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Remixing Techniques: Arranging and Song Form

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Overview

Arrange songs for radio play and club remixes using four different digital audio workstations: Pro Tools, Ableton Live, Logic, and Reason.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Welcome
  • What you should know before watching this course
  • Why did we record this course in four different DAWs?
  • Using the exercise files
1. Arranging: An Overview
  • A general overview of musical arranging
  • An overview of remix arranging
  • An overview of radio and club arranging
2. Arranging for the Radio
  • Referencing the original or demo version of the song
  • Listening to stems and deciding on the musical direction
  • Creating a sketch arrangement
  • Developing the drums and bass
  • Adding synths
  • Adding guitars
  • Arranging the rest of the song
3. Arranging for the Club
  • Referencing the original or demo version of the song
  • Listening to stems and deciding on the musical direction
  • Time stretching stems and creating a sketch arrangement
  • Developing the drums and bass
  • Adding synths
  • Working from the hype backwards
  • Arranging the rest of the song
4. Creating a Radio Edit from a Club Mix
  • Trimming down the club version
  • Identifying arrangement changes within the body of the song
  • Listening through the final arrangement
5. Adding Arrangement Ear Candy
  • Adding a vocoder
  • Adding filtered delays to vocals
  • Adding drum fills
6. Final Listens
  • Listening through the final radio mix
  • Listening through the final club mix
  • Listening through the final radio edit
Conclusion
  • Final thoughts and next steps

Taught by

Josh Harris

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