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Pro Tools

Volume

 

- Perfect Track Volume - The -4db Test

- Perfect Volume first ! - Tracks mixing

- Most Important Instrument mixing first !

- Mixing Quietly !

- Volume Fader before EQ ! - Tracks mixing

- Volume Attack principle - mixing Tracks 1-2

- Volume automation - louder on a Chorus - Drums

- Automate Subgroups - play your Mix ! 

EQ

- Full Section mixing first !

- Subtractive EQ - first Cut than Boost !

- Don't EQ solo in the Mix !

- EQ in Mono - compatibility

- MID & SIDE EQ Mixing - 3 similar synth Bass lines - EDM (Waves HEQ)

- PARALLEL EQ (enhancing) setup - Bass - house (SSL EQ)

- Great graphic EQ (Sonnox EQ)

- Always LOW Pass & HI Cut where possible - No Harsh mixes !

Stereo Width

- BASIC Stereo Width trick (L-R delay) + Detune - Mono to Stereo - rock Guitars

- Great sounding EQ - nice Synths preset (SSL Duende X-EQ)

- Flip-Flop EQ Stereo Width trick & Clarity on Guitars

- Stereo Width & Enhance with Analog EQ - Synths, Textures

- PLUGIN Stereo Width - DrMS Spatial Processor by Mathew Lane

- PLUGIN Stereo Width - BX Stereomaker by Brainworks

Compressor

​- BASIC Compressor setup - Acoustic Guitar

- BASIC Compressor setup - Dist & Acoustic Guitars

- Compressor & Gate - on Perc.Loop - more Present with (Sonnox Dynamics)

- 808s Enhancing - Kick - hip-hop (FabFilter Pro-G)

- PARALLEL Compression setup - wide Drums - pop & rock

- PARALLEL Distortion setup - Drums - pop & rock (SoundToys DECAPITATOR)

- PARALLEL Compression (EQ before) setup - Kick - drums - pop

- PARALLEL Compression (EQ after) setup - Kick - drums - pop

- PARALLEL Compression setup - ac. Drums & Bass bus - pop 1-2

- PARALLEL Compression setup - ac. Drums & Bass bus - pop 2-2

- MULTIBAND Compressor instead of EQ - Bad frequencies Suppression

- Powerful 2-BAND X-Compressor - Bass, Synths, Drums setup - house (SSL Duende X-Comp)

- BASIC Dynamics Controls - Percussion, Guitar, Band - pop (Sonnox Dynamics)

- BASIC Dynamics Controls - Vocal - pop (Sonnox Dynamics)

- Transient designer - rock (Sonnox Envolution)

- Controlling Body, Low End with (Sonnox SuprEsser)

Reverb & Delay

- GLUE send Reverb - pop

- 3 Reverbs setup - Vocal (Sonox Reverb)

- Reverb boosting with (Sonnox Inflator)

- Pre-Delay with Reverb setups - Snare - pop

- Reverb, Delay SIDECHAN - Vocal from Vocal

- Great Reverb setups - Vocal, Stings, Drums (SSL Duende X-Verb)

- PHASE FLIP  Reverb trick - Wird & 3D effect

Vocals

- Mixing Vocals - EQ The PAIN Frequency

- Telephone EQ curve - Vocal - pop

- Mixing Vocals - Main rules (Automate, DeEsser, Cut Lows, Reverb, Main Volume)

- Mixing Vocals - Sit on Top - pop & rock

- Mixing Vocals - EQ Universal Formula

- Pain Frequency (2 kHz) - leave room for Vocals

- Mixing Vocals (chain) - modern rap

- Mixing Vocals - BASIC & Cool EQ curve - Vocals, All

- Clean up - Lead Vocal (manually)

- Doubles (setup) - Lead Vocal + 2 Backs - pop

- Doubles (setup) - Lead Vocal + 6 Doubles - pop

- DOUBLE Compressor trick - Upfront Lead Vocal - pop

- DOUBLE Compressor trick - Upfront Lead Vocal - rock

- Fast Mixing (plugins) chain - upfront Vocals (Waves)

- Good (plugins) Mixing chain - Vocal - rap

- Modern & Wide & Robotic (plugins) chain - Vocal & Backs - pop

- Mixing stacked Vocals - hip-hop

- Mixing Vocals with Analog Gear - pop (Slate Digital)

- PARALLEL Distortion & Phaseshift setup- Vocals - pop, EDM

- Mixing stacked Vocals - hip-hop

- Vocals Remove trick - Mono, Phase Inversion

- DOUBLE Compressor trick - Upfront Lead Vocal - pop

- DOUBLE Compressor trick - Upfront Lead Vocal - rock

- Slapback Delay (verse) & Log Delay (chorus) setup - Vocal - pop, house

- Nice ping-pong Delay setup - Vocal - pop 125bpm

- Stereo width (manually) setup - Vocal

​- Volume automation (plugin) - Vocal (Waves VOCAL RIDER)

