The role of mixing in an audio production
Approaching a completed tracking session
Understanding the message in the music
The history of mixing and analog methods
Analog classics, the brands and their sound
Benefits of the digital era
HD recording, common methods and principles
The return of the analog sound
Hybrid studio solutions
Templates and virtual mixing consoles
Horizontal, vertical and perspective mixing
EQs, Dynamics and other processors
In-depth analysis of EQs
Compression, expansion, limiting and gating
Single instruments: drums, bass, guitars, keyboards
"Mixing" the instruments into a whole
Lead and background vocals
Effects and creative mixing
Advanced mixing and routing concepts
Single track VS full-length album
Creative mixing
Automation and vocal riding
Getting a mix ready for a mastering studio
In-studio mastering concepts and methods
The importance of mastering and its role
The product, the artist, the look, the public and the marketing strategies

Mixing & Mastering

A music program for audio engineers, composers and home-recording artists of all levels. Digital music production has become a vital skill to have in the music business.

The course focuses primarily on mixing by explaining its role, methods and evolution from the last four decades to the contemporary concepts of hybrid mixing. Students will face a step-to-step approach on a session, its genre, instruments and parts from the foundation of the rhythm section all the way up to the last touches of automation and vocal riding.

The program puts the emphasis on the idea of a specific "sound" to be shaped as the identity of an artist/band and its record. The approach gives the student some standard, professional methods used every day by audio engineers all over the world while and - the same time - prepares the student's own ability to determine his/her choices and develop a unique identity as a professional audio engineer.

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Mixing & Mastering