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Take a seat and watch a professional studio recording from beginning to end. This is an 8 hour session, condensed into 2 hours packed with techniques, effective teamwork and great musicianship by the band Ottopilot. This is a reality TV style show, all the interactions are natural, and in essence, what you would expect in a real session. The song being worked on is called “I like the sound of that”, and you can find the mix deconstruction of this same song taught by Daniel Robert Ford in our archives.

In this engaging and informative episode, Chris Baseford brings us through day 2 of tracking with band QUOR. You’ll watch and learn how Chris tracks, comps, and edits guitars, bass, and vocals. Chris also gives us advice throughout on topics such as tuning philosophy, the importance of paying attention what type of pick is used, and amp placement. He teaches us how and when he uses playlists, what he recommends while setting up for tracking these instruments, and some advice on microphone selection.

In this engaging and informative episode, Chris Baseford brings us through a day of tracking with band QUOR. You’ll learn how Chris got started with audio engineering, what he does for pre-production, and what he does leading up to a tracking session. He’ll cover his drum and guitar tracking setup in detail, including how and why he chose the setup he chose for this episode. You’ll hear how he starts setups like these, how and why he will choose to adjust the setup, and other tips about his process. This includes details like why he uses 3 overhead mics on drums, his process for when and how much compression to use for the tracking process, and some tips and tricks for comping and editing. Chris demonstrates and discusses the philosophy of many interesting topics in this episode, including elastic audio vs beat detective, mic positioning for guitar cabs, and some frequency balance tips for guitars. You’ll also learn organizational tips that will help you become more efficient as an engineer, including a full explanation of how he takes notes during tracking. This episode is great for anyone that’s interested in learning a bit more about the production and tracking process, so check it out!

Topics covered include setting up Melodyne in Pro Tools, using different detection modes, creating doubles, different approaches to tuning vocals, copying and pasting notes, and many more. After this class, you will know how to navigate the plug-in, and you will know how to work effectively to get the most out of your tracks.

Tune in to this episode for some amazing mixing and tracking advice from Zach Nicholls. During this episode, Zach shares tracks from Ariana Grande and Victoria Monet, Eric Bellinger, and Karina Pasian. You’ll learn how and why Zach likes to add noise and grit to his mixes, and what sort of tricks he uses to create his unique “landscape" of audio. Zach shares with us some great advice for staying organized and efficient when tracking and mixing in the studio.

In this event Grammy Award-winning Engineer/Producer Neil Dorfsman shows us how he achieves his signature drum recordings. Neil shares his favorite recording techniques that have been used countless times in his work with legendary artists that include Dire Straits, Bruce Hornsby, Paul McCartney, and Sting. With Neil for this session is Kenny Aronoff, a world-class drummer whose drumming on records for artists like Elton John; Ray Charles; Lynyrd Skynyrd; and The Rolling Stones; has helped to shape his 35+ year career as one of the most recorded drummers in the world. Together they record a full drum kit using a whopping 26 simultaneous inputs, talking with us about drums, production techniques, and how to make the best out of a great recording session.

In this class, Jose Dabdoub is going to share his process in creating a song entirely in pro tools. You will learn how to work with Pro Tool’s included virtual instruments and plugins. The techniques presented are focused on working with midi and more specific to electronic music. Aside from virtual instruments, this is a great format to learn essential processing like EQ, compression, gating and master bus processing, since you can download the session and open it exactly as shown. After watching this class, you will gain fresh ideas for your productions and expands your knowledge on working with midi inside Pro Tools.

Mario is going to guide you through a recording session he engineered and mixed with a live orchestra. This orchestra features a woodwind ensamble with instruments like the flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon and french horn. You will get to know these instruments deeper, and get a good idea of how to get great recordings from them. This includes how to position a band, and how to place microphones correctly. He will then show you his approach to mixing for this particular music style. After watching this class, you will understand how professionals approach these kinds of recordings and what to look out for to make sure the job is done correctly.

In this tutorial, Mario Gonzalez, a world class trumpet player and audio engineer, will show you the steps required to work and mix Big Band. This genre requires more minimalist work compared to other genres like pop-rock. The process in this course is based more on groups than individual channels. Mario works through a whole session from beginning to end, while explaining how to conserve the natural tone of the instruments, and achieving cohesion and union in the band’s performance.

Synth guru Larry Holcombe presents in-depth tutorials on u-he's outstanding wavetable synth, Hive 2! Discover and learn all of its features and functions as well as how to create powerful sounds with this wonderful virtual synth. These videos are designed for new Hive 2 users.

DAW expert Gary Hiebner shows you everything you need to know about the new features and functions added to Digital Performer 10.1! These videos are designed for those already familiar with Digital Performer 10, and want to get up to speed with the new additions to version 10.1.

Adam Pollard aka Multiplier, brings you a ton of video tutorials all designed to help with your production and mixing tasks when working on Electronic Music. Learn time saving and inspirational tips and tricks that will allow you to produce and mix electronic music faster and more creatively.

In this large assortment of priceless production help video tutorials, studio guru Adam Pollard aka Multiplier gives you tons of info to help you be confident that your tracks and productions are finished. Learn enlightening ways to test your mixes and song arrangements to determine if all your hard work is done, and will pay off big!

Adam Pollard delivers an assortment of of music production tutorials! See how to practice music production techniques that will hone and sharpen your production skills. These music production videos are designed for the new producer just starting out, but are also great for anyone who produces music.

Adam Pollard presents a series of producing Electronic Music for Online Video tutorials! Learn how to design and produce Electronic music for the endless amount of video content found on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, Spotify and more. These production videos are perfect for those who know how to use their DAW, but want to go deeper into the specifics of Electronic music creation for online video.