Mixing Instructor
Pyramind Students | Mixing Class:
Bryan Dale
Senior Instructor - Avid Pro Tools
Hometown: Philadelphia, PA
A practicing musician for over 20 years, Bryan’s main instruments are electric and acoustic guitar and electric bass. While obtaining his Bachelor's degree in Advertising & Public Relations at Pennsylvania State University, Bryan played in local bands, organized open mic nights and continued taking and teaching private lessons.
David Earl aka sflogicninja
Instructor: Logic 101 & 201 & Mixing
David Earl, AKA sflogicninja, is currently the second-highest-ranked YouTube guru for his intimate and concise training tips on Apple's Logic Studio. There are over 30,000 people following him, and those numbers are growing everyday as he helps viewers get into the world of music composition and production.
Mixing for Music and Surround Courses
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Mixing for Music and Surround |
Music Mixing & Mastering 301 with PRO TOOLS (DSP)
The Pro Tools version of Pyramind’s acclaimed Mixing & Mastering class: This unique educational process in this class puts the student in the driver’s seat. Every week for 16 weeks, student projects and mixes will be dissected in a workshop setting to determine what works and what doesn’t using a set of specified objective criteria.
This class synthesizes ALL of the subjects learned to date – from music theory to songwriting, production tools and engineering concepts – as the students realize what a piece of music actually goes through to be finished! Once mixed, the song will undergo mastering at a professional facility in SF – the final step on the way to professional delivery.
Topics Include:
- Maximizing song arrangement during the mix process
- Dissecting & understanding emotional arc
- Delivery levels
- Balancing the elements of the song
- Advanced automation & FX
- Tones and depth of sound
- Vocals and tuning issues
- Cleaning up noisy tracks
- EQ and compression in action
- VCA Masters
- Submixes
- Mastering
Music Mixing & Mastering 301 with LOGIC (DSP)
The Logic version of Pyramind’s acclaimed Mixing & Mastering class: This unique educational process in this class puts the student in the driver’s seat. Every week for 16 weeks, student projects and mixes will be dissected in a workshop setting to determine what works and what doesn’t using a set of specified objective criteria.
This class synthesizes ALL of the subjects learned to date – from music theory to songwriting, production tools and engineering concepts – as the students realize what a piece of music actually goes through to be finished! Once mixed, the song will undergo mastering at a professional facility in SF – the final step on the way to professional delivery.
Topics Include:
- Maximizing song arrangement during the mix process
- Dissecting & understanding emotional arc
- Delivery levels
- Balancing the elements of the song
- Advanced automation & FX
- Tones and depth of sound
- Vocals and tuning issues
- Cleaning up noisy tracks
- EQ and compression in action
- VCA Masters
- Submixes
- Mastering
5.1 Surround Sound Mixing (DSP Only)
5.1 mixing is an extension of stereo. The mixing techniques are different but the tools are mostly the same.
Using Pro Tools and Pyramind’s ICON worksurface, students will mix an Audio/Visual project in 5.1 surround sound in a workshop setting. The lifecycle of surround sound will be explored and students will author a DVD of their project that plays back in home theaters.
Topics include:
- Mixing for home vs. mixing for the theater
- Calibrating your studio for 5.1
- The life cycle of surround
- Specs and best practices
- Setting up Pro Tools for surround mixing
- Choosing how to use the 6 speakers
- Aesthetics of panning choices