Logic Pro Mixing Dance Music Course

If you want to get your music signed then a professional quality mix is a must. Mixing Dance Music guides you through essential techniques and processes including EQ, Compression, Effects and Automation. Pro producers demonstrate how to achieve crisp, punchy drums, booming bass, vocal clarity and lead sounds to captivate your listener. These techniques can be applied to a range of electronic music genres and the course is particularly suitable for producers who have completed the four week Pro Producer Courses.

Course materials include:

Weekly online masterclass with a pro producer

Over 90 Logic Pro video tutorials

Extensive course notes

Over 20 Logic Projects to download

Exclusive audio / MIDI resources

Course Materials:

Weekly webchat with an experienced pro music producer

Personalised project feedback via video

Over 50 Quicktime video tutorials

300 pages of notes

Song files and audio samples

24/7 access to student / tutor discussion forums

Course contents

Week 1: Basics & Equalisation

• Mixing Theory: Soundwaves & Frequencies

• How to use Stereo Width
• EQ types: High Pass / Low Shelf / Parametric / Hi Shelf
• Layering kick & snare sounds for added punch
• EQ tips for percussion & drum tracks
• How to EQ pad sounds
• How to EQ bass sounds

Week 2: Practical Dynamics

• What is Compression?
• Threshold, Ratio, Attack & Release
• Hard & soft Knee
• Peak vs RMS
• Compression tips for drum tracks
• Compressing synth sounds
• Bass compression tricks
• Sidechaining & Parrallel Compression tricks

Week 3: Working With Effects

• Routing insert effects
• Routing send/ return effects

• Reverb Types: Digital , Convolution, Gated, Reverse

• Delay Types: Tempo Delay, Delay Designer, Ducking Delay

• Modulation FX: Chorus , Flange and Phaser

• Practical examples of creative FX use

Week 4: Final Mixdown & Master

• Preparing to mix: A>B comparison
• Organising the mixer in Logic
• Automation
• Mix examples
• What is dithering?
• Checking your mix (listening environments)
• Final Mixdown

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Tutor profile

Danny Lewis
Since his debut single, the club chart number one and national top 30 hit 'Spend the Night', Danny's music has been supported by the likes of Masters at Work, Gilles Peterson, David Morales, Kenny Carpenter, Todd Edwards, Todd Terry, and  Danny Rampling to name but a few.

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