- Volume automation (manually) - Vocal parts

- Glue SIDECHAIN - All from lead Vocal

- Breathin' SIDECHAIN - All from Vocal, Bass - pop

- Duckin' SIDECHAIN in Pop - Guitar from Kick - pop

​- Multiband SIDECHAIN - with (Izotope Alloy 2)

- Creative FX (plugin) - LFO Tool - General Idea explained

- Super De-esser - Groups & Mastering (Sonnox SuprEsser)

- Super De-esser - El.Bass (Sonnox SuprEsser)

- Super De-esser - Vocals (Sonnox SuprEsser)

Mixing

- Carving EQ Holes trick - 2 El.Guitars mixing - rock

- Adding detuned Attack - to Strings & Synths

- Amazing Mixing & Enhancing plugin - Drums (Drumforge DF-Q)

- Enhancing Strings & Pads using Guitar Amps

- Powerful Tack & Mix Enhancer - EDM (Waves Pusher)

- Distortion setup - Snare - Drums - pop & rock

- Great ANALOG Warmer plugin (Sountoys RADIATOR)

- Enhance - Mix, Guitars with (Sonnox Limiter & Inflator)

- Inflator - on Instruments and the stereo Bus (Sonnox Oxford)

- Enhancing & Glue transients, sound - Rhodes, Synths (SSL Channel)

- ANALOG Saturation (plugin) - on Drums (SoundToys DECAPITATOR)

- PARALLEL Body & Punch - El.Bass - rock (Sonnox Oxford)

- PARALLEL Saturation setup - El.Bass - pop rock

- MULTIBAND Mid & Side Saturation, Stereo Width (BX Saturator V2)

- Mixing - El.Bass - funk (Sonnox plugins)

- Enhancing & Mixing - ac.guitar, vocal (Sonnox Oxford)

- Mixing JAZZ with Dave Darlington - Jazz Quintet, with Strings (Waves)

- Mixing setup - 2 Guitars on 4 Tracks - hard rock (Sonnox EQ, Inflator)

- Mixing setup - Snare & De-esser setup - Vocal (SSL Duende Channel)

- Mixing (plugins) chain - Drums BRIGHT - pop (Sonnox Oxford)

- Mixing (plugins) setup - Drums (SSL Channel)

- Mixing (plugins) chain - Drums parallel Mic & Room

- Mixing (plugins) chain - 2 mic Drums - pop (kick, overhead)

- Mixing (plugins) chain - Drums parallel Mic & Room

- Mixing (plugins) chain - 2 mic Drums - pop (kick, overhead)

​- Mixing (plugins) chain - Drums ROOM - pop & rock (Slate Digital)

- Great (plugins) chain - El. Bass - pop & rock (Slate Digital)

- Great Mixing using Softube plugins - retro (Softube)

- Mixing in Mono - compatibility

- Phase Check in Mono - compatibility, on Drums

​- Clean up Muddy Mixes

- Clean Up & Enhance your Mix with (UAD Neve 1081)

- GLUE & Enhance setup - R & B (UAD SSL Buss Comp)

- GLUE Compressor setups - Pop master, Hip-hop pumping beat (SSL Duende Bus Comp)

- GLUE Compressor setups 70BPM - pop ambient (SSL Bus Comp)

- BUS Compressor great Setups - EDM

- Mastering chain - Pop with (UAD Plug-Ins)

- Always boost (Low end) - El.Bass (Pultec EQ, MaxxBass, M-S EQ)

- Limiter - Peak & RMS levels explained - Drum bus (Waves L2 Ultramaximizer)

- Great mastering Limiter presets - ac.guitar, drums, pop (Sonnox Limiter)

- Mastering with Ozone - All steps theory (iZotope Ozone 5)

- Mastering with Ozone - Multiband Comp (mid) - pop (Ozone 5)

- Mastering chain - EDM (iZotope Ozone 7)

- Mastering chain - EDM

- Mastering chain - deep techno

- Creative & agressive use of Plugins in Mastering - EDM

- Best SSL (vst) plugins (Waves SSL 4000)

- Essential Mixing Tools (iZotope Alloy 2) 1-2

- Essential Mixing Tools (iZotope Alloy 2) 2-2

- ANALOG Console & Tape setup in your DAW with Plugins

- How to use - UAD Pultec Passive EQ

- How to use - UAD Neve 33609 Compressor - drums, bass, vocal, mix

- How to use - UAD Neve 1073 Preamp & EQ - drums, bass, vocal

- How to use - UAD Neve 88RS Channel Strip - drums, guitars, vocal, mix

- How to use - UAD Fairchild - drums, bass, piano, mastering

- How to use - UAD 1176 - guitar, bass, vocal, drums

- How to use - UAD Neve 88RS Channel Strip - drums, vocal

- Humanizing a Loop to sound Live - Drums

- Arrangement - pop

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