Pro Tools 402: Mixing Pop in Pro Tools
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48 videos | 183 minutes | by Chris Potter
Have you heard Sarah McLachlan's music? Then you've heard Chris Potter's skills—he's Sarah McLachlan's Engineer!
In
this 4-hour tutorial by Sarah
McLachlan's Lead Engineer Chris
Potter, you'll learn how pop music is mixed to get
that Big, Pro Sound. In this tutorials Chris reveals the
secrets he uses to make Sarah's chart-topping hits sound as amazing
as they do.
Chris starts with the basics such as arranging the tracks for a
logical mixing progression, including creating Mix groups with
Busses, Aux Inputs, and Effects Returns. Once your set up and ready
to mix, Chris next walks you through the process of checking phase
before getting into a detail…
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48 videos | 183 minutes | by Chris Potter
Have you heard Sarah McLachlan's music? Then you've heard Chris Potter's skills—he's Sarah McLachlan's Engineer!
In this 4-hour tutorial by Sarah McLachlan's
Lead Engineer Chris Potter, you'll learn how pop
music is mixed to get that Big, Pro Sound. In this tutorials
Chris reveals the secrets he uses to make Sarah's
chart-topping hits sound as amazing as they do.
Chris starts with the basics such as arranging the tracks for a
logical mixing progression, including creating Mix groups with
Busses, Aux Inputs, and Effects Returns. Once your set up and ready
to mix, Chris next walks you through the process of checking phase
before getting into a detailed section on mixing drum kits to make
them cut through the other elements of the song.
After tightening up the drums, Chris moves on to show you how to
mix in the Bass, Acoustic Guitars, Electric Guitars, and also
Keyboards. You'll learn deep secrets about mixing
instruments that until now were only available to people who spent
years apprenticing in a pro recording studio!
If your song has vocals, you will devour the next section of this
tutorial as Chris walks you through the process of mixing
Pop vocals. You'll learn about De-Essing a vocal,
Compression, and adding the correct Effects to create a signature
Pop sound. Next you'll move on to do a background vocal treatment
that perfectly compliments the lead vocals in the song. For this
information alone the tutorial is worth watching ...
The tutorial concludes with a detailed section on outputting your
mix including bouncing techniques, alternative mixes, backing up
your session, and even preparing the mix to hand it off to a
mastering technician.
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