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Everybody's gotta start somewhere, even if it's just a freeware DAW and some basic panning & fader levels. What advice would you give your younger self when you first started mixing?

Let me start by saying this – there are very few plugins in this world that I think are absolutely useless. Many engineers use plugins that I’m not a fan of, but that just means they’re finding value in it...

There are literally thousands of plugins available to producers and mixers today. With these five tools alone, you should be able to take a well-recorded song and turn it into a radio success.