Course Duration:

2 Month

Fee:

Domestic:  ₹30,000/Month

International: ₹35,000/Month

Objectives:

Enhance your tracks with professional mixing techniques and polished mastering. Learn to balance frequencies, improve dynamics, and prepare your music for release.

1. Foundations

• Understanding the roles of mixing and mastering in music production.
• The difference between creative mixing and technical mastering.
• Setting up a reference listening environment: Monitoring, acoustic treatment, and gain staging.

2. Mixing Essentials

• Balancing Levels: Setting initial levels for clarity and cohesion.
• EQ Techniques: Cleaning up frequency conflicts and enhancing tonal balance.
• Compression Basics: Controlling dynamics and adding punch to individual tracks.
• Panning and Stereo Imaging: Creating width and separation in the mix.

3. Creative Mixing Techniques

• Adding depth with reverb and delay.
• Parallel processing: Compression and saturation for richness.
• Automation for dynamic mixes: Volume, panning, and FX transitions.
• Sidechaining: Kick-bass relationships and creative pumping effects.

4. Mix Buss Processing

• Applying subtle EQ and compression to the master buss.
• Saturation and glue for a cohesive sound.
• Preparing your mix for mastering: Exporting with headroom.

5. Mastering Foundations

• Critical Listening: Understanding tonal balance and dynamics in mastered tracks.
• Loudness and Dynamic Range: Setting target loudness (LUFS) for different platforms.

• Understanding stereo width, mono compatibility, and phase coherence.

6. Mastering Workflow

• EQ for Tonal Balance: Corrective and shaping EQ on the master.
• Compression and Limiting: Achieving consistency and loudness.
• Stereo Enhancement: Widening or tightening the stereo field as needed.
• Saturation and Harmonics: Adding warmth and color subtly.
• True Peak Limiting: Avoiding clipping and distortion.

7. Exporting and Deliverables

• Preparing final masters: Different formats (WAV, MP3) and resolutions (16-bit/44.1 kHz, 24-bit/48 kHz).
• Loudness standards for streaming platforms and clubs.