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Mix It Like A Record

Join mixer/ producer Charles Dye in the studio as he teaches you how to get big sounding, record-quality results with your mixes. Learn about getting amazing sounds with plug-ins, breathing emotion into the music with automation, and making the artist sound like a star.

Each instrument has its own chapter that make up "The Tracks" section of the DVD. An entire section is dedicated to Automation- 8 Automation chapters total. While the majority of the course is spent in the studio working with the tracks, we also go on location across the USA to discuss mixing theories and concepts.

Pro Tools Sessions

At the core of MiLaR are the Pro Tools sessions. They are like finding a diamond mine of information that unveil the world of professional mixing as soon as they are launched.

TDM and LE versions run on Pro Tools|HD Accel, Pro Tools|HD, Pro Tools|24 MIX, Pro Tools M-Powered and Pro Tools LE. The moment you open the Pro Tools session template that Charles starts the mix with and you may never approach mixing that same way again.

Online Extras

Everyone loves screen-based, QuickTime movies because of their intimacy with the interface. Kagi Media is offering access to a selection of plug-in movies to registered users of MiLaR.

All users who purchase MiLaR and register get access to streaming movies and downloadable Pro Tools sessions in the Kagi Media VIP-only BackStage area of kagimedia.com. This is in addition to the massive ROM content and Pro Tools sessions included on the MiLaR DVD.

Mix It Like A Record Includes

• Mixing instruction on 9 GIG DVD
• 40 Pro Tools sessions for LE + TDM
• Access to Online Extras
• Dye FX Session Template
• Custom Dye Presets for Every Plug
• Refreshing Charles Dye mixing theory

Details

Upon returning from AES in 1998 Charles Dye told Desmond Child within a year they would mix a record on Pro Tools, little did he know at the time it would go to number one eight months later. Since that time Dye has been a pioneer of DAW mixing. He knows what it takes to make a mix sound like a record, and he’s worked hard to learn how to get a warm analog sound in an all digital mix environment. Now he wants to teach what he’s learned.

“I love music," says Dye. "And helping an artist realize their vision has always been an incredibly rewarding experience. But the distant vicarious thrill I feel when helping aspiring mixers realize their visions in faraway studios has truly been the highest reward.”

Along the way, Dye conceived the break out mixing tutorial Hard Disk Life, introducing the concept of using DAW sessions to teach mixing. He has also toured the world with his mixing message and written countless online editorials as a tireless contributor at pro audio forums. And, all the time, testing and refining his theories, using the equations in practice. Now, Dye's revelations have been crystallized in Mix It Like A Record.

Can Mixing Be Taught?

It’s been said that mixing can be learned, but it can’t be taught. Charles Dye doesn’t believe this is true and together with Kagi Media they set out to prove it can.

"I considered working with Charles to translate his messages into the visual form an exciting challenge," says Jon Kagi. "As we moved through the project, we kept our purpose focused; how can we best help people create great sounding music!”

"My mantra throughout was to create a product I would've killed for when I was starting out," said Dye.

To discuss mixing theories and reinforce their message, Kagi and Dye go on location. Creating Depth and Space in Your Mix, for example, was shot against the expansive backdrop of nothing less than the Grand Canyon, exemplifying the scope of the project and lengths Dye and Kagi were willing to go to teach mixing.

Shot at Supersonic Studios in Miami, a beautiful ICON-based control room, the in studio lessons dive deep into the heart of mixing by dissecting a mix; channel by channel, plug-in by plug-in, and automation move by move. Laying bare the reasoning behind every single tweak of Dye’s mix.

DVD Video

Stylistically ranging from cinematic to MTV-edgy, the video is designed to be educational and entertaining. The studio chapters are presented using full screen interface shots. Along with text banners that “drive home” important concepts, high quality audio auditions of each process and an overall modern look and feel.

With the synthesis of lessons taught “on the road” and in the studio, and the earnestness with which Dye delivers his messages, Mix It Like A Record is an energizing learning tool that succeeds in demystifying the art of mixing.

Pro Tools Sessions

The sessions detailed on the DVD are included on the ROM layer. Compatible with all systems (HD Accel, HD, MIX, LE and M-Powered), they center around a great song, arrangement, recording and production. Also included are dedicated Sony and Waves sessions.

From the pristine audio recordings, to the Dye session template and presets, to the “air-play” ready fidelity of the finished mix, the multi-track materials included on the DVD are a tool which can be a point of entry to professional production and mixing, a benchmark reference set against ongoing mix efforts and an enduring catalyst in the quest for better sound.

Outline

Effects

• Setup your effects at the beginning of the mix.
• Use hall, chamber, plate, room + non-linear reverbs, and what they sound best on.
• Use chorus, flange, phasers + hamonizers to add width, size + color to your tracks.
• Use delays to create depth, create a mood + enhance the rhythm of a part.

Tracks

• Get big sounding, record-quality mixes.
• Create a cohesive sounding mix.
• Bring out the most important element of each track so it will work well with the other instruments.
• Create signature sounds that give the artist an aural identity.
• Get huge + powerful drum sounds.
• Get a warm fat bass sound that can be heard in small speakers.
• Get a big guitar sound without overpowering the drums or vocals.
• Create keyboard sounds that add depth, color + size to the mix.
• Create big background vocals without getting in the way of the lead.
• Get a lead vocal sound that grabs the listeners attention + connects them with the emotion of the singer’s performance.
• Use distortion to your advantage.
• Make the digital mix buss sound analog.
• Compress the stereo mix—at the beginning or end of the mix.
• Use stereo wideners to make your mix bigger than the speakers.

Automation

• Make magic happen with automation.
• Setup the basic structure of your mix by balancing the tracks in each section of the song.
• Inject dynamics + excitement at the transitions and with effects splashing.
• Create an ever-evolving mix keeping the listener’s attention from first bar to last.
• Breathe emotion into the music with automation.
• Ride the lead vocal to truly bring out the singers star quality.

Mixing Theory

• What mixing is + it’s importance in the process of making a record.
• What defines that “record” sound.
• That even though it may feel like your mixes aren’t getting better—they are.
• The importance of distortion in the history of recording, and how it influences today’s records.
• About using multiple monitors while mixing + what to listen for on each type.
• How to create a sound for a mix that brings out the best in the song and stays true to the artists vision.
• Different techniques to keep your mixes fresh + interesting.
• How to create depth, space and separation with reverb, delays + modulation/pitch effects.
• What defines “star quality”.
• The elements that make up a great mix.