Mixing Techniques For Pop Music Part 2

Producer, engineer, and mixer Brian Malouf demonstrates more of his hit-making mixing techniques. Part 2 starts with eff... (more)

Producer, engineer, and mixer Brian Malouf demonstrates more of his hit-making mixing techniques. Part 2 starts with effects and ambiance, including choosing the right reverb; identifying the differences between delay, echo, and reverb; applying flange and pitch shifting; and many others. He moves on to cover mix processing as applied across auxiliary and master busses, such as carving out space for electric guitars, creating groove with acoustic guitars, achieving clarity in the bass, and adding punch to the stereo mix. Brian wraps up the course by demonstrating the ultimate final touches, from finding and exploiting the golden nuggets in the mix and making the chorus pop to bringing out the emotion of a mix and knowing when the mix is done. (less)

Interested in producing the next chart-topping pop song? Or simply using classic pop techniques to blend the many differ... (more)

Interested in producing the next chart-topping pop song? Or simply using classic pop techniques to blend the many different elements of today's modern multitrack recording sessions into one seamless song? In this course, multi-platinum producer, engineer, and mixer Brian Malouf demonstrates his hit-making mixing techniques. These lessons can be used on pop, jazz, country, folk, or any other recordings you want to turn into solid two-track stereo mixes. Brian starts with the basics of creating a mix template and getting a good raw balance of the instruments in the mix. He then dives deep into signal processing techniques on many types of instruments, including drums, bass, guitar, keys, vocals, percussion, strings, and brass. He'll pick out and treat individual tracks with compression and EQ, add space with reverb and echo, and modulate the sound with flangers and phase shifters. Pro Tools is used throughout the course, but the techniques will work equally well with the DAW of your choice. (less)