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Get your tracks radio-ready with this comprehensive guide to mixing for producers.

What you will learn

Mix a song in any genre

Export a production session for mixdown

Prepare a mix session with naming, organization, and color coding

Set up submix routing

Achieve a static mix with fader balancing

Shape tone with EQ and avoid frequency masking

Apply compression for dynamic balance

Choose and apply plugins for maximum impact

Use automation to create a dynamic mix

Prepare a mix for mastering

Description

This course is a comprehensive guide to mixing for music producers.

At the end of this course, your tracks will be transformed into radio-ready, commercial quality songs which you can pitch to labels, contests, or simply release for your fans.

I created this course because I wish someone had taught me these principles when I was just getting started producing music. I had spent all of my time learning about synthesizers, recording live instruments, drum programming, and audio unit processing. I had a pretty good knack for making cool sounds and composing songs, but once all of the elements were piled together, more often than not it sounded like a jumbled mess. It was nowhere near the clarity and punch I heard on the radio or professional tracks that I loved.

It was at that point I realized that I needed to develop my mixing skills in order to be a truly good producer.

That’s why I created this course — to save you the trouble and headache I experienced when trying to produce music without a good foundation in the principles of mixing.

This course will take you from a good producer to a great one.

It is true that the roles of mix engineer and producer are different. However, in these days of home recording and DAW-based music production, these roles will often overlap significantly.


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In this course I will teach you all of the tools and tricks of professional mix engineers so that you can make your tracks shine with the commercial punch and clarity labels and fans want to hear.

We’ll cover every aspect of mixing including: room acoustics, monitoring, mix preparation, equalization, compression, audio time and pitch editing, automation, plugin processing, return effects, and everything else in between.

Using 45 high definition video lectures, I’ll walk you through the entire process of mixing from exporting your tracks all the way down to the exporting for mastering stage.

We’ll be using Logic Pro X in this course. What if you use a different DAW? Well, this course is all about the theory, practice, and process of mixing. I teach you how to listen to your tracks, what to listen for, and how to creatively solve problems that may come up. Obviously, users of Logic will have a slight advantage since many of the tools we use will most likely be familiar. However, the concepts and techniques apply to every DAW so don’t dismay if you are not a Logic user.

Even if you’re sending off your tracks to a mix engineer, you don’t want him or her to make all of your creative decisions. Being fluent in the language and technique of mixing will make you a vastly better producer.

Sign up for this course today and transform your productions into the commercial quality you’ve been aiming for.

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Content

WELCOME

Introduction

THE LISTENING ENVIRONMENT

Basic Room Goals
Monitoring
Reference Tracks
The Listening Environment Quiz

MIX PREPARATION

Starting a Mix Session
Importing Your Audio Files
Naming Your Tracks
Color Coding Your Tracks
Removing Silence From Your Audio Regions
Setting Up Markers
Multing
Setting Up Submix Routing
The Mix Preparation Quiz

BALANCING

Getting a Static Mix
Additional Considerations in Balancing
Panning
The Balancing Quiz

EQUALIZATION

From a Static Mix to EQ
The Channel EQ Plugin
EQ to Shape Tone
Subtractive Equalization
EQ to Avoid Frequency Masking (Part 1)
EQ to Avoid Frequency Masking (Part 2)
The EQ Quiz

COMPRESSION

Compression Introduction
What is A Compressor?
Using a Compressor on Lead Vocals
Sidechain Compression as a Mix Tool
Expansion
The Noise Gate
Compression on the Drum Submix
The Compression Quiz

SWEETENING

Creating Return Effects
Ducking Return Effects
Creating a Drum Room
Stereo Imaging using the Rotor Cabinet
Pitch-Shifted Delays to Widen Lead Vocals
Overdrive to Even Out the Snare
Phase-Cancellation Gating on the Guitars
The Sweetening Quiz

AUDIO EDITING

Audio Editing: When and Why to Use It
Flex Time
Flex Pitch (Part 1)
Flex Pitch (Part 2)
More on the Fade Tool
Speed Up and Slow Down
The Audio Editing Quiz

AUTOMATION

Using Automation for a Dynamic Mix
More On Automation
The Automation Quiz

FINISHING UP

The Notes Stage
The Car Test
Exporting Your Mix for Mastering

THANK YOU!

Thank You!