#152: How to Mix Synthpop Music: Logic Pro Mixing Tips & Free Resources

Have you ever wondered how to take your Synthpop productions to the next level with professional mixing techniques? Maybe you're seeking help on the topics: how to mix Synthpop music, how to mix vocals in Logic Pro, how to mix in Logic Pro, or maybe even how to use Logic Pro for beginners. Then check out EP 152 of the Inside The Mix podcast.

Join me as I share the first episode of my new limited series podcast and FREE online course, "Logic Pro Mixing Tips for Synthpop Producers, Artists, and Musicians." This debut episode is packed with insights on setting up your Logic Pro project, working with raw stems, and transforming them into a polished, radio-ready mix. Plus, I’ll be giving away the complete Logic Pro project, stems, and a Synthpop mixing template—all designed to help you sharpen your mixing skills.

As a bonus, I’m also sharing some personal updates, including my excitement about an upcoming summer break in Kos, Greece. Follow along as I kick-start the series with practical tips and hands-on guidance tailored specifically for Synthpop enthusiasts. Don’t miss out—download the accompanying resources, tune into the podcast on all platforms, and get ready to elevate your mixing game with knowledge and tools that ensure you won’t compromise on quality.

Grab your FREE Logic Pro Mixing Tips Project Files!
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Are you ready to learn how to create professional radio-ready music in Logic Pro?
Download the project folder, stems, and my Logic Pro synthpop mixing template: https://www.synthmusicmastering.com/logic-pro-downloads

Click here to watch the podcast videos: https://www.synthmusicmastering.com/challenge-page/logic-pro-mixing-tips

Click here to listen to the podcast: Logic Pro Mixing Tips for Synthpop, Producers, Artists, and Musicians

Chapters

• 0:00 Introduction
• 0:00 Logic Pro Mixing Tips for Synthpop Producers, Artists, and Musicians

Transcript

Marc Matthews: 0:01

You're listening to the Inside the Mix podcast with your host, mark Matthews. Hello and welcome to the Inside the Mix podcast. I'm Mark Matthews, your host, musician, producer and mix and mastering engineer. You've come to the right place if you want to know more about your favorite synth music artists, music engineering and production, songwriting and the music industry. I've been writing, producing, mixing and mastering music for over 15 years and I want to share what I've learned with you. Hello, folks, and welcome to the Inside the Mix podcast. If you are a new listener, a big welcome, welcome to the podcast. Make sure you hit follow on your podcast player of choice and, if you're watching this on YouTube, make sure you hit subscribe and that notification bell so you get notified whenever a new episode drops. And, as always, a huge welcome back to the returning listeners and viewers if you're watching this on YouTube.

Marc Matthews: 0:51

So at the time this episode goes live, I will be on my summer break in Kos, in Greece, and at the point recording this, it's two weeks before I go. I'm extremely excited. I cannot wait. I've been there before, probably about 10 years ago, and absolutely loved it. I love Kos Old Town and I love Greek food, so cannot wait to go back and actually get some paddleboarding in as well. I don't think paddleboarding was a thing. It probably was, but it wasn't as prominent as it is now back 10 years ago. It might even be longer than 10 years. Either way, I'm incredibly excited and the weather it's 37 degrees over there when I last checked, which is incredibly different to what we have here in the UK where it's overcast, about 20 degrees and raining. Well, it was yesterday. It was like not torrential rain, but heavy rain yesterday, so I cannot wait. So, yeah, at the point of this going live, I will be sunning it up in Greece.

Marc Matthews: 1:44

So just a week ago, my new limited series podcast, logic Pro Mixing Tips for Synthpop Producers, artists and Musicians, dropped in both audio and video format. So it's 15 episodes in total, just about six hours in total. That's the running time of all the videos, the episodes put together and it's all entirely free. So that dropped a week ago well, just over a week ago, on July the 15th, and you can watch the videos. You can listen to the audio on all podcast platforms. You can watch the videos on my website, synthmusicmasteringcom, and you can download the stems, the complete project and the Logic Pro Synthpop mixing template, all for free as well.

Marc Matthews: 2:26

So this episode now is going to be episode one of the limited series podcast, so I'm not going to talk anymore, I'm going to let my past self introduce the limited series podcast. So here it is, episode one of Logic Pro mixing tips for Synthpop producers, artists and musicians. Hello, folks, and welcome to Logic Pro Mixing Tips. If you are a synth pop producer, artist or musician looking to accelerate your mixing skills in Logic Pro, you, my friends, are in the right place. With this limited series podcast, I'm helping you press the mixing fast forward button and learn how to mix exclusively in Logic Pro. So by the end of this limited series podcast, my friends, you will be able to create professional radio ready music and not compromise on quality. Before we go any further, folks, I want you to click the link in the episode description and download the complete Logic Pro project for this limited series podcast, and you'll also find the stems and a Logic Pro synth pop mixing template, all for free. Also, in every episode, there will be a video to accompany it and, of course, if you're doing the opposite and watching the video first, you can find this podcast on all podcast platforms.

Marc Matthews: 3:37

Logic Pro mixing tips for Synthpop producers, artists and musicians. So I've dived into Logic Pro and I'm going to play you now what this project sounds like, before any mixing or processing. This is just the importing of the stems into Logic Pro. So here we go. So now I'm going to play you the final mix. So this is what we are aiming for by the end of this limited series podcast. Sounds much better, right, and that's what you're going to be able to do by the end of this limited series podcast.

Marc Matthews: 4:45

So in this limited series podcast, each episode we are going to go through a mixing process. We're going to start with pre-production importing and organization, and then we're going to move on to static balance so setting a static level, and then panning as well and then we're going to move on to each subgroup in turn. We're going to go through drums, we're going to go through bass, and then we're going to do vocals, and then we've got two synth subgroups and then we're going to do effects and then, in the final episode again, we'll do an A-B and we will also just do some mix bus processing. All the while we will be going through the basics of mixing. So this is really the setting, the foundations for a solid mixing framework and then, from this limited series podcast, you can take what you've learned and then augment your knowledge with other tips and tricks that you find along the way in your mixing and music production journey. So we are really looking at the basics of mixing. We're laying that solid foundation for you to kick on and create those professional radio ready mixes.

Marc Matthews: 5:51

So this is the shortest episode in this limited series podcast, and at the end of each episode there will be tasks for you to complete. So with these tasks or, for want of a better way of putting it, homework, the idea is you're taking the podcast from entertainment to education. You're going to implement everything you've learned and I highly encourage you to do this Listen to each episode and then watch the accompanying video as well, and in doing so it will help you cement everything that you've learned, that you've listened to, that you've watched, and then you'll be able to implement it in your own project. So your task or homework for this episode, folks, is probably the easiest one of the lot.

Marc Matthews: 6:29

I want you to click the link in the episode description and download the free Logic Pro session, the stems for this project, and also the Logic Pro Synth Pop mixing template. And just to emphasize that word, free. There is no gatekeeping, at no point will there be a charge for any of this, so it's all entirely free. Click the link, download all of those free resources so you can follow along with this limited series podcast. And then, once you've done that, I want you to join me in the next episode, episode two, where we will start the mixing process and we'll start with pre-production and setting ourselves up for success. I'll see you there. So there we go, folks. That is episode one of my limited series podcast, logic pro mixing tips for synth pop producers, artists and musicians. So click the link in the episode description, head over to my website, check out the videos, the audio, download the freebies as well, and then normal service is resumed with the next episode.