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Summary

2g Music Production School's Art of Mixing course reveals how to mix audio from start to finish. A good mix can lift your music to the next level - whatever style you are into. Whether you want to get your track signed to a label or to ensure that it's in every DJs record box, a solid mix is essential. Our professional sound engineers break the process down and explain exactly what is required to make your music sound bright, punchy and professional. Skill Level: Advanced

 

 

Registration & Scheduling Details

Introduction-The Environment

• Introduction to the listening environment

• Speaker (ported/non ported), nearfield monitors

• Optimize location and mounting

• Basics about acoustics

• How to improve your control room
   

Separation in the Mix

• Set up mix, subgroup parts (drums, backing vox)

• Basic balance of levels/reference your mix

• Stereo, mono, panning

• EQ types, why use it? Parametric EQ, vintage EQ

• Notching frequencies for separation
   

 All About Compression

• Threshold, ratio, hard/soft knee, Peak/RMS

• Controlling peaks/compress the dynamic range

• Compressor designs (VCA, optical, MU)

• Grouping (apply compression to groups)
   

Noise Gate & Reverb

• Gating (hardware and software, side chain

• FX: using hardware, patch reverb

• Using software, auxes and busses/FX channels

• Echo, convolution reverbs, digital reverb

• Reverbs used in popular music: tips & tricks
   

 The Delay Family

• Echoes: tape echo to multi tap digital delays

• Delay parameters: time, feedback

• In practice: tips & tricks, ADT, ducking delay

• Chorus, flanger, phaser

• Harmoniser, pitch shifter
   

Mixing Vocals

• Recap: different ways to record/comp vocals

• Tuning Vocals: Auto-Tune, Melodyne

• Lead vox FX: compression, EQ, reverbs, delays

• Bouncing backing vox, grouping & processing

• Stereo Space & FX for backing vocals
   

Group Mixing Day (The Mix Process)

• Hybrid mix using Logic & the desk

• Practical session, everyone gets involved

• Try out techniques learned so far

• Understand the whole process

• Complete a mix in one session
   

• Creativity with Audio

• Vocoders: how to patch, drums and vocals

• Ring mod, auto pan and types of modulation

• Reversing sounds & backwards reverb

• Distortion & miking up amplifiers

• Replaying samples for copyright reasons
   

• Mixing Sessions

• Mix your own project

• Full access to 24 channel mixing desk/outboard

• 1-2-1 mixing time with your tutor

• Apply the techniques learned

• Mix your own track or another if you prefer

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• Side Chain (like bass pumping, deesser)