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September 16, 2025 13 mins

Frustrated by endless email chains, confusing file links, and clients commenting on the wrong version of a mix? In this episode of Inside the Mix, Marc Matthews explores how Mixup.audio is transforming the mix revision process for producers, mixers, and collaborators.

Marc breaks down the platform’s most powerful features, including timestamped comments, version comparison, and normalised level matching, which eliminates loudness bias when reviewing mixes. Listeners will discover how Mixup’s intuitive design—where clients don’t even need to create an account—removes the barriers to clear communication and saves hours of frustration.

The episode also compares Mixup’s free and paid versions, highlighting which features may be sufficient for different workflows. Marc contrasts Mixup with alternatives like FilePass and Highnote, offering his honest assessment of where each excels and how they can fit into a modern music production setup.

For anyone struggling with mix revisions, vague feedback, or confusing client communication, this episode provides practical solutions to simplify collaboration. Whether producing for clients or working on personal projects, listeners will learn how to make the feedback process smoother, faster, and more professional.

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Marc Matthews (00:00):
Ever wasted hours chasing feedback on a mix?
Endless email chains, dropboxlinks, text messages and somehow
your collaborator stillcomments on the wrong version of
the track.
I have been there, but here'sthe twist.
I have found a tool that fixedthis for me.
It's called MixUp, and itchanged the way I share projects
and collect feedback.

(00:21):
So how does it work and can itreally save you time?
Let's dive in.
You're listening to the Insidethe Mix podcast with your host,
mark Matthews.
Welcome to Inside the Mix, yourgo-to podcast for music
creation and production.
Whether you're crafting yourfirst track or refining your
mixing skills, join me each weekfor expert interviews refining

(00:46):
your mixing skills.
Join me each week for expertinterviews, practical tutorials
and insights to help you levelup your music and smash it in
the music industry.
Let's dive in.
Hey folks, welcome to Insidethe Mix and welcome back to the
returning listeners and viewers.
If you're watching this onYouTube.
In this episode, I am sharing atool, a platform that I
discovered recently, calledMixUp.
It's probably been around for awhile, but I discovered it
recently and I wanted to shareit with you folks, because I use

(01:09):
this to streamline the revisionand feedback process when it
comes to mixing, mastering andmusic production in general, not
only with regards to clientprojects, but also collaboration
with other artists when I'mreleasing my own music.
So a quick backstory Idiscovered this tool thanks to
Elliot Glynn, who you mightremember from episode 178.
And he put a post on socialmedia.

(01:31):
He's got some great posts, somereally really good stuff, but
he posted about MixUp and I wasin the market.
I was mooching around trying tofind a better platform for that
collaboration and streamlining,etc.
I mentioned earlier and Ithought you know know what.
I'll dive in and give it a go.
But before we go into it, Ijust want to make sure that
you're aware that this episodeis not at all sponsored by MixUp

(01:52):
.
It is literally just me sharingmy experience.
So, just again, this episode isnot sponsored.
I don't get any financialbenefit or anything like that
from MixUp.
It's just me sharing what I'vediscovered with you folks.
By the end of this episode, youwill learn how Mixup simplifies
project feedback and how itcompares to email or Dropbox,
how it stacks up againstalternatives like High Notes and

(02:13):
FilePass, and the challenges Ifaced and tips to get the most
from it.
So if you ever struggled withmessy collaboration or wasted
time managing files.
This episode is for you.
But first, if you love whatyou're hearing and want to
support the show, join theInside the Mix podcast community
on Patreon.
You'll get exclusive content,behind the scenes, extras and

(02:35):
you'll help the podcast continuegoing strong.
So click the link in theepisode description.
So here we are in MixUpaudioNow.
I've been calling it mixup butI've been shortening it, but
it's mixupaudio by Pure Mix andI'm on the website, so I'll
describe it for those of youlistening.
And I've logged in and I've gotthe free version.
There are tiered subscriptionsand you get more depending on

(02:56):
what you pay, and you can go andcheck that out yourself.
Obviously, I'll put a link inthe episode description to this
platform, but I'm using the freeversion and it works perfectly
for me.
I believe that when you yeah,it says it here so 14 days I
upload audio, uh, a trackversions for feedback, and I've
got 14 days before it then getstaken down, which is ample time
for me, right?

