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Mixing With Ableton Live

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About Mixing With Ableton Live

Mixing With Ableton Live

How We Will Learn

What Is Mixing?

What is Mastering?

Why Focus On The Listening Environment?

Finding Acoustic Problems

7 BuyingStudioMonitors V2

Monitor Setup

Monitor Settings

Adding a Subwoofer

Working With Headphones

My Less-Then-Perfect Setup

Multiple Monitors and Mono

The First Step in Mixing

Making a Session Copy

Tracking Down Extraneous Noises

Cleaning Up The Session

Tuning Instruments

Sorting Your Tracks

Grouping Tracks

Marking Sections

Creating Effect Busses

Compressors and Limiters

The Art of Mixing

The 3 Dimensions of Sound

The 3 Dimensions of Music

The Focus Element

Think Subtractive

Fighting Instruments

Finding a Starting Point

Setting Levels

The Noise Method

My Mix

My Mix - So Far

The Stereo Field

The Phantom Center

Rules for Panning

Phasing Tricks

Surround Sound Mixing

Panning on My Mix

Working with Frequencies

Reading a Frequency Spectrum

The 7 Common Frequency Bands

Working with the EQ

Creating Definition in a Sound with EQ - Method 1

Creating Definition in a Sound with EQ - Method 2

Cleaning Up the Mud

Making Room in the Mix

Adding a High Pass Filter

Frequencies to Watch Out For

Creating Space in the Mix

A Few Tricks

What is a Good Kick?

Is Anything Else Causing Problems?

Rebalancing

Using Effects in the Mix

What Actually is a Delay?

What Actually is a Reverb?

A Few Basic Guidelines

Bus Effects

Math! Calculating Delay Times

Feedback Settings

Delay Techniques for Vocals

Delay Techniques for Drums

Delay Techniques for Guitars

Does Our Track Need Any Delays?

Timing the Reverb Decay

Timing the Predelay

Bus Reverb Setup

Reverb Techniques for Vocals

Reverb Techniques for Drums

Reverb Techniques for Guitars and Synths

Putting It All Together

Modulation Effects

Flangers

Chorus

Tremolo and Vibrato

EQ Effects

Resampling

About Dynamics

Compression

Multiband Compression

Limiting

Gating

Using Compression

Variation Compensation

Compressors with EQ

Compressor Settings

Parallel Compression

Compressing Drums

Compressing Vocals

Compression on Groups

Compression on the Master

What is Focus?

The Groove

The Featured Element

Further Reading

The Most Important Rule in Mixing

One More Time...

Wrap Up

Thanks for Watching!

What You Will Learn?

  • Welcome to Mixing With Ableton Live!.
  • This class is for anyone who has made or recorded music and wondered why their tracks don't sound like the tracks they hear on the radio, Spotify, SoundCloud, or anywhere else. This is the missing link in your production workflow..
  • In this class, we start with the very basics of mixing and work all the way up to finishing great tracks. I walk you through every step of the process and explain the logic behind every decision I make. I'll even walk you through a complete mix from beginning to end..
  • The goal of this class is for you to learn how to take your tracks from good to great..
  • Genre:I'm best known for working with electronic music, but I've designed this course to be as inclusive as possible when it comes to genre. We will talk about mixing techniques for all instruments, sounds, and styles. All genres are welcome here!.
  • Topics Covered: .
  • The Listening Environment.
  • Headphone Mixing vs. Studio Monitors.
  • Preparing a Track for Mixing.
  • Tuning Instruments.
  • Grouping Tracks.
  • Approaches to Mixing.
  • Subtractive Mixing.
  • Panning.
  • Phantom Center.
  • Phasing.
  • Working with Frequencies.
  • The EQ as the Scalpel of Mixing.
  • Creating Definition with EQ.
  • The High Pass Filter Trick.
  • Negotiating the Kick and Bass in the Mix.
  • Creating Space with Delay Effects.
  • Creating Space with Reverb Effects.
  • Reverb Techniques for Vocals, Guitars, and Drums.
  • Delay Techniques for Vocals, Guitars, and Drums.
  • Compressors.
  • Parallel Compression.
  • Compression Techniques for Vocals, Guitars, and Drums.
  • Finding the "Focus" of the Track.
  • The Art in Mixing.
  • And much, much more!.
  • If you are ready to start making professional sounding tracks, this is the class that will start you on that journey. Get started today..
  • Dr. Allen is a university music professor and is a top-rated online instructor - with nearly 100 courses and 270,000 students..
  • In 2017 Star Tribune Business featured him as a "Mover and a Shaker," and he is recognized by the Grammy Foundation for his music education classes. .
  • ** I guarantee that this course is the most thorough music history course available ANYWHERE on the market - or your money back (30-day money-back guarantee) **.
  • Closed captions have been added to all lessons in this course..
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  • Praise for Courses by Jason Allen:.
  • ⇢  "It seems like every little detail is being covered in an extremely simple fashion. The learning process becomes relaxed and allows complex concepts to get absorbed easily. My only regret is not taking this course earlier." - M. Shah.
  • ⇢  "Great for everyone without any knowledge so far. I bought all three parts... It's the best investment in leveling up my skills so far.." - Z. Palce.
  • ⇢  "Excellent explanations! No more or less than what is needed." - A. Tóth.
  • ⇢  "VERY COOL. I've waited for years to see a good video course, now I don't have to wait anymore. Thank You!" - Jeffrey Koury.
  • ⇢  "I am learning LOTS! And I really like having the worksheets!" - A. Deichsel.
  • ⇢  "The basics explained very clearly - loads of really useful tips!" - J. Pook.
  • ⇢  "Jason is really quick and great with questions, always a great resource for an online class!" M. Smith.
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  • Students who register for this course will receive ongoing exclusive content and discounts to all future classes in the series. .