Learn The Art Of Mixing & Mastering

Bring Your Musical Visions to Life!

This class is designed to put you in the driver’s seat and for students to fully realize what a piece of music must go through to be finished.

Below is the first in our series of Mixing & Mastering videos. Each module has tutorial videos that go into detail covering the entire mix process and much more.

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Topics of the Class Include:

Maximizing song arrangement during the mixing process
Dissecting & understanding emotional arc
Delivery levels
Balancing the elements of the song
Advanced automation & FX
Vocals and tuning issues
Cleaning up noisy tracks
EQ and compression in action
Submixes
Mastering
Setting up Pro Tools for surround mixing

Course Overview

Module 1 - Introduction to Mixing - Volume/Level Mixing

What is Mixing?
Mix Planning For Ableton
Track Preparation & layout for any DAW
Gain Staging
VU Metering
Volume Balance

Module 2 - Mixing: Panorama & Stereo Width

Panning and Stereo Width Techniques
LCR Panning
Difference between Pan and Balance
How pan affects volume levels
Creative panning effects using third-party tools

Module 3 - Mixing: EQ

Explore different types of EQ software
Explore various EQ Methodology
Mud & unwanted frequencies
Cutting
Boosting
Shelving

Module 4 - Mixing Compression

Exploring both primary and advanced uses of Compression
Exploring Native and 3rd party compression tools
Setting up Side-Chain compression as an effect
Inserted Compression vs. Parallel Compression
Explore Multiband Compression
Parallel Compression

Module 5 - Mixing: Effects

Recreating our FX Sends in our Mix Session
Exploring the proper use of Reverb & Delay
Employing any final FX processing to enhance the mix
Time-based FX and dynamic FX
Processing w/ Ableton’s Drum Bus

Module 6 - Mixing Automation

What is mix automation
How to set up automation in your DAW
Grid vs Manual automation
Automation techniques

Module 7 - Finishing Your Mix - Bus Processing

Intro to Bus or Group Processing – how, when, and why to process groups and buses
The number of buses do you need?
Difference between sub-groups and buses
What busing or grouping do we/Pyramind recommend for a beginner? Drum bus, vox bus, instrument bus, etc
How to bus and how to process them using compression, limiting, delay, reverb, sidechaining, etc
Philosophies or personal anecdotes for a finished mix
Final touches to the mix before mastering

Module 8 - Checkpoint Project Listen - Are you ready for Mastering?