Music App · Bloomurian · HMA
Grove Mix Lab
Learn to mix, step by step, on a real desk.
$39
One-time purchase. Yours to keep, with every update.
Most mixing tutorials show you a screen. Grove Mix Lab puts you on the desk. A track plays live while you move the faders, draw the EQ curve, set the compressor and send to reverb, and you hear every change the moment you make it.
Eleven short lessons take you from listening like an engineer to a finished mix: the static balance, headroom, panning, low cuts, finding a problem frequency by sweeping, compression, sidechain, space and depth, and checking your mix on a phone, in a car and in a club. A coach card walks you through each step, checks your work, and can show you any move so you hear it happen.
Then put it to work. Eight client jobs load a broken mix with a brief (“I can't hear my vocal”, “it's a mud bath”) and score your fix against a pro balance you can A/B any time. The Ear Gym trains frequencies and levels. When you're ready, drop in the stems of your own track and mix it on the same desk, with the same tools.
What's inside
- 11-lesson step-by-step mixing course, with a coach that checks your work and can show you each move
- 8-channel desk: faders, pan, draggable EQ curve, compressor, sidechain and reverb sends
- A live track built from recorded drums, a soft upright piano, a breathing pad and a synthesized vocal line
- 8 client jobs, each scored against a pro balance you can A/B any time, plus a free-mix job
- Mix your own stems: drop in up to 8 stems from your DAW and mix them on the desk, then bounce
- Speaker simulator: studio, laptop, phone, earbuds, car and club, plus a mono check
- Ear Gym: Frequency Hunter and Level Detective
- Live spectrum with the pro mix shaded behind yours, and a tonal-balance meter
- A 35-term glossary, every term with its Ableton equivalent
- Lumi, the AI guide, explains what she hears and can move the faders with you
Try it free
The full desk, the Ear Gym, lessons 1 and 2 with the coach, and the first client job. The other nine lessons, seven jobs, your own stems and the full glossary come with the full version. No account needed. Put headphones on.
Questions
Do my stems get uploaded anywhere?
No. Your files are read by your browser and stay on your device. Nothing is uploaded.
Is this a one-time purchase?
Yes. You pay once and it's yours, including every update we ship to it. There's no subscription.
Where do I open it after buying?
From My Tools on the Holistic Music Academy (holisticmusicacademy.com/tools), logged in with the account you bought it on. It runs in your browser.
Does it work without Ableton?
No. Everything works in the browser. If you do use Ableton, the export drops straight into it, and every lesson has a “Try it in Ableton” note with the matching device and move.
Who is Lumi?
The Grove's AI guide. Inside the tool she can explain what she hears, answer questions in plain language and make changes with you. Ask Lumi has a fair-use limit of 40 questions a day.
Can I try it first?
Yes. The free preview runs right on this page, with no account needed. It has the real engine and the first lessons, so what you hear is what you get.