Mixing & Mastering Class | San Francisco

EQ, Environment, Acoustics & Separation

• →The art of balancing and panning
• →All about mono and stereo
• →EQ
• →Studio monitor speaker design
• →Acoustics and physics
• →How to use your ears for mixing

Dynamics

• →Gates and de-essers
• →Dynamic controller tips to achieve clarity in your mix
• →All about compression
• →In-depth with the parameters
• →Types of compression circuitry (optical, valve, etc.) and their digital emulations
• →Parallel dynamic processing

Reverbs, Delays & Other FX

• →Phaser, flanger, chorus, pitch shifters, harmonisers and creative FX
• →Tips on how to make your records come to life with FX
• →Types of reverb and delay, where and how to use them
• →In-depth with all the parameters
• →Spatialisation with convolution reverbs and delays

Mixing Vocals

• →Getting separation between lead and BVs
• →Tips on automating levels (rides)
• →FX Chains for your vocal sound
• →Preparing vocals, vocal comping and tuning vocals

Creative Mixing

• →Automation
• →Filtering and samples
• →Vocoder, Ring Modulators, Envelopers, Auto-panning, distortion and bit crushing
• →Sidechaining dynamic controllers and filters for FX
• →Getting creative with reverb and delay
• →Pitch shifters, harmonisers and creative FX
• →Saturation

Analysis & The Final Mix

• →The mix revision process
• →Preparing your mix for the master process
• →Active listening and critiquing of released mixes
• →Analysis and critique of your mixes

Mastering

• →Other useful metering tools and techniques
• →Using references to get your EQ and separation. A/Bing
• →EQ, brick wall limiting, levels, and phase
• →Which mastering plugins to use – dos and don’ts

Additional Information

• →Our small class sizes allow for instructors to curate class content to the students wants and needs.
• →Students receive access to numerous discounts on production software.
• →Use your own laptop, or use our macbooks free of charge.
• →Headphones are available to use.
• →Personal USB drive or SSD for storing your files is recommended

Use the ‘CONNECT’ button below to request schedule and pricing information. One of our placement experts will follow up within a business day. For one-to-one lessons, see our Music Production Private Instruction page.

Taught at our San Francisco studio, the Mixing & Mastering Class keeps groups small enough that every student gets real time at the controls. Bay Area producers lead the sessions, and the identical course can be taken live online if that suits you better.

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