What is new in Mixroadie, how it compares with other mixing and mastering tools, and what we measured.https://mixroadie.com/enhttps://mixroadie.com/blog/vocal-masking/https://mixroadie.com/blog/vocal-masking/What frequency masking is, why a buried vocal is usually a level problem before it's an EQ problem, and the numbers engineers actually mix vocals to.Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTGuidehttps://mixroadie.com/blog/free-ai-mixing-and-mastering/https://mixroadie.com/blog/free-ai-mixing-and-mastering/What the free tiers of LANDR, eMastered and BandLab include, why free mastering can't fix a mix, and what uploading your song costs you besides money.Mon, 19 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTGuidehttps://mixroadie.com/blog/best-free-reaper-plugins/https://mixroadie.com/blog/best-free-reaper-plugins/What REAPER already includes, the free plugins that fill a real gap (dynamic EQ, reverb, saturation, metering), and how to get REAPER to find them.Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTGuidehttps://mixroadie.com/blog/mixing-in-reaper-stock-plugins/https://mixroadie.com/blog/mixing-in-reaper-stock-plugins/A full mix with ReaEQ, ReaComp, ReaGate and ReaXcomp, in the order we'd do it, plus the settings that trip people up and what a mix template can't do.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTGuidehttps://mixroadie.com/blog/vocal-eq-cheat-sheet/https://mixroadie.com/blog/vocal-eq-cheat-sheet/Which vocal frequencies to cut and which to boost, how far to go, and why a frequency chart can't tell you everything about your singer.Fri, 09 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTGuidehttps://mixroadie.com/blog/mixroadie-with-claude-and-chatgpt/https://mixroadie.com/blog/mixroadie-with-claude-and-chatgpt/Connect Mixroadie to Claude Desktop, Claude Code or Codex and ask about your mix there. Setup takes one prompt.Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTGuidehttps://mixroadie.com/blog/what-is-ai-mixing/https://mixroadie.com/blog/what-is-ai-mixing/The three kinds of AI mixing tools, what a computer can measure in a mix and what it can only guess, and what to check before you try one.Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTGuidehttps://mixroadie.com/blog/ai-model-benchmark/https://mixroadie.com/blog/ai-model-benchmark/Built-in models, Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, DeepSeek and more, replayed on real mixing decisions. How fast they were, what they cost, and which ones gave the same answer twice.Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTResearchhttps://mixroadie.com/blog/mixroadie-vs-phantom/https://mixroadie.com/blog/mixroadie-vs-phantom/Two tools that measure your session and let an AI act on it. Where free and open source wins, and where a finished app does.Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTComparisonhttps://mixroadie.com/blog/mixroadie-vs-roex-automix/https://mixroadie.com/blog/mixroadie-vs-roex-automix/Automatic mixing from exported stems, compared with a plan you approve inside your own session.Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTComparisonhttps://mixroadie.com/blog/mixroadie-vs-landr/https://mixroadie.com/blog/mixroadie-vs-landr/Mastering a stereo file against working on the tracks. LANDR, eMastered and BandLab compared with Mixroadie.Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTComparisonhttps://mixroadie.com/blog/mixroadie-vs-izotope/https://mixroadie.com/blog/mixroadie-vs-izotope/Plugin assistants against a session-wide plan. Where each one is the better choice.Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTComparisonhttps://mixroadie.com/blog/mixroadie-vs-alternatives/https://mixroadie.com/blog/mixroadie-vs-alternatives/How the AI mixing tools compare, from Mixroadie and Phantom to iZotope, LANDR, RoEx Automix, Cryo Mix, MixingGPT and sonible, and which one to pick for your situation.Wed, 09 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTComparisonhttps://mixroadie.com/blog/introducing-mixroadie/https://mixroadie.com/blog/introducing-mixroadie/What Mixroadie is, what the first version can do, and what it can't do yet.Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTRelease