Mixing & Mastering Techniques

Catalog description

Mixing is a creative musical and technological expression that builds on a collaboration between and among those who compose, perform, and those who know how to play the studio as a musical instrument. As mix engineers, we must create music based on a deep knowledge of the informing disciplines such as music, acoustics, electrical engineering, computer science, and digital signal processing. This course provides students with a deeper understanding of mixing and mastering tools and techniques that can be applied to a wide variety of styles. This course has an in-depth hands-on examination of several mixing techniques. It explores the many creative and technical considerations necessary to mix in today's music production environment. Through weekly critical listening training, analysis of classic recordings, and comparative studies of different styles of mixing, students will learn to identify width and depth, frequency range, dynamics and the different mix approaches used in various musical genres. Mixing isn't just having the tools, it's really knowing how to use them in service of the art of music. Be ready to take a deeper look of what's behind what you listen to everyday.