Ages 15–18 · Production
MixForge
Critical listening for anyone who makes music on a laptop. Fix-the-mix puzzles you solve by ear — move the faders and EQ to match a reference, A/B your work, and learn LUFS literacy the hard truth: louder isn’t better. The desk’s stems are synthesised on-device; the pattern lab’s kick, snare, hat and clap are a public-domain recorded drum kit. Nothing of yours is recorded or uploaded.
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How are you feeling?
Brain break
Stations
The desk Fix-the-mix puzzles: match the reference by ear with faders, EQ, and pan — with a live loudness meter. DocForge Plan a five-minute audio documentary — question, interview plan, narration, and an edit-and-ethics sign-off. Record on your own device; the planner keeps nothing. The pattern lab Type a rhythm in a few words — backbeat, tresillo, clave — hear it loop and see every hit on the grid. My mixes The fix-the-mix puzzles you’ve solved — kept private on your own device.
What the desk teaches you
- Balance — the fader ear — hears when the lead is buried or the bass is swamping everything
- Tone — EQ by ear — muddy, harsh, thin, or dull, and the move that fixes it
- Level — the loudness meter — teaches LUFS, and the hard truth that louder isn’t better
- Compare — A/B — audition your mix against the reference and trust what you hear
🔒 MixForge runs on your device. Every stem you hear is synthesised right here — nothing is a copyrighted recording, and nothing you do is recorded, uploaded, or stored.