MacProVideo – Art of Audio Recording: The Mix [ENG]

How do you get a complicated song, with tons of drums, guitar, keyboard and vocal tracks to really shine and stand out when reduced to a stereo pair? Well, it’s not easy. In fact, it’s one of the most critical and complicated steps of the whole precording process. And that’s what makes this 60-video tutorial so unique! You’ll sit alongside Modern World Studio’s mixing ninja Clint Murphy as he teaches you everything he knows about the art of mixing.

This is not one of those overview tutorials: It’s an in-depth treatise—nothing is glossed over or left out. From setting up the console to exporting your final stereo bounce, this tutorial shows you every step of the way. So break out your notebooks because this hands-on, down-and-dirty, in the trenches mixing adventure is loaded with tons of mixing techniques and audio tips.

You know, it’s not every day that a world class engineer lets you in on all his mixing secrets. So sit back, put your feet up (not on the console, please) put on your headphones and get ready to learn about the art and science of The Mix!

Chapter

1: The Mix
1: Introduction
05:23
1. Prologue
02:38
2. Introduction
02:05
3. Monitoring
01:17
4. Panning
01:09
5. Frequency Stacking
01:17
6. Importing Files Into Pro Tools
05:56
7. Listening To The Monitor Mix

2: Setting Up the Console
05:02
8. Drums & Percussion – Part 1
04:54
9. Drums & Percussion – Part 2
05:14
10. Drums & Percussion – Part 3
07:54
11. Drums & Percussion – Part 4
05:47
12. Instruments & Vocals – Part 1
04:06
13. Instruments & Vocals – Part 2
03:24
14. Instruments & Vocals – Part 3
06:09
15. Instruments & Vocals – Part 4
07:54
16. Tidying Up – Part 1
06:05
17. Tidying Up – Part 2
03:50
18. Tidying Up – Part 3
02:47
19. Putting In Markers

3: Levels and Compression
03:04
20. Bringing Levels Down
05:06
21. Applying bus Compression – Part 1
04:01
22. Applying bus Compression – Part 2
04:16
23. Monitoring From 2-Track Return

4: Mixing The Drums
06:14
24. Mixing Parallel Compression
05:10
25. The Drums: Balancing Phase
04:35
26. Drums EQ – Part 1
05:33
27. Drums EQ – Part 2
05:39
28. Drums EQ – Part 3
04:29
29. Drums EQ – Part 4
03:26
30. Compression on Drums

5: Mixing & EQ-ing of Various Elements
08:26
31. Vocal Samples
05:14
32. The Piano 2C Zither Lute
01:54
33. Equalizing The Pads

6: Mixing The Vocals
04:39
34. Vocals: EQ
05:13
35. Vocals: Compression
07:40
36. Vocals: Recording Back Into Pro Tools
05:21
37. Vocals: Balancing Levels
06:12
38. Vocals: Applying Reverb Delay Pt 1
05:05
39. Vocals: Applying Reverb Delay Pt 2
06:35
40. Vocals: Applying Reverb Delay Pt 3
04:53
41. Vocals: Applying Reverb Delay Pt 4
07:05
42. Vocals: De-essing

7: Mixing & Side Chaining The Bass
08:40
43. Mixing The Bass
03:48
44. Sidechaining The Bass

8: Mixing Piano, Percussion and Choir
05:34
45. The Glockenspiel Cymbal
06:33
46. The Piano Pt 1
06:16
47. The Piano Pt 2
02:41
48. Reviewing The Zither & Mixing The Strings
05:11
49. Mixing The African Choir
03:20
50. Applying EQ To The Bus

9: Working with The Vocals
04:17
51. Mixing Vocals: Reverb Automation
06:57
52. Backing Vocals (Chorus) Pt 1
05:55
53. Backing Vocals (Chorus) Pt 2
05:22
54. Backing Vocals (Chorus) Pt 3
06:44
55. Backing Vocals (Pre Chorus)
07:56
56. Backing Vocals (Verse )
03:46
57. Making Notes On The Vocals
05:14
58. Tweaking The Vocals – Part 1
04:15
59. Tweaking The Vocals – Part 2

10: Finalizing The Mix
04:20
60. Final Adjustments To The Mix
06:42
61. Printing The Mix
00:41
62. Outro

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