How I select reference tracks, where I get them, and how I put them into Cubase in my Home Studio

Описание: In this video, I talk about how I select reference tracks, where I them get them from, and how I import them into Cubase for referencing in my home studio.

Using reference tracks during mixing is a well know technique to improve your mixes and make sure that they are comparable to what you listen to in real life. But which tracks do you use to reference your mixes to, where do you get these tracks from and how can you get them into your DAW for use ?

00:00 Intro
00:23 Which reference tracks do I use ?
01:37 Import reference tracks from CDs
04:43 Download reference tracks from a Hires service
06:45 Record reference tracks from Spotify
11:30 Comparing audio quality of recorded version to CD version
13:13 Outtro

Reference tracks I use often are in this Spotify playlist:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6N1...

Some links for downloading reference tracks:

https://www.digitaltrends.com/music/b...
https://www.hdtracks.com/
https://www.qobuz.com/

Free software to route output directly back to input (for recording from a streaming service):

https://www.vb-audio.com/Voicemeeter/...

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