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• Hollin Jone's Mixing Tips, Part 1
• by Hollin Jones
• Mixing. It's an art form arguably more important than the arrangement of your track. Asking an experienced pro, like Hollin Jones, for tips is one sure-fire way to improve your mix. Read on for more!

• How to Remix: Part 7: Mastering And Delivery
• by Mo Volans
• Almost every major music single release gets the remix treatment. In the Final Part of this "How to Remix" series, Mo Volans explains the mastering and delivery process for the final remix.

• How to Remix: Part 6: Final Tweaks And Adjustments
• by Mo Volans
• Almost every major music single release gets the remix treatment. In Part 6 of this "How to Remix" series, Mo Volans takes you through adding the final tweaks and polish to your remix.

• How to Remix: Part 5: Arrangement and Structure
• by Mo Volans
• Almost every major music single release gets the remix treatment. In Part 5 of this "How to Remix" series, Mo Volans takes you through creating the arrangement and structure with breakdowns and more.

• How to Remix: Part 4: Extra Editing and Spatial Effects
• by Mo Volans
• Almost every major music single release gets the remix treatment. In Part 4 of this "How to Remix" series, Mo Volans takes you through extra editing and adding spatial effects.

• Pro Tools 10 113
• Pro Mixing Techniques
• Mixing sounds to create a cohesive and inspiring piece of music is an art. Join MPV trainer and Pro Tools expert Mike Watkinson as he reveals his favorite mixing techniques and shows you how you can bring your musical canvases to life...

• Music Theory 104
• Song Form
• Understanding song form is essential to songwriting. Learn all how to enhance the power of your songs with macProVideo's music theory expert, Gregg Fine...

• Music Theory 103
• Rhythm
• In this 3rd tutorial in our series on Music Theory, Master Arranger and Composer Gregg Fine explores the nature of Rhythm and why it’s the driving force in music and composition...

• Music Theory 102
• Harmony
• Chords infuse music with color and emotion. Learn the theory and magic behind creating chords in this Harmony tutorial by Master Composer and Arranger Gregg Fine.

• Music Theory 101
• Melody
• Ever wonder why certain melodies stick with you forever while others trigger an intense emotional response? Why does this happen? Well, it’s not accidental! In this tutorial you’ll learn the theory and the art of melody writing...

• Cubase 6 106
• FX, EQ, Automation and Mixing
• Learn to mix your tunes in Cubase 6 using FX, EQ and Automation in this production masterpiece by Matthew Loel T. Hepworth...

• Pro Tools 402
• Mixing Pop in Pro Tools
• Have you heard Sarah McLachlan's music? Then you've heard Chris Potter's skills—he's Sarah McLachlan's Engineer!

• Reason 6 106
• FX, EQ, Automation and Mixing
• The instruments are smoking. The rack is exploding. Now it’s time to pull it all together and make musical sense of all this Reason 6 mayhem! