STUDIO COURSES

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MIX YOUR MUSIC - ADVANCE

BY GEORGE DONOGHUE

Week 1 - Gain staging, session layout, getting the best out of your setup, Aux tracks and Buses 

Week 2 - EQ - Corrective and creative EQ techniques. 

Week 3 - Compression

Week 4 - Recording guitars  - understanding Phase relationships 

Week 5 - Using Triggers / programming drums 

Week 6 - How to create a great bass sound with amp sims 

Week 7 - Mixing vocals   

Week 8 - using Automation 

Week 9 - Advanced compression 

Week 10 - Mastering - Basics 

Week 11 - Mixing your music

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MIX YOUR MUSIC - BASIC

BY GEORGE DONOGHUE

Week 1 - Gain staging, session layout, getting the best out of your setup, Aux tracks and Buses 

Week 2 - EQ - Corrective and creative EQ techniques. 

Week 3 - Compression

Week 4 - Mixing 

Week 5 - Mastering

MASTERING MASTERCLASS

BY SCOTT MIDDLETON

Week 1 - Breakdown of The concepts of Mastering and the duties and goals of a mastering engineer & analysing your own struggles and goals.

Week 2 - Breakdown of how and when to choose conventional DAWS for mastering (ProTools/Logic etc) versus Using Dedicated Mastering DAWS (Ozone & HOFA)

Week 3 - General EQ from a Mastering perspective.

Week 4 - Compression how to know when to use it, how to dial in a compressor, what to listen for, and how to choose the best compressor to use.

Week 5 - Advanced Mastering processes : Dynamic EQ, Multiband Compression, De-essing, and M/S (Mid/Side) EQ and Compression De-mystified.

Week 6 - Using colourful and spectral processors to bring life and character to a track

Week 7 - Ways of rescuing a less than stellar mix in the mastering stage & repairing damaged audio tracks

Week 8 - Limiting & Maximising to achieve loud competitive masters and how to avoid ruining your tracks when using them.

Week 9 - Comparative listening, using useful metering to make sure your work translates properly on different speakers.

Week 10 - Sample Rates, Dithering and Codecs de-mystified.

Week 11 - Sequencing Song order & metadata for an album or EP, Mastering for Digital files, Streaming, CD & Vinyl, and DDP creation for duplication.

STUDIO DRUM TUNING

BY JORDAN GAUTHIER

Week 1: Intro To Studio Drum Tuning

Week 2: Bass Drum Tuning

Week 3: Tom Tuning

Week 4: Snare Drum Tuning Pt. 1

Week 5: Snare Drum Tuning Pt. 2

Week 6: Drumhead Selection

Week 7: Studio Tricks

Week 8: Cymbal Selection/in depth analyse

Week 9: Drum Maintenance

Week 10: Drum Shell Anatomy/Theory

Week 11: Bearing Edges

Week 12: Drum Selection