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Description
Learn the Complete Mixing Process
About this Course
In this 5+ Hour Mixing Course we'll show you the complete mixing process from start to finish while using only native Ableton effects.
Follow along as we explain state of the art mixing techniques in full detail. You'll get your own copy of the Ableton Project file!
What You Get
- A complete start-to-finish mixing process on a state of the art pop-house track.
- 40+ Studio sessions with Francois
- 5h+ online video sessions with lifetime-access
- Slides / cheat sheets you can always quickly turn to
- Bonus 1: Ableton Project (instrumental) used in this course (using Ableton Live 9 Standard + NI Massive 1.3.xx (or higher))
- Bonus 2: Vocal Mixing Sessions
Track We Mix
Course Overview
Learn To
- Avoid common mixing errors and psycho-acoustic traps
- Prepare your Ableton Session for a great mixing workflow
- Use EQ to make room and properly place elements
- Utilize compressors to add or remove dynamics
- Use saturation & distortion to add upper harmonics to the mix
- Properly split your bass freqencies for sub-separation
- Identify the right song-part to start mixing
- Mix with Ableton stock plugins
- Mix instruments, drums and bass with EQ, compression, etc
- Correctly use groups, send effects and audio while mixing
- Master the fundamentals and theories of sound perception
✓ Mix Preparation & First Balance
What is the musical idea of the song. Setting up your session for a great mixing workflow, order of tracks, grouping, creating busses. Identifying the most important section and instruments in your song.
✓ Avoid Common Mixing Errors
Referencing, "louder sounds better"-trap, finding the right mixing volume, subtractive vs additive EQ, dithering, phasing, awareness for resonances caused by your environment and many more.
✓ Mix Preparation & First Balance
What is the musical idea of the song. Setting up your session for a great mixing workflow, order of tracks, grouping, creating busses. Identifying the most important section and instruments in your song.
✓ Avoid Common Mixing Errors
Referencing, "louder sounds better"-trap, finding the right mixing volume, subtractive vs additive EQ, dithering, phasing, awareness for resonances caused by your environment and many more.
✓ Bass Layers & Sub Bass Separation
Why mono bass, separating sub frequencies, kick-bass side-chaining techniques, multiband side-chaining, dynamic EQ, etc.
✓ Complete Mixing Process
After finding a first balance and an order for our mixing process we're working our way through cleaning, gain staging, eqing, compressing, sound enhancing, bussing, balancing the track step by step, working our way down from the most important elemtents.
✓ Compression-Techniques
How the compressor works and is applied in the mixing stage, drum and bass compression, side-chain compression, multiband compression, parallel compression, New-York compression, limiting
✓ EQing-Techniques
Dealing with resonances, learn to avoid upward spirals of EQ boosting, best practise to avoid frequency masking, why we favor cuts over boosts, why to use shelf filters before peak filters, before notch filters, mid-side EQ, etc.
✓ Covering Theoretical Background
Phase cancellation, room treatment, law of the first wavefront, how our ears sense the direction and distance of sound, Fletcher-Munson Curve, anti-phase
✓ Sweetening to taste
Adding sound enhancing elements, like send reverbs, stereo effects, slap delays on our vocals, haas effect, etc.
Course Curriculum
- Excursion: Distance & Direction of Sound (4:44)
- Frequency Masking (6:14)
- Subtractive vs Additive EQ (3:58)
- How The Compressor Works (1) - Basics (14:25)
- How The Compressor Works (2) - Snare Example (10:00)
- How The Compressor Works (3) - Loop Example (8:50)
- How The Compressor Works (4) - Different Compressor Types (5:13)
- Multiband Side-Chaining (16:51)
What People Are Saying
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FAQs and Requirements
When does the course start and finish?
The course starts now and never ends! It is a completely self-paced online course - you
decide
when you start and when
you finish.
How long do I have access to the courses?
How does lifetime access sound?
After enrolling, you have unlimited access to the courses for as long as you like - across
any and all devices you own.
What type of audio files are the samples?
24bit 44.1K WAV Files
What if I am unhappy with my order?
We would never want you to be
unhappy! If you are unsatisfied with your purchase, contact us in the first 48 hours and we
will give you a full refund - due to the digital download nature of the optional sound
packs, we can only refund the courses parts. No refund on bulk / pack orders. One refund per
person.
How do I access course files, if any are included?
If you're getting the
basic course option, a download link will be provided above or below the video of the first
or second lecture of the course (usually named 'Setup & Downloads'). In case you're getting
the course with one of the pack options, the additional packs will be delivered to you via
email.
Where will I be able to log into my course?
The courses are hosted on
another server. Once you've bought a course, you'll be getting a
mail
saying "Redeem your copy
of "Course …"". Follow the "Confirm your account" link in that mail and you will end up on
the
course-platform. There,
you'll need to pick your password and log in. Your profile info will be already prepared for
you. You can then always
log in here:
If you already have a courses account, the new course will be added to your profile (assuming you buy it using the same email address associated with that account). If you have an account but buy a new course using a different email, get in touch and we will manually add it to your existing account.
There is one way of watching videos offline for example if you are travelling with an iPad and you are not always within reach of a stable internet connection: We have activated the option of MyTeachable accounts on our videos so you can watch videos offline through the “Teachable Online Courses” iOS App.
I already own some courses/packs. Can I upgrade?
You already bought some
courses / packs and want to upgrade? Get
in touch for
your custom offer!
Will future courses be automatically added to my bundle?
The bundle is a
snapshot including the available courses and packs at the time of your purchase. Future
courses / packs will not be automatically included.
Is this a subscription to future products?
No. This is a one time payment
for the courses/packs currently included in the bundle
What if I have further questions?
We are available to help you with any
questions, get in touch via:
[email protected]
We are only using stock Ableton effects in this course. The Ableton Project (instrumental) used in this course (using Ableton Live 9 Standard + NI Massive 1.3.xx (or higher))
