artistproMediaLearning Studio

Beginning Mixing

Mike Lawson · artistproMedia

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16 practical Street Life lessons: balance, EQ, dynamics, space, automation, and delivery. Includes captured apStudio EQ and compressor demonstrations with matched separate audio.

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Course outline

  1. 1. Hear the song before you touch a control
  2. 2. Build a reliable listening routine
  3. 3. Prepare a session you can reopen
  4. 4. Set levels and preserve headroom
  5. 5. Make a static mix with faders
  6. 6. Place sounds without losing the center
  7. 7. Use EQ for a specific audible change
  8. 8. Resolve masking without emptying the mix
  9. 9. Control level with compression
  10. 10. Hear attack and release
  11. 11. Use expansion and gates carefully
  12. 12. Create depth with a shared reverb
  13. 13. Choose delay and other effects with intent
  14. 14. Use automation to guide attention
  15. 15. Compare revisions and finish the mix
  16. 16. Complete your independent mixing project