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)
- Side Chain (like bass pumping, deesser)
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
Do Your Own Mastering - Using reference, using metering tools
- Audio Formats, bit definition
- Levels, phase
- Hardware & Plug ins T-Racks, UAD cards
- EQ, compression,limiter, dithering
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Course Details
Available Dates
Weekly Timetable
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