• 120 Publishing – Is It A Banger?

    120 Publishing – Is It A Banger?

    Studios 301 in conjunction with 120 Publishing recently rolled out a competition, ‘Is It A Banger?’, specifically targeting electronic music makers and writers. As part of the prize you win a chance…

  • 120 Publishing

    120 Publishing

    Collab Bro – 120 Publishing Writing Camp In a first this year, the team at 120 Publishing rallied their electronic music troops at Studios 301 to hold their own boutique writing camp,…

  • October and November Release Recap

    October and November Release Recap

    OCTOBER Triple J Unearthed Winner Jess Kent “Get Down” Single. Vocal recorded by Simon Cohen in Studio 6 Matt Corby “Monday” single Mastered by Andrew Edgson Jenny Broke The Window ‘Skinny Dip’…

  • 50 Songs in 5 Days recap

    50 Songs in 5 Days recap

    The studios have been abuzz over the last couple of months with November 16th– 20th seeing Studios 301 host the coveted week-long “50 Songs in 5 Days” writing camp. In its fourth year, the…

  • Australian Music Week Recap

    Australian Music Week Recap

    Studios 301 had a strong presence at the inaugural Australian Music Week music conference, held in Cronulla from November 18th– 22nd, with key team members featured as panellists among some of the…

  • Ben Feggans on Loudness – Part 2

    Ben Feggans on Loudness – Part 2

    Loudness Part 2 In the second part of this blog on loudness I’m going to delve more into metering and dynamic range in order to compare your music to other releases. Level…

  • Creating punch and width in your mix

    Creating punch and width in your mix

    Creating width in your mixes. By Sameer Sengupta A lot of producers I meet are very interested in getting ‘width’ into their mixes, but there’s a common mistake that I frequently encounter in the mixes…

  • Mixing with your Mastering Engineer with Steve Smart

    Mixing with your Mastering Engineer with Steve Smart

    Mixing with your Mastering Engineer By Steve Smart To book Steve for your mastering project, contact Lynley on 02 9698 5888 or mastering@studios301.com. In most mastering situations, stereo mixes are used for…

  • Jack Prest on Analogue Vs Digital – Part 2

    Jack Prest on Analogue Vs Digital – Part 2

      Analogue Vs Digital Part 2 – Synths and Drum Machines Read Part 1 Here For part two of the Analogue versus digital shootout we will be comparing (arguably) the worlds most…

  • Ben Feggans on Loudness – Part 1

    Ben Feggans on Loudness – Part 1

      Loudness Part 1 One of the most common questions people ask a mastering engineer is “why is my track not as loud as everyone else’s?” In this article I’m going to…

  • Jack Prest on Analogue Vs Digital – Part 1

    Analogue Vs Digital Part 1 – Custom 75 Console Demo To book Jack for your next project, contact Danielle on danielle@studios301.com or 02 9698 5888 The analogue versus digital debate is always sure to draw some strong…

  • Leon Zervos: Why I use VU meters.

    Leon Zervos: Why I use VU meters.

    To book Leon for a mastering session, contact Lynley via mastering@studios301.com or 02 9698 5888. Help me make your mixes tighter. If you can make your mixes sound tighter when you are mixing, then I can…

  • EQ Shootout with Ben Feggans: Dangerous BAX Hardware vs UAD’s BAX plugin

    EQ Shootout with Ben Feggans: Dangerous BAX Hardware vs UAD’s BAX plugin

    To book Ben Feggans for a mastering session, visit our Online Mastering Booking page. Dangerous BAX verses UAD BAX – Shootout. The Dangerous BAX EQ was released in 2009 and is based on the famous…

  • LinnDrum samples, Powered By Neve

    LinnDrum samples, Powered By Neve

    For the next release in our drum samples series, and with our friends at Ableton Liveschool, we lined up a classic LinnDrum and sampled it through our Powered By Neve Custom Series…

  • Bass on a Budget

    Bass on a Budget

    I recently wrote this piece for our friends at Liveschool, but realised its relevant to our audience too. A wonderful thing about music production these days, is that you can do it…

  • Dithering – Andrew Edgson explains

    Dithering – Andrew Edgson explains

    To book Andrew Edgson for a mastering session, contact Lynley via mastering@studios301.com or 02 9698 5888 Any attempted discussion of dithering usually results in the collective groan by audio engineers everywhere; it…

  • ISRCs explained

    ISRCs explained

    If you’re releasing music in 2026, whether on Spotify, Apple Music, vinyl, or any other format, you’ll need an ISRC for every track. But what exactly is an ISRC, how do you…

  • Korg Volca Beats – FREE Samples!

    Korg Volca Beats – FREE Samples!

    Late last year we collaborated with Ableton Liveschool on an Ableton Live pack featuring the Korg Volca Beats. For those that aren’t using Ableton Live, we now have the raw .wav samples available…