Francois – Module 4: Mixing & Mastering A Melodic Techno Track – Masterclass – New Version

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Masterclass: Mixing & Mastering A Melodic Techno Track From To Finish

Mixing A Techno Track From To Finish Using Ableton Live 9 and State-of-the-Art Plugins

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We asked our friend and professional Mixing Engineer Guido Werner to take our template “Analog Moods” (which was produced using only Ableton stock effects and the Arturia Mini synth) and perform a professional mixing and mastering on it.
We granted him the freedom to use all his favorite Vst Plugins for this purpose.
We only had one condition: Record, explain and comment on everything you do while working on this project – and that’s exactly what he did.
Now you have the chance to join in and look over his shoulder – this class is fire!

What you will learn from this course:

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This course is set up so that you learn how to mix your own production from A to Z. The project has one goal and that is to make an in the box mix using an analogue approach to glue together with minimal effort. This minimalistic approach is taught by Guido Werner from Catandbeats and MixMasterYou. He will teach you all about different types of compressors, when to use which, how to listen, how to setup a file that practically mixes itself, reverbs, delays and the mastering process. If you ever wanted to sit next to an engineer while he does his thing this is it.

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Software / Plugins used:

Ableton Live 9.7.3 Suite
Arturia MINI V3
Max for Live
Waves: SSL Comp
- CLA-76
- CLA-3A
- CLA-2A
- API-2500
- Kramer Tape
- Scheps 73
- Aphex Vintage Exciter

U-He: Satin
Xfer Records: LFO Tool
Facebook 360: Spatialiser
Izotope Ozone 7 Advanced
Lounge Lizard

What song is used in the course?

Using this track as a source:

This is the end result:

What people say:

You’re learning to:

Avoid common mixing errors and psycho-acoustic traps
Prepare your DAW for a great mixing workflow
Use EQ to make room and properly place elements
Utilize compressors to add or remove dynamics
Use saturation & distortion to add upper harmonics to the mix
Properly split your bass freqencies for sub-separation
Identify the right song-part to mixing
Mix with state of the art 3rd party plugins
Mix instruments, drums and bass with EQ, compression, etc
Correctly use groups, send effects and audio while mixing
Master sound perception

What you’re getting:

	A complete -to-finish mixing process on a state of the art Melodic Techno track
	30+ Studio sessions with Guido Werner / CatAndBeats
	6h+ online video sessions with lifetime-access
	Bonus: Ableton Project (before and after) used in this couse (using Ableton Live 9 Suite + List of Plugins)

Course Curriculum

Intro and Downloads

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Introduction (9:40)
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Module 1 – The Basics

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01 – What is mixing? (7:39)
02 – Making sure you can hear the song (6:48)
03 – Preparing the file for mixing (5:21)

Module 2 – The Drums

04 – Headroom (3:24)
05 – What is EQ (4:42)
06 – Using the theory to shape the Kick (8:25)
07 – Compression for ADSR control theory (5:58)
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08 – Mid-Side Theory (5:32)
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09 – Layering the clap (10:28)
10 – Reverb Return on a clap (4:13)
11 – HiHat layer and delay trick (8:34)
12 – The importance of groove with the ghost snare (4:13)
13 – Setting a bit of groove on the 16th notes (9:25)
14 – Tonal percussion (6:50)
15 – Re-routing for the Drumbus (1:40)
16 – Drumbus compression basics (7:22)
17 – Drumbus Processing (20:16)

Module 3 – The Low End

18 – How do you get a thick low end? (5:10)
19 – Setting the right amount of sub bass (10:47)