Course Outline

Effects

  • Setup your effects at the beginning of the mix.
  • Use hall, chamber, plate, room + non-linear reverbs, and what they sound best on.
  • Use chorus, flange, phasers and hamonizers to add width, size and color to your tracks.
  • Use delays to create depth, create a mood + enhance the rhythm of a part.

Tracks

  • Get big sounding, record-quality mixes.
  • Create a cohesive sounding mix.
  • Bring out the most important element of each track so it will work well with the other instruments.
  • Create signature sounds that give the artist an aural identity.
  • Get huge and powerful drum sounds.
  • Get a warm fat bass sound that can be heard in small speakers.
  • Get a big guitar sound without overpowering the drums or vocals.
  • Create keyboard sounds that add depth, color and size to the mix.
  • Create big background vocals without getting in the way of the lead.
  • Get a lead vocal sound that grabs the listeners attention and connects them with the emotion of the singer's performance.
  • Use distortion to your advantage.
  • Make the digital mix buss sound analog.
  • Compress the stereo mix - at the beginning or end of the mix.
  • Use stereo wideners to make your mix bigger than the speakers.

Automation

  • Make magic happen with automation.
  • Setup the basic structure of your mix by balancing the tracks in each section of the song.
  • Inject dynamics and excitement at the transitions and with effects splashing.
  • Create an ever-evolving mix keeping the listener's attention from first bar to last.
  • Breathe emotion into the music with automation.
  • Ride the lead vocal to truly bring out the singers star quality.

Mixing Theory

  • What mixing is and its importance in the process of making a record.
  • What defines that "record" sound.
  • That even though it may feel like your mixes aren't getting better - they are.
  • The importance of distortion in the history of recording, and how it influences today's records.
  • About using multiple monitors while mixing and what to listen for on each type.
  • How to create a sound for a mix that brings out the best in the song and stays true to the artists vision.
  • Different techniques to keep your mixes fresh and interesting.
  • How to create depth, space and separation with reverb, delays and modulation/pitch effects.
  • What defines "star quality".
  • The elements that make up a great mix.

    

Unlock The Mysteries Of Mixing With Charles Dye!

"I Give This A Huge 5 Out Of 5 VU Meters!" - Big Al Wagner

"The next best thing to an internship with Andy Wallace." - Future Music

"Like attending a Master Class in the art of mixing modern music." - Bart Thurber, EQ


Charles Dye

This enormously successful and widely praised interactive mixing course teaches the secrets of mixing with Pro Tools. Leading industry professionals, pro audio critics, top educators, bestselling authors and users all agree, Mix It Like A Record is the best and fastest way to learn the elusive skill of mixing.

Grammy-winning engineer/mixer/producer Charles Dye (Lauryn Hill, Jon Bon Jovi, Julio Iglesias, Sammy Hagar, Ricky Martin) teaches how to get big sounding, record-quality mixes. You'll learn how to get amazing sounds using the latest plug-ins, breathe emotion into the music with automation, and make the artist sound like a star.

Features:

  • Three hours of video-based mixing instruction
  • 1.7 GB of 40 Pro Tools LE + TDM sessions on ROM layer
  • Effects session templates
  • Custom presets for every plug-in

Click on the links below to view a trailer about this priceless instructional DVD, and to watch two excerpts from the actual course entitled, "Saturation And The Digital Mix Buss."

[ Watch The Trailer ] [ Watch Excerpt #1 ] [ Watch Excerpt #2 ] [ Watch Excerpt #3 ]

Reviews:

"Dye teaches tips and presents philosophies that pros and beginners alike can use to improve their mixing skills immediately. Mix It Like A Record is the next best thing to an internship with Andy Wallace." - Editors, Future Music


Roger Nichols

"Fantastic coverage of every step in the mixing process - very informative insight into the provocative mixing style of Charles Dye." - Roger Nichols, Grammy-winning mixer/producer (Steely Dan, Donald Fagen, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Frank Zappa)

"He examines the process of creating a musical mix that builds on emotional cues to really grab the listeners attention... it's like attending a Master Class in the art of mixing modern music." - Bart Thurber, EQ

"Covering every instrument and vocal track with razor-sharp theory and practical tips. Passionately delivered and inspirational, MiLaR is highly recommend." - Jason Scott Alexander, REMIX


Eric Shilling

"Dye tackles a topic I wouldn't even know where to begin with and succeeds. Creating a framework for the subject of mixing, MiLaR provides a path the younger engineer, producer or musician can take to jump-start their learning process, bypassing much trial and error." - Eric Schilling, Grammy winning mixer/producer (Elton John, Shakira, David Bowie, Quincy Jones)

"I'm loving it! In fact, it's saving my ass!!! I'm producing a live Foreigner album right now and I've applied a lot from the DVD. Can't thank you enough for it." - Jeff Pilson, producer/artist/bassist (Foreigner, Dokken, Dio, MSG)

"It's taken me 20 years, working with the best mixers in the business, to grasp most of the concepts so effortlessly explained with MiLaR, and I still learned a couple of new ones. I only wish it was made 20 years ago." - Tommy Torres, producer/artist/songwriter (Ricky Martin, Son by Four, Jaci Velasquez, Paulina Rubio)

Click on the links below to view a trailer about this priceless instructional DVD, and to watch two excerpts from the actual course entitled, "Saturation And The Digital Mix Buss."

[ Watch The Trailer ] [ Watch Excerpt #1 ] [ Watch Excerpt #2 ]
 

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