Big Sound Seminar - Mix Masters DJ School

Course Description

The Big Sound Seminar has been designed with one objective in mind …

“to empower you with the skills to quickly and easily give your tunes that BIG polished professional sound!”

Ok, so you’ve been churning out some nice beats for a while and are feeling happy with your ideas, creations and arrangements, however you want to give them that crisp, polished finish to make them thump and really shake the walls and slice the air, well this is the course for you!

In traditional DJW style the course is designed as a series of concise, results driven, practical workshops where you will learn all the studio secretes of EQ’ing, applications of FX’s such as Delays and Reverbs and Compression to create space, depth, warmth, sharpness, fatness, dirt, filth, girth, richness, separation and many other desirable and inappropriately named audio qualities to your tracks. In addition, the course covers a detailed process of final mix down and mastering techniques to make your tunes really stand out.

We have simplified the process, rounded up all the secrets and bagged all the pro tips and tricks into one concise little course so that you can achieve immediate results and take a giant leap forward in your music production!

Course Outline

Understanding different EQ frequencies

EQ'ing drums, bass, vocals, synths

EQ'ing tracks of complimentary instruments

Using EQ for FX and separation

Using Filters

EQ curves automation

Compression

Vital parameters of the compression unit

Different compression techniques; drums, bass, vocals, synths

Compression FX, side chain compression and tricks to help keep your mix 'constant'

Compression automation

Reverb & Delay

Vital parameters of reverb, reverb time, pre delay

Different types of reverbs and delays available

Different reverb techniques; drums, bass lines and synths, vocals

Creating stereo image with delay

FX tricks with reverb and delay to help give you that 'pro' sound

Mix Down and Mastering

The Mixdown process and Techniques

The Mastering Process

How to make mastering work for your track

Eq'ing your track in mastering

Adding reverb to your track in mastering

Compressing your track in mastering

Features

2 instructors per class
Limit of 6 students per class
Top of the Line Professional Studio equipment
Each student has their own Production workstation through out the entire course, including
20" iMac, Logic, multiple plug ins, midi controller keyboard, external synth and studio monitors.
Complete hands-on learning through out the entire course
Personal one on one instructing for each course module
Large Projector Screen display for all instructors practical demonstrations
Weekend intensive classes
8 hrs total contact time

Attendance

This is 2 day intensive weekend course.
Students are required to attend on Saturday and Sunday from 12pm to 4pm.

Course Fee

$390

Can’t make the dates for our next course? Then be sure to check out the dates for the next round of courses. New courses start about every 4 weeks. Also check out our Holiday courses which coincide with the standard school holiday breaks.

For more information, please contact us in Sydney on (02) 9564 1791, Melbourne on (03) 9421 2941or

e-mail us at info@mixmastersdjschool.com