(03:17):
I find at the moment I've got nouse to move to the next tier,
but that could well change.
I'm still finding my feet withit.
It it's very new.
I've only used this on twoprojects so far.
It's that August the 11th waswhen I started using it and it
is now September the 6th, Ithink.
At the time of me recordingthis, I got three projects here.

(03:37):
The idea here with thisplatform is that I can get time
stamped comments feedback on atrack.
It makes it so much easier andstreamlines the revision process
because I know exactly where Ineed to make any edits, and it's
much better, I find, thanhaving an email with comments,

(03:59):
which is great.
I mean that works.
But for me, having thosetimestamps makes it so much
easier because I can just gostraight in and find out where I
need to make those edits.
Again, I haven't used this forcollaboration yet, but I'm going
to.
I've been using this withclients so far and it's worked
really, really well.
So I made the switch to MixUp.

(04:19):
I was using Google Drivebeforehand, which is fine, but
the download feature of it Ifound was limiting.
So if I disabled downloads, Iwas finding I was hitting a
roadblock with regards to thefeedback and also, you can't
leave revisions and whatnot withGoogle Drive, as good as it is,
I still use it for uploads.
I haven't used this yet MixUpfor uploads.

(04:40):
I know you can set it so yourcollaborator, your client, let's
say, can upload assets to it,which I haven't done yet, which
I'm going to experiment with.
But yeah, I wanted to get awayfrom using Google Drive.
Before that I was using Dropbox.
Dropbox was okay, you coulddisable downloads really easily
and they could still stream andlisten to the project.
But the audio quality wasn'tgreat, I found with Dropbox,

(05:03):
whereas this is high fidelityaudio, so you upload a WAV and
it's going to stream at thatparticular fidelity.
So let's dive into an actualproject here.
So I'm going to click on thisone called One Life to Live, and
I've got three versions in here.
I've got static mix, drum bass,vox, drums bass, vox, piano.
So I'm just sending versions asI'm mixing as I go, just so the

(05:25):
client is aware of what I'vedone and also the direction that
the track is going in.
And I've got a couple ofcomments on this particular
version here.
You just click on the one youwant and you can see the
timestamped comments.
And then I and I've got acouple comments on this
particular version here.
You just click on the one youwant and you can see the
timestamped comments and I canreply.
The beauty of this as well isthey can leave comments and not
have an account, which I thinkis great.

(05:45):
I don't know about you folks,but if somebody shares something
with me and I have to set up anaccount, I find that a bit of a
ball ache.
But in this instance you don'tand, if I remember correctly,
you can submit your email to getnotifications when there's
changes.
So I guess you're still not setin an account, but you are
submitting an email so you getnotifications when new versions
arise.
I haven't been on the otherside of this yet in terms of me

(06:06):
submitting feedback, so maybe Ishould have done that before
recording the video, but I willdo that at some point.
And yeah, you can see thetimestamped comments, so I can
like it, I can reply and I cansolve it.
You get that pretty much withany.
I find revision based platformlike Loom or something like that
, for example.
The beauty of this as well isthat you can set levels and you

(06:30):
can sort of normalize the levelsso you don't get that loudness
bias, which is great,specifically when submitting the
master.
I find that really useful,found it really useful that I
could submit a master and itwould set a consistent level.
So the client was able toaudition the master against the
mix but they were game matchedeffectively, which I think is

(06:54):
really useful.
Because again you don't getthat loudness bias which works
really well, and then you canjust start the one that you want
to be the sort of prominent orthe primary track, so when the
individual does click on thelink it will automatically go to
that one.
Then you can move them around,move them up and down, which I
find really useful.
When I uploaded assets for theclient to then download and then
up in the cog at the top hereyou've got track settings so you

(07:17):
can see I've disabled downloadhere but I can enable download
once I want the project to beshared.
Client is paid.
Alternatively, if I'mcollaborating, I want the
individual to be able todownload those assets and you
can disable comments and disablenotifications as well.
Approval is blanked out andobviously that comes into the
the paid tier.

(07:37):
What is approval?
Make sure your team membersvote and approve one specific
version so you can you can votefor a version.
That would be quite usefulactually, particularly if you're
working with a band, let's say,and you've got two or three
different versions.
Maybe you've got vocal up,vocal down, guitars up, guitars
down.
You want to get to get a voteon which one the band prefers.

