Audio Mixing Master Class
9h 16mIntermediate2018-12-20
Authors
Bobby Owsinski
Music Industry Author and Thought Leader
Course details
Get a master class in audio mixing from one of the music industry's most admired teachers, Bobby Owsinski. Built around hands-on mixing exercises designed to show you how to listen and work like a music pro, this series reveals the tips, tricks, and secrets to all the different facets of mixing, including instrument and vocal balance, panning, compression, EQ, reverb, delay, and making your mix as interesting as possible.
See how the pros handle the critical balance between the bass and drums. Learn where, when, why, and how EQ should be used on virtually any instrument. Become proficient in tailoring just the right effect for each particular mixing situation. And master the key to fat and punchy sounding mixes: compression.
Learning objectives
The Abbey Road Studios reverb trick
Secrets to a powerful and punchy mix
Using compression like NYC pros
Listening tips and tricks used by the world's best mixers
How Van Halen gets their guitar sound
Making vocals shine
Adding excitement to boring pad tracks
Setting up your mix to get the best results in the least amount of time
See how the pros handle the critical balance between the bass and drums. Learn where, when, why, and how EQ should be used on virtually any instrument. Become proficient in tailoring just the right effect for each particular mixing situation. And master the key to fat and punchy sounding mixes: compression.
Learning objectives
The Abbey Road Studios reverb trick
Secrets to a powerful and punchy mix
Using compression like NYC pros
Listening tips and tricks used by the world's best mixers
How Van Halen gets their guitar sound
Making vocals shine
Adding excitement to boring pad tracks
Setting up your mix to get the best results in the least amount of time
Skills covered
Audio MixingPro ToolsAvidSerial (Weekly)Audio and Music
Concepts
Audio Mixing Master Class
- 01 - The Abbey Road reverb trick
- 02 - The Real NYC compression trick
- 03 - The secret to punchy drums
- 04 - Give your vocal an awesome airy sound
- 05 - Dr. Pepper 1176 setting
- 06 - Low-volume listening for a great mix balance
- 07 - The secret SSL buss compressor setting
- 08 - Using a short reverb for a massive sound
- 09 - Make your mixes hot and loud
- 10 - The Van Halen guitar sound trick
- 11 - Give your bass some low-end definition
- 12 - Make your vocal shine with a stereo delay
- 13 - Add some excitement to your boring pad tracks
- 14 - Make your programmed hi-hat come alive
- 15 - Get that old-school delay feedback
- 16 - Eliminate unwanted track noises like the pros
- 17 - Short reverb decay is your friend
- 18 - The 1176 British nuke setting
- 19 - The mono spring vocal surprise
- 20 - Put some smack in your snare
- 21 - Space for your keyboard tracks
- 22 - The secret to panning background vocals
- 23 - The nail In the paddle rock kick sound
- 24 - The Hank Marvin multihued delay trick
- 25 - Emphasizing the beat with a pumping rhythm guitar
- 26 - Simulating a tape delay
- 27 - Parallel compression for punch with dynamics
- 28 - How to get reverse reverb
- 29 - Tweak your track timing like the pros
- 30 - The biggest sound from the shortest delay
- 31 - The ultimate 80s guitar room sound
- 32 - Taming the picked bass
- 33 - The secret to gated drums
- 34 - The exploding snare trick
- 35 - The awesome double-effect trick
- 36 - The moving filter trick
- 37 - The terrific timed reverb trick
- 38 - Acoustic guitar peak limiter trick
- 39 - The Tommy Lee thunder drums trick
- 40 - The mono listening trick
- 41 - The pitchy vocal coveruo trick
- 42 - Tighten up releases
- 43 - The large and thick background vocal trick
- 44 - The legendary layered reverbs trick
- 45 - Bones Howe 1176 setting
- 46 - The big pad reverb trick
- 47 - Effective effects automation
- 48 - Eliminating clicks and pops
- 49 - EQing the mix buss
- 50 - The magic of mono reverb
- 51 - Adding presence with flanging
- 52 - Insanely big room sound
- 53 - EQ your vocal with multiband compression
- 54 - The Abbey Road double-track trick
- 55 - The secret Pultec bass setting
- 56 - Increase your background vocal energy
- 57 - EQing the perfect club kick
- 58 - Another exploding snare trick
- 59 - Perfect DI and mic'd bass phase
- 60 - Finding the Elton John piano sound
- 61 - Effecting the effects
- 62 - Panning outside the speakers
- 63 - The wisdom of dotted and triplet delays
- 64 - Increase your room mic presence
- 65 - The dbx 160 punchy drum setting
- 66 - Dual untimed vocal slaps
- 67 - Tuning the kick to the song
- 68 - De-essing the reverb
- 69 - Let's hear it for mid-side processing
- 70 - Dial in your low end with an RTA
- 71 - Add some air to that piano
- 72 - Lock the feel of the bass and kick
- 73 - Swept midrange guitar trick
- 74 - Hat pad trigger trick
- 75 - Big thump snare
- 76 - Single word delay
- 77 - Drum replacement
- 78 - Keyboard life
- 79 - Balance kick and bass
- 80 - Ducked reverb
- 81 - Autopanning
- 82 - Tame peaky acoustic guitar
- 83 - Snare ambience
- 84 - Pitchy vocal
- 85 - Snappy snare
- 86 - Super big reverb
- 87 - Spectral widening
- 88 - Clean overheads
- 89 - Argo vocals
- 90 - EMT short room
- 91 - Massive snare
- 92 - Compressed reverb
- 93 - Bass wide
- 94 - Vocal control
- 95 - Compressed guitars
- 96 - Snappy snare
- 97 - Dry vocals
- 98 - Bass trigger
- 99 - Hard snare
- 100 - Drum phase
- 101 - Floppy kick
- 102 - Rough mix
- 103 - Make your drums fills more dynamic
- 104 - The filter boost technique
- 105 - Add some sizzle to your snare
- 106 - That big wide guitar sound
- 107 - Hear every hat nuance
- 108 - Micropan for greater track separation
- 109 - Make those toms bombastic
- 110 - The power of the high-pass filter
- 111 - Add some ambience to your percussion
- 112 - Flat fader mixing
- 113 - Get control of your cymbals