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LinkedIn Learning

Audio Mixing Bootcamp

via LinkedIn Learning

Overview

Reveals industry tips, tricks, and techniques for producing professionally mixed audio.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Welcome
1. Improving Your Listening Environment
  • Determining the listening position
  • Fixing acoustic problems
  • Setting up your monitors
2. Prepping Your Mix
  • Setting up your session
  • Setting up your subgroups
  • Setting up your effects
3. Learning the Basics of Mixing
  • Developing the groove
  • Emphasizing the most important elements
  • Knowing what to avoid
4. Building Your Mix
  • Learning the principles of building a mix
  • Assigning the drums to a subgroup
  • Building the mix from the kick
  • Building the mix from the snare
  • Building the mix from the toms
  • Building the mix from the overhead mics
  • Checking the drum phase
  • Balancing direct and miked bass channels
  • Building the mix from the bass
  • Building the mix from the vocals
  • Balancing the rhythm section
  • Balancing the rest of the instruments with the rhythm section
  • Making a mix without building it
  • Balancing the harmony vocals
5. Panning
  • Looking at the three main panning areas
  • Panning the drums
  • Avoiding pseudo-stereo
6. Exploring Compression
  • Understanding compressor parameters
  • Setting up the compressor
  • Compressing the drums
  • Compressing the room mics
  • Compressing the bass
  • Using the New York compression trick
  • Compressing the clean electric guitars
  • Compressing the distorted electric guitars
  • Compressing the acoustic guitars
  • Compressing the piano
  • Compressing the electric keyboards
  • Compressing the vocals
  • Compressing the horns
7. Using Noise Gates and De-Essers
  • Learning noise gate basics
  • Using the noise gate on guitars
  • Using the noise gate on drums
  • Learning de-esser basics
  • Using the de-esser on vocals
8. Learning About EQ
  • Understanding equalizer parameters
  • Learning subtractive equalization
  • Learning frequency juggling
  • Using the magic high-pass filter
  • Learning the principles of equalization
9. Applying EQ to the Rhythm Section
  • Equalizing the kick
  • Equalizing the snare
  • Equalizing the rack toms
  • Equalizing the floor tom
  • Equalizing the hi-hat
  • Equalizing the cymbal or the overhead mics
  • Equalizing the room mics
  • Equalizing the bass
  • Editing the bass rhythm
  • Equalizing the rhythm section
10. Applying EQ to the Instruments
  • Equalizing the electric guitar
  • Equalizing the acoustic guitar
  • Equalizing the hand percussion
  • Equalizing the lead vocals
  • Equalizing the background vocals
  • Equalizing the piano
  • Equalizing the organ
  • Equalizing the strings
  • Equalizing the horns
11. Understanding Reverb
  • Learning the principles of reverb
  • Understanding reverb parameters
  • Timing the reverb to the track
  • Equalizing the reverb
  • Using the two-reverb quick setup
  • Using the three-reverb setup
12. Adding Reverb
  • Adding reverb to the drums
  • Adding reverb to the vocals
  • Adding reverb to the guitars
  • Adding reverb to the piano
  • Adding reverb to the organ
  • Adding reverb to the strings
  • Adding reverb to the horns
  • Adding reverb to the percussion
  • Using reverb to layer the mix
13. Adding Delay
  • Learning delay principles
  • Understanding delay parameters
  • Timing the delay to the track
  • Using delay timing variations
  • Equalizing the delay
  • Understanding the Haas effect
  • Using the three-delay setup
  • Adding delay to the vocals
  • Using delay to layer the mix
14. Adding Modulation Effects
  • Understanding the types of modulation
  • Understanding modulation parameters
  • Modulating the guitars
  • Modulating the keyboards
  • Modulating the vocals
  • Modulating the strings
15. The Final Mix
  • Mixing with subgroups
  • Using mix buss compression
  • Understanding the evils of hypercompression
Conclusion
  • Goodbye

Taught by

Bobby Owsinski

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