Sonic Academy Understanding Mixing Level 2 TUTORIAL

This week we welcome back Protoculture for an in-depth look at one of the most important aspects when making music – Mixing.

Following on from Phil’s brilliant Understanding Mixing Fundamentals course, Nate takes things a step further, looking at ways to help your workflow, the pitfalls that you need to watch out for when mixing a track and tips and tricks that’ll get you heading in the right direction when tackling your mixdown.

Whether you’re just starting out or already releasing music, getting things right when mixing is vital and can literally make or break a track, so this is a must-watch for producers of all abilities out there!

Get on it, level up and make those tracks shine above the rest!

Tutorials

Tutorial 01 – Introduction

Tutorial 02 – Signal Flow Basics

Tutorial 03 – Gain vs Faders

Tutorial 04 – Gain Staging

Tutorial 05 – VCA Faders

Tutorial 06 – Stereo Balance vs Combined Panning

Tutorial 07 – Group, Busses and Submixes

Tutorial 08 – Sends, Returns and Auxiliary Channels

Tutorial 09 – Balancing Your Mix

Tutorial 10 – Setting the Kick and Bass Relationship

Tutorial 11 – Pink Noise Mixing

Tutorial 12 – Mixing with Auxiliary Channels

Tutorial 13 – Nested Sends and Advanced Routing