(07:58):
So I can see how that would beuseful.
Then, when it comes to sharing,here is where you can set the
general access, and if I clickhere, I've got contributor,
approval and comment, which isthe default, or you've got
listener only, downloader,download, approval and comment,
or composer.
So this is probably what Iwould use if I were

(08:19):
collaborating.
Password protection Ah, I needto upgrade for password
protection.
So now I'm beginning to seewhere I would need to upgrade.
To be honest with you, I'm nottoo fussed about password
protection, but I can imagineworking with a label.
That would come in handy, right, I think that would come in
handy, particularly with, likean SLA, if you're working with a
label, a service levelagreement or something along

(08:40):
those lines, and then you justclick copy link.
So in fact, let's do that andthen let's open an incognito tab
and let's have a look at whatit looks like on the other end.
So this is what it looks like.
You can see here, get notifiedabout new comments and uploads.
Apologies, folks, I say seehere.
If you're listening to this I'mdescribing it the bottom left

(09:03):
get notified about new commentsand uploads, and you just enable
notifications and you put youremail in there.
You can see.
You can leave your timestampcomment at the top there and
then just play it back BecauseI'm not gonna play this because
it's a client project and closethat down.
So yeah, that is basically theinterface.

(09:25):
You can actually I discoveredthis just now actually you can
click on level and it willactually go in.
You've got a level manager andyou've got to see loudness
references about loudness levels.
I haven't looked and dived intothis yet, but it could be quite
interesting.
Personally, I'd rather justlisten.
If I know they've been gamematched, I'll just have a listen

(09:46):
.
I'm not too worried about that,to be honest.
But to add a new version, let'ssay you click plus and then you
can drag and drop.
You can also add versions fromDropbox and from other mix-up
sessions.
I've only used the drag anddrop feature.
I haven't used the other twoyet.
That's the basics of Mixup.
Going back to the main dashboard, I'm just going to click new

(10:08):
item and this is where you cancreate a new track.
So this is what I've been using.
A track contains severalversions of the same song.
A playlist contains severaltracks with their respective
versions and you've got a folderto sort your tracks, playlists
and folders.
I haven't used playlists orfolders yet.
I haven't had enough projectswith it, but I've been using new
tracks.

(10:29):
So it's as easy as that andthen you just click on it and
then you just upload your track.
Basically you drag and drop.
Easy as that.
Now I have used HiNote and I'veused FilePass in the past.
I'm not going to do a directcomparison because it's been a
very long time since I've usedfile pass.
Where file pass I think doeswin is that you've got the

(10:50):
paywall so you can set it.
So the individual pays thefinal amount and then it
automatically enables download.
So it does streamline that partof it.
At the moment I send an invoice, individual pays and then I
enable downloads.
To be honest with you when itcomes to a free versus paid

(11:13):
version, I'm happy with that.
I'm happy with that trade-off.
Maybe if I had loads and loadsand loads and loads of projects
at once, it could get a bit of apain, but I only take on so
much at a time anyway, so itkind of works for me in that
instance.
But I do like FirePass, andFirePass does have other bits
and pieces as well that arereally really good.
But again, it's been a whilesince I've used it.

(11:33):
High Note works in a very, verysimilar way, but I found with
High Note if I remember rightlyagain it's been about a year
since I've used it I had anissue with disabling downloads.
I think I was finding that if Idisabled downloads and then an
individual created an account,it would then enable downloads.
It was doing something weird.
I could probably get correctedon that.

(11:54):
Maybe it was me setting it upincorrectly, but the fact that I
was experiencing an issue soquickly made me move away from
the platform and I haven'texperienced it with MixUp.
It's just really easy.
Again, this isn't a sales pitchfor MixUp.
It's just me sharing what hasreally helped streamline my

(12:14):
revision and collaborationprocess in the last month or two
, and I get no financial benefitfrom sharing this.
Folks just to make thatabundantly clear.
But I'm going to use it goingforward and, like I say, maybe I
will go up to the paid versionwhen I start to need the
password feature and also votingas well, and that's MixUp Audio

(12:36):
.
So a really nice, efficient wayof streamlining that revision
and feedback process.
Folks, I want to hear from youwhat tool do you use to
streamline that collaborationand feedback process in your
projects?
Click the send me a messagelink in the episode description
and let me know and I'll giveyou a shout out on a future

(12:57):
episode.
If you're a DIY producer orindependent artist or just in
music production in general, dogo check out mixupaudio.
I'll put a link in the episodedescription and streamline that
revision process.
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podcast grow.
Click that link in the episodedescription and until next time,

(13:20):
keep creating, stay inspiredand don't be afraid to
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