if you’ve ever thought:
- “My vocal sounds good in solo but disappears in the mix.”
- “The vocal gets harsh when I try to make it brighter.”
- “The guitars sound great until the singer comes in.”
- “The vocal is loud enough, but I still can’t understand the words.”
- “The chorus gets bigger, but the vocal gets smaller.”
- “My reverb makes the vocal sound cool, but also pushes it too far back.”
- “I keep adding plugins, but the vocal still doesn’t sit.”
- “I don’t know whether the problem is EQ, compression, reverb, masking, or automation.”
If that sounds familiar, you don’t need more random tips.
You need a simple troubleshooting system for clearer vocals.
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Before MudBGone
- Mud gets in the way of your mix sounding like you want it to.
- There's no clear path forward to removing mud - so you spend forever trying to figure out what the problem is.
- Music turns from fun to a frustrating trial and error.
After MudBGone
- Crystal clear mixes.
- Predictable path forward that makes it fast, easy, and fun to remove mud from your tracks.
- Music becomes fun again, because you have the tools and methods at your disposal to create truly clear and powerful mixes that sound right.
Your Vocal Should Lead the Song
But right now, it might be fighting for its life.
Maybe it sounds harsh when you try to make it cut through the mix.
Maybe it disappears as soon as the chorus kicks in.
Maybe the guitars sound huge in solo, but the second the vocal enters, everything turns into a midrange wrestling match.
Or maybe you keep doing the most obvious thing:
You turn the vocal up.
And yes, it gets louder.
But it still doesn’t get clearer.
That’s when you know volume isn’t the real problem.
Something else is getting in the way.
That’s exactly what The Vocal Clarity Playbook helps you fix.
If Turning the Vocal Up Doesn’t Make It Clearer, Stop Turning It Up
A buried vocal isn’t always a volume problem.
- Sometimes the vocal is being masked by guitars.
- Sometimes the upper mids are fighting with cymbals.
- Sometimes the reverb is pushing the vocal behind the band.
- Sometimes compression is making the harsh parts jump forward.
- Sometimes the vocal doesn’t need another plugin. It needs automation.
And sometimes the best “vocal” move isn’t on the vocal track at all.
It’s on the guitars, keys, cymbals, background vocals, reverb return, or arrangement.
That’s why randomly boosting presence, adding compression, or throwing another vocal chain preset on the track doesn’t always work.
You need to diagnose the actual problem first.
Introducing: The Vocal Clarity Playbook
The Vocal Clarity Playbook is a practical mix toolkit that helps you troubleshoot the most common reasons vocals don’t sit in a mix.
This is not a giant vocal mixing course.
It’s not a 200-page textbook.
It’s a focused playbook for one very specific problem:
How do you get the vocal to sit clearly in the mix?
It shows you how to fix vocals that sound:
- Harsh
- Buried
- Masked by guitars
- Pushed too far back by reverb or delay
- Inconsistent from phrase to phrase
- Clear in solo but unclear in the full mix
- Loud enough, but still not easy to understand
Here's What You Get:
- The Vocal Clarity Playbook: A practical guide to fixing harsh, buried, and masked vocals without guesswork.
- The Vocal Clarity Diagnostic: A visual decision tree that helps you figure out what’s actually wrong before you start adding plugins.
- The Vocal Clarity Problem Map: A quick-reference map of the five most common reasons vocals don’t sit well in the mix.
- Vocal Frequency-Zone Cheat Sheet: A practical EQ reference for understanding where rumble, boom, mud, nasal tone, presence, sibilance, and air show up in a vocal.
- Harsh Vocal Fix Checklist: A step-by-step checklist for controlling sharp, painful, brittle, or tiring vocals.
- Buried Vocal Fix Checklist: A practical checklist for vocals that are loud enough but still don’t feel clear.
- Guitar/Vocal Conflict Checklist: A guide to making guitars support the vocal instead of fighting it.
- Reverb and Delay Clarity Checklist: A checklist for effects that make the vocal sound distant, cloudy, washy, or disconnected.
- Vocal Automation Checklist: A guide to using clip gain, fader rides, section automation, and effects automation to make the vocal feel finished.
Get the Vocal Clarity Playbook + Checklists and Worksheets for Just $29 $19!
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Yes! Show Me How To Make Mud "BE GONE"!Frequently Asked Questions
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Q: “Will this work on any DAW or console?”
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A: “Yes—MudBGone is software-agnostic. Just apply the EQ principles to your preferred setup.”
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Q: “I’m a beginner—will I get lost?”
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A: “Not at all. We include audio demos and simple step labels so you never miss a beat.”
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Q: “How soon will I hear results?”
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A: “Most engineers notice clarity gains in under 5 minutes.”
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The Iron-Clad Audio Issues Guarantee
If you don't instantly improve your mixing process after going through this training, simply email support@audio-issues.com for a full refund, no questions asked nor strings attached!
I take my guarantee very seriously. I am not interested in keeping your money if you don’t learn anything from what I’m creating for you.
So if you’re not happy, I’m not happy. Simple as that.
Here's to improving your mixes!
Hi there 🤘,
I’m Björgvin Benediktsson.
I’m the author of the #1 Amazon best-seller, Step By Step Mixing: How to Create Great Mixes Using Only 5 Plug-ins, the creator of the Audio Issues EQ plug-in, and the founder of Audio Issues.
I’m on a mission to help musicians overcome their imposter syndrome, create great-sounding music, and release their work. Since 2009, I’ve been helping people like you turn your rough recordings into finished records you can be proud to release.
I’ve worked as a live sound engineer, a broadcast recording engineer, a professional touring musician, a freelance mixing and mastering engineer, and an audio educator in both Iceland and the United States.
Thousands of home studio musicians and producers like yourself have learned from my practical, no-fluff teaching style, and my work has been featured in publications such as MusicTech magazine, Audiotuts+, The Pro Audio Files, and Recording Revolution, to name a few.
I’m excited you’re here and can’t wait to help you make a bigger impact with your music.
