Mixing Foundations

SATURATION - REDUCTIVE EQ - COMPRESSION - ADDITIVE EQ - REVERB - LEVEL BALANCING - GAIN STRUCTURE

In this course you will learn how to:

  • Build a powerful mix

  • Use reference tracks to guide your mixing decisions

  • Know how and when to use different types of compressors

  • Set up a reverb matrix that actually makes sense and learn how and when to use rooms, chambers, plates and halls to create a 3-dimensional mix

  • Utilize your new engineering workflow to arrive at the right settings in the most direct and ergonomic way without mixing in circles

  • Mix entirely in the box with a warm, analog sound

  • Finish more tracks with the consistent professional level of the sound

  • Understand how and when to use vintage modelled gear or the more modern counterparts

  • Get the most out of the latest plugins like Fabfilter, UAD, Slate, Valhalla, Soundtoys and others

  • Be confident when performing essential mixing techniques: compression, eq, saturation, reverb and gain structure management

TOM HADES, TIENEN, BELGIUM

Before I started the course I thought I knew already a lot of things over all those years Iโ€™ve been doing productions. But already after lesson 1 I realised I was doing the same โ€œmistakesโ€ everyone does. So Iโ€™m very happy that I followed these courses because it gave me a workflow which I can stick too and which make my production, mixing and mastering a lot quicker and much more efficient!

FRANCISCO LOZANO, NEW YORK CITY, USA

I have been studying with Daniel Wyatt and using his techniques now for several years. I was really excited when Hardwell played one of my early tracks โ€” and now Tiesto! Danny keeps me up-to-date with all of his new techniques and workflows โ€” and itโ€™s made all of the difference in my sound.