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Learn from Bobby Owsinski as he teaches his approaches and techniques for pre production with a band while explaining and showing the major differences this part of the recording process can make when approached correctly.

In this course Pro Tools expert and audio engineer Cato Zane will give you a comprehensive introduction to the fundamentals of Pro Tools. Pro Tools expert Cato Zane will teach you the fundamentals of Pro Tools in detail covering all the basic recording, editing and mixing tools and techniques available. This comprehensive course will get you on the perfect to Pro Tools mastery.

In this episode, Sebastian Krys demonstrates and talks shop about audio engineering and music production, including topics from songwriting and pre-production to mixing techniques, and general advice for succeeding in the industry.

Learn and watch as vocalist Lauren Silva demonstrates vocal care and singing techniques. We invited Lauren Silva, a professional vocal coach to give us a class focused on singing. If you are a producer or an engineer this knowledge will help you run a vocal session with great success. Also, if you want to learn singing techniques, proper care of your voice and tips relevant to tracking vocals at the studio, this event is for you!

DR Ford illustrates how understanding the science behind audio can really improve your mix! DR Ford opens a session of his own to illustrate how he improves a mix, including vocal mix tips, theory on how to work with drums from tracking to mastering, and parallel processing philosophy. DR Ford is an expert on being more effective while using less processing, and he shares philosophy and tips that have helped redefine his approach to mixing. By the end of this seminar, you’ll know the importance of understanding the science behind audio, and how to “separate the magic from the mojo”. You’ll learn DR Ford’s original theory on how the golden ratio applies to mixing, why we use the rule of 3, why lyrical mixing is so important, and the transient vs. sustain theory. He not only shows us how he mixes in Pro Tools, but he also explains the science and the “why” behind his actions.

Brian Scheuble and Roy Silverstein sit down and talk about mixing with EQ being the main focus. Brian Scheuble, an engineer with an extensive career will walk us through every step on how he aproaches the mixing process. In this particular episode, he talks about EQ. This show will consist of a series of videos where Brian and friends will help you take your mixes to the next level.

Learn how to use and maintain analog tape machines. Jordan Andreen, one of the most respected technicians on South of California is here to share with us his abilities about use and maintenance of tape machines. All you need to know from the first steps before you start using the tape machine, how to calibrate it, operations such as sync, record, input, punch in and gain staging, to editing on tape and making wonderful loops and tape delays. Whether you are in the digital world, or have never used a tape machine, this event is worth taking a look.

Gain new skills and start improving your recordings and mixes today! Watch as Dünga shows the process of exporting a beat that's been produced on NI Maschine into Pro Tools while also sharing some of his production and mixing techniques. He shows how to export the stems files into Pro Tools for further mixing and mastering, or even to send off to an artist, as well as techniques such as track duplication and eq shaping to put extra emphasis on certain elements of his beat. This beat production show is an all-in-one episode that you don't want to miss!

Using a variety of tools, Dünga shows how he produces a beat using Maschine. Watch all the process and learn some techniques that will help you create your own fantastic beats.

Award-winning engineer Chris Baseford (Rob Zombie, Nickelback, Avril Lavigne) shares his mixing secrets on this tell-all episode of Pro Studio Live. Chris Baseford, award winning engineer hailing from Canada, is here to share his Hard Rock mixing expertise! With past clients that include Rob Zombie, John 5 and Nickelback, this man knows the ins-and-outs of Hard Rock production and he shares all of it with Pro Studio Live. For this event Chris brought with him a mix session that he did for the Hard Rock band Burn the Headlines.

For the beginner to advanced producer, this course will teach you common methods used by top producers. Remember : This is not the only way to make a track. There are many different ways to produce music, and they are all correct. This course is designed to give you tips that will help you in your own productions. If your current workflow is different, that is completely ok. At the end of the day the goal is to have the best sounding music to communicate your creative message. Even if you are a veteran producer, this course has advanced techniques from which you may be able to learn. In this episode, Convulsic covers session setup and drums, composition, and sound design ideas. We also discuss advanced grouping techniques, plugin selection, compression, making an intro, layering vocals, filters and automation, and preparing a song for mastering.

Dan Maier will guide you through all the steps to create convolution reverbs out of a real life room. In this event, we have created impulse responses with Dan Maier, professor within the Audio Production Department at Art Institute, San Diego. Dan covers a brief overview of what an IR is, why it's useful, and describes how to create it. You'll learn what the technology is used for, and how it is connected. Dan covers how to setup mics and a loudspeaker in the studio for this process, how to capture IR via Logic's IR utility, and how to deconvolve and preview. You'll also learn how to record an acoustic instrument in the studio using close mics along with room/ambient mics. The episode also covers how to simulate the studio's acoustics by creating a Space Designer setting in Logic, and A/B for comparison.

Tune into this episode to learn some extremely valuable business and audio advice from DR Ford. He explains some essential advice, from tips on running your own studio, to advice on marketing, and how to price your services. He discusses what to look for in a client, how to get ahead as a music producer or engineer when you’re first starting out, and how he preps for his first meeting with a client. He also covers some great exercises for evolving and tuning your ear as an engineer, and gives us some tips for mixing. Tune in to learn some great theory about mixing, including how the golden ratio influences mixing, how human psychology influences mixing, and how he treated each instrument in his example mix for this episode. It’s an extremely informative episode for anyone looking to make a living off engineering or producing.

This course is a comprehensive overview of Ableton Live 9 with San Diego dubstep and electronic music producer Convulsic. It is designed to cover some of the most important features of this very complex production software suite. Starting from the ground level, we broke this course into four sections of forty-five minutes each. Each section will become more advanced than the previous section. Remember: The theories and practices being taught are not the end-all be-all as far as Ableton is concerned. This course is designed to show you one way of doing things, so that you can take these principles and implement them into your own workflow. In this episode, we cover Ableton preferences, setup, templates, window panes, audio vs. MIDI, and keyboard shortcuts and controls. He also covers details about different effects in Ableton, using drum racks, entering MIDI notes, racks, grooves, and freezing and flattening plugins. You'll also learn details about EQ, compression, reverb, sends and returns, warp modes, and layering in Ableton. Convulsic also goes into some more advanced topics, including automation, macros, clip envelopes, dummy clips, racks on racks, finding inspiration, and putting it all together.

You'll gain invaluable information in this interview that will help you learn more about microphone care, use and maintenance. David O Brown is probably one of the 4 best microphone specialists in all of the USA. He has studied and worked for NASA, and is one of the most prestigous microphone technicians around. David has worked for artists such as Stevie Wonder and Celine Dion, among others. This interview is more than a documentary. It is a microphone guide, and it will add great value to any sound engineer, music or producer. In this guide, you'll learn how to care for microphones, and important things to consider when purchasing a vintage microphone. You'll also learn the differences between dynamic and condenser mics, and between tube mics and Fet mics. David also covers issues like transformers, mic modifications, and some microphone history.