Side Brain Mixing in Ableton

Mixing in Ableton Overview
In this beginner friendly workshop, we'll delve into the art of mixing within Ableton Live:

1. How to Mix in Ableton:
Uncover the essential techniques for achieving a strong balance and professional mix with Ableton's built-in tools. Learn about track organization, gain staging, and the use of Ableton's powerful mixing tools.

2. Drum Bus Processing:
Dive deep into the heart of your rhythm section by mastering Drum Bus Processing. Discover methods to enhance drum dynamics, add character, and achieve a cohesive and impactful drum sound that cuts through the mix.

4. Controlling Space & Depth:
Explore advanced spatial techniques to give your mix a sense of depth and dimension. Learn how to effectively differentiate between panning, widening and narrowing sounds.

5. Mixing Kick & Bass:
One of the most critical foundation of any track – the relationship between the kick and bass. Discover strategies for balancing these fundamental elements, ensuring a tight and powerful low end that drives your music.

6. Wide Mix Techniques:
Break free from sonic constraints by mastering wide mix techniques. Explore strategies for creating a spacious and expansive mix, enhancing stereo imaging, and making your music sound larger than life.

This workshop is designed for producers and musicians of all levels who want to refine their mixing skills using Ableton Live. Whether you're a beginner seeking a solid foundation or an experienced producer looking to expand your knowledge.

Included Mixing Audio Effect Racks
Compressor from Ableton Live 8 featuring Feed Forward Side Chain compression which results in a much cleaner click free compression.

Channel Strip
Mixing Effect Rack with all the essential tools for balancing and boosting any track.

Drum Booster 2
My go to for all my drum processing needs. Easy way to boost your drums and make them big and phat.

A combination of compression, transient shaping, and saturation with added parallel spatial effects.

This rack is using the free CLIP SHIFTER plugin.

Haas
A Delay effect preset that pushes the sound to the sides by creating two duplicates on each stereo sides while delaying one sides to create the illusion of widness.

Multi-Band Coloring
A collection of saturators, distortion and harmonic exciter to color the sound in different ways.

Multi-Band Exciter
Combination of Saturation, EQ, and Compression to create an Harmonic Exciter (Great on a Return Track for Parallel Processing)

Multi-Stage Analog Drive
Add analog warmth to your sounds with serial processor chain of overdrives and compressors.

Referencor
Utility Rack for advanced referencing

Side Brain's Vocal Chain
Collection of Vocal Effects for modern vocal processing.

Sound Heater
A complex chain of harmonic exciter to fatten up any sound.

Volume Automator
A utility rack to allow volume automation without loosing control over the mixer.

What's Included with this session

2+ hours of Ableton Certified Training Video
8 Comp
Channel Strip
Drum Booster 2
Haas
Multi-Band Coloring
Multi-Band Exciter
Multi-Stage Analog Drive
Referencor
Side Brain's Vocal Chain
Sound Heater
Volume Automator
List of the Best Free Mixing Plugins