Mixing In Pro Tools
What you'll learn
- Creating a new session and setting your session parameters
- How to efficiently organise your session
- Gain staging - How much headroom you should have and why this is important
- The mix mindset - Getting your priorities right from the start and not getting stuck in the mix rabbit hole
- The static balance
- Panning - The traditional LCR method vs modern spectrum
- EQ - Subtractive and Additive - When to use and why
- Compression, parallel compression and using compression creatively
- How to get hard-hitting punchy drums
- How to utilise drum samples - When to use and why
- Getting bass and kick to work together
- How to get a tight low end
- Vocal processing
- De-essing naturally
- Active EQ
- Mid-side EQ
- Reverb types and applications
- Delay applications
- Creative Mixing - Enhancing tone and bringing out the character of tracks
- The infamous “rear buss” technique
- Tape saturation
- Riding faders to add dynamics and energy to your mix
- Referencing - How and what you should be listening for
- Phase and why this is important
- Thick electric guitars
- Utilising saturation and distortion to add character
- Getting your vocal to sit on top of the mix
- Balancing layers of BV's
Requirements
- A basic knowledge of Pro Tools
- A passion for getting great mixes
Description
Are your mixes sounding dull and lifeless? Lacking the clarity and punch of the pro’s mixes? Then this is the course for you! In this 11.5 hour intensive course, you’ll watch me take a track from scratch to a final polished mix. You’ll receive the full free multitrack download for the song “Had A Feeling” that I mix in this course, so you can follow along with me every step of the way. I hold no secrets back in this course, giving you all of my mixing knowledge that I’ve developed over the last decade and some pearls of wisdom along the way. After completing this course you will have learnt my step-by-step mix process that you can harness to get consistent, dynamic and impactful mixes every time. I take you through all of my favourite plugins and processing tips and tricks that I’ve learnt from the pro’s, as well as the important mix DON’T’S! You’ll learn how to adopt the efficient mix mindset and mix philosophy that will stop you from going down the mix rabbit hole and keep you on track. Want to take your mixes to the next level and close the gap between your mixes and the pro’s? Let’s get started then shall we! NOTE - I utilise Pro Tools as my DAW for this course but everything I teach can be replicated in any other DAW that you may be using.
Who this course is for:
- Beginner to advanced mix engineers looking to improve their mixes
Instructor
![Chris Pearson](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 64 64"%3E%3C/svg%3E){kind=avatar}
- 4.3 Instructor Rating
- 59 Reviews
- 442 Students
- 1 Course
Chris Pearson is a sound engineer and producer based in London. Having worked with major artists including Grammy winning artist Koffee and Mobo nominees Guvna B and Noel Robinson. Currently a house engineer at Bamm-Bamm Music, as well as freelancing out of other top London studios including Metropolis, The Pool Studios and Livingston Studios. He's a lecturer at the London Academy of Production as well as a live sound engineer, working with major artists including The Cure, Craig David and Dua Lipa.