Intermediate Engineering 8 hours 340 XP on completion

Mixing Fundamentals

Balance, EQ, dynamics and space.

The engineering tier. Everything about making a finished arrangement sound like a record.

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Engineer

1. Balance first

5 lessons

The decisions that matter most cost nothing.

○ Gain staging the whole session Reading 12 min ○ The static mix: faders and pan only Reading 13 min ○ Mixing at low volume, and why Reading 10 min ○ Mix order: what to balance first Reading 11 min ○ Build a static mix Studio 25 min

2. EQ in practice

7 lessons

Subtractive and additive shaping.

○ What the frequency ranges sound like Reading 14 min ○ High-pass filtering what does not need lows Reading 11 min ○ Cutting before boosting Reading 12 min ○ Finding and removing a resonance Reading 13 min ○ Carving space between two competing parts Reading 13 min ○ Dynamic EQ Reading 12 min ○ EQ check Quiz 8 min

3. Dynamics in practice

6 lessons

Control and character.

○ Compressing for control versus for sound Reading 12 min ○ Attack and release by source Reading 14 min ○ Parallel compression Reading 12 min ○ Bus compression and glue Reading 13 min ○ Serial compression Reading 12 min ○ Compress a drum bus and a vocal Studio 25 min

4. Space

5 lessons

Reverb, delay and the illusion of a room.

○ Choosing a reverb for the genre Reading 13 min ○ Pre-delay and keeping the vocal forward Reading 12 min ○ Delay as rhythm and as width Reading 12 min ○ Sends versus inserts, revisited Reading 10 min ○ Creating front-to-back depth Reading 13 min

5. Finishing a mix

6 lessons

Buses, references and knowing when to stop.

○ Bus structure and subgroups Reading 12 min ○ Referencing and translation Reading 12 min ○ Mix notes, fresh ears and revision limits Reading 10 min ○ Delivering stems Reading 11 min ○ Deliver a finished mix Studio 45 min ○ Mixing final Quiz 12 min

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