Mastering Techniques

Mixing is one of the most important stages of music production. It's the point where all elements of the music come together, and are modified and enhanced to achieve the best possible sonic result. On this video course, we show you all the steps, techniques and principles  for accomplish a powerful, balanced, punchy and dynamic sound. You will also see all the secrets you need to know, in order to make your mixes sound professional and ready to compete with the high standards of commercial releases.Filmed at the Doctor Mix studios in London, our professional engineers walk you through every step of their process using high quality analogue gear and plugins.

In this Video Course you'll learn...

• How to prepare, organize and get your material ready for mixing
• A/B comparison to commercial releases or demo mix
• Gain Staging
• Filtering The Low End
• Bus Routing
• Kick Drum
• Parallel Compression
• Increasing The Kick Impact
• Sine Wave Trick
• Transient Enhancement
• Enhancing The Snare
• How To Balance The Drums
• Bus Compression
• How To Mix The Bass
• Bass Sidechain
• Basic Vocal EQ & Compression
• Vocal Correction With Dynamic EQ
• Adding Reverb And Delay On Vocals
• Mixing The Acoustic Guitar
• Mixing Pads and Strings
• Mixing the Horns
• Mastering Techniques

You will also learn how to strategically setup your mix so that you get the maximum loudness before you even get to the mastering stage.

More teasers from the course can be seen from here:

Gain Staging Explained:
Kick Drum Explained:
Parallel Compression Explained:
How To Enhance Your Snare:
Bus Compression Explained:
Bass Side-Chain Compression Explained:
Vocal Reverb Explained:

"The Official Guide To Mixing" Online Video Course:

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[OpalBerries]

*turns a bunch of knobs* Yes! Yes, it all makes sense now! -_-

[kntcn]

3:04 that increased sub sounded much better, more present, really didnt enjoy losing it... (i'm on open back headphones)

edit: well the official music video definitely has more sub eq going on, but with a too in your face kick unfortunately

[Fwuzeem]

Man, do you have the Manley Vari Mu? Terrific compressor, probably my favourite

[redplanetdunes]

I know you do not use it here but... I've seen in another video you have a Finalizer, what do you use it for?

[sKarredtoon]

Is the vari mu more for a vibe, level or both?

[lk]

Sorry, how you can make right decision when setting Manley and Chandler if you are not sitting in the sweet spot ?

[bunyaadi]

where the hell did you find a working TG12345?

[nandoblondemobydick]

the crash Cymbal seems the main subject of the song, is far way too high

[Jazzutis]

Trumpets out of tune, vocals is a little bit distorted :)