, we have a before-and-after gallery with more analysed examples.

How the service works

1. Tell us about your project. Write to us with the genre, the number of tracks and a reference of how you'd like it to sound. We tell you how we fit and give you a timeline.
2. Send the tracks. Exported from the same start point, as 24-bit WAV, with no processing on the master bus. We send you the exact guidelines so everything arrives clean.
3. We mix the song. We work the balance, the space and the character of the track until it sounds the way it should.
4. We review together. You listen to the first pass and tell us what to fine-tune. We adjust until you're happy.
5. We deliver. You receive the final stereo ready to master, or already mastered and ready to upload if you do both services with us.

Mix, master or both?

If you have the separate tracks of a recording, you need mixing: it's the step that turns them into a song. Then comes mastering, which polishes that stereo and prepares it for streaming and distribution. Most new projects need both, in that order, and doing them in the same place ensures the mix reaches mastering with the right headroom and character.

If you already have a finished mix and only need the final step, you can go straight to our mastering service. And if you work with track groups instead of a single stereo, there's a middle path: stem mastering.

Frequently asked questions