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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Mixing Techniques that empower your creativity
Other modules cover the techniques and specifics of the processing used in professional mixing. This module however is about the art of mixing. The creative process, concepts and mindset necessary to create a great mix and techniques to get you into the all important mixing flow state.
You will start by learning perhaps the most important thing you need to be a great mixer. How to create and realise a vision for your mix. I break down an entire mix concentrating on the thinking behind the choices that create a professional level, album ready mix.
You will also learn a range of essential professional mixing practices. This includes some important advanced routing, signal flow techniques. You will learn: how to avoid common mixing mistakes, techniques to get the best out of your plugins and hardware, as well as how to speed up your work to help get you into that all important mix flow state.
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