Mark Wingfield – The Art of Mixing
Courses by award winning mixing and mastering engineer Mark Wingfield covering everything you need to mix at a professional level
Compression is probably the hardest of all processors to understand well, yet it’s one of the most important tools you need in a mix. In professional mixing compression isn’t just used to control dynamics, its used to create punch or smoothness, its used to shape the tone of instruments and it’s used to create groove. In this course you will learn to understand all aspects of compression and how to use it in real world mixing tasks. All the modules in this course are packed with tips, tricks, insights and golden nuggets of information gained from decades of professional mixing.
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Reverb can create a realistic sense of space and 3D depth in your mixes, it can position instruments and bring them to life. Or it can wash out and muddy up your a mix and actually reduce the depth. Understanding the concepts involved in reverb and how to control the key parameters is essential to using reverb well. In this module you will learn everything you need to use reverb in your mixes at a professional level. All the modules in this course are packed with tips, tricks, insights and golden nuggets of information gained from decades of professional mixing.
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Once you have the balance, EQ is often the most important part of a mix. EQ can bring out the best in an instrument, help clashing instruments sit nicely together in a mix, add punch and depth, add a silky sheen to your mix, fix problems that happened during recording and more. In this module you will gain a full understanding of EQ and how it is used to mix at a professional level. All the modules in this course are packed with tips, tricks, insights and golden nuggets of information gained from decades of professional mixing.
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Practices that empower your creativity
In this section I break down an entire mix concentrating on the thinking that went on behind the choices made. You will hear a complete transformation from a muddy, distant, congested and muffled sounding recording to a big clear open and detailed professional level, album ready mix. Importantly, you will learn every technique used, concepts behind them and how to approach the creative process of creating a great mix. You will also learn a range of essential professional mixing practices that avoid common mistakes, get the best out of your plugins and hardware, speed up your work and help get you into that all important important mix flow state.
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