How to create a killer mix with the plug-ins you already have

Published: Tue, 11/22/16

Whenever I talk to home studio producers they always talk about the same issues when they’re mixing.

It goes something like this:

“I have a hard time understanding the frequency spectrum when I’m trying to make all the instruments fit together in my mix. I can’t figure out how to make my guitars sound the way I hear them on the records I like and they always seem to mask the vocals. The kick drum and the bass guitar always seem to be fighting in the low-end and even when I use cool tricks I learned on the internet the lows are still muddy. Every time I open up a compressor I get nervous about all the different knobs and buttons. I always end up squashing my drums too hard and my mix just feels lifeless and a long cry from the dynamic mixes I hear my favorite mixing engineers release. Even when I manage to get my instruments sounding like they belong together I screw it all up as soon as I start adding effects like reverb and delay to a mix. And last but not least I usually just leave the saturation alone, even though I know it’s supposed to add something cool to my mix. I’m just too nervous and afraid of distorting my mix.”

Sound familiar?

Of course it does. That’s why you’re reading this.

But let me tell you a secret. Even though you can mix a song a million different ways (that’s an exaggeration but you get the picture), you can get to a quality mix quite easily by just using 20% of the processors and plug-ins available to you.

What 20% you ask? T five plug-ins inside my Mixing With 5 Plug-ins course that's on 50% Off for Black Friday this week!

  • EQ
  • Compression
  • Reverb
  • Delay
  • Saturation

These are the 20% of the plug-ins you use to get 80% (and beyond) of the results in a great mix. I would even go so far and say that the last 20% to get to a 100% awesome mix is in the recordings themselves, not in some fancy premium plug-ins.

The fact is, if you master these five processors above you’ll be ready to make a killer mix in your home studio, whether you’re working on demos for your band or mixing records for your friends.

So in the following 5 module course we’ll dive deep into these five plug-ins and I’ll help you learn what all the fuss is about.

Each video will have two parts:

Explanations on the theory behind what the plug-ins do and how to use them: You’ll get a thorough explanation of the various regions of the frequency spectrum. You’ll understand exactly how to use your compressors. You’ll learn too much about the various reverb and delay settings (some reverbs are just too complex!) and you’ll get very familiar with using saturation (without overloading your mixes!).

Common Problems and Their Practical Solutions: After you understand how each processor works we’ll talk about some real world scenarios. I’ll give you some practical and easy to use tips to make your mixes jump out of the speakers.

Ready to get started?

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