Release Year: 2012
Manufacturer: Streamworks Audio
Website: www.streamworksaudio.com/products/sonarX2MixClinic
Author: Pippin Henderson
Duration: 01:34:19
Type of Material: Video Tutorial
Language: English
Description: This tutorial will teach you everything you need to know about mixing a track, achieving superb sound in no time. It covers all stages of a digital mix. The material is divided into sections: drums, synths, and vocals.
As you work on the song, you’ll gradually see its sound improve and discover helpful tips to take your own tracks to the next level. These include creative techniques like parallel compression, sidechaining, and equalizing tracks to expand the mix to get the most out of your track. You’ll also learn how to use EQ to emphasize specific areas of a track, balance your tracks, and achieve a professional sound.
You’ll get familiar with VST plugins and see how mixing and mastering are done. See both subtle and extreme compression in action. Multiband compression will also be demonstrated, which will add life to a mix during final processing.
All this in one video tutorial from SWA Mix Clinic | Sonar X2, perfect for gaining mixing experience that will make your tracks sound unique!
In this tutorial, you’ll learn everything you need to begin mixing great-sounding songs in no time. This tutorial takes you through every stage of a song’s digital development, breaking it down into manageable sections like drums, synths, and vocal mixing.
It’s based on a continuous progression of one song, so you’ll hear the track’s progress as you watch and learn tricks and tips that will enhance your future projects. You will learn creative tricks like adding in a ‘Bass Drop’, parallel compression, side chaining and loads more, like learning your frequencies and using available space within the mix to get the most out of your track.
You will also learn how to use the Pro Channels EQ to boost and/or attenuate frequency bands to bring out specific areas in a track. Learn how to level and balance your tracks and get your next song sounding professional and ‘radio ready’.
From eq’ing to editing, adding effects to leveling, mixing and mastering, learn how to apply subtle compression and full on sounding limiting to add punch. Mastering plugins like the Mulit-band Compressor to bring the song to life.
This is the all in one swiss army knife of a ‘How To..’ on mixing and mastering, the SWA Mix Clinic | Sonar X2, is perfect for learning the tips and tricks necessary to getting your projects sounding perfect every time!
Contents :
1 – Mix Clinic Cakewalk Sonar X2 Introduction
2 – Mixing the Rhythms (Drums)
3 – Mixing the Melodies (Synths)
4 – Creative Techniques
5 – Mixing the Vocals
6 – Fine Tuning the Mix
7 – Mastering and Wrap Up
Sample files: None provided
Video format: M4V
Video: AVC, 1920×1080, 16:9, 29.970 fps, 1394 kbps
Audio: AAC, 48.0 kHz, ~128 kbps, 2 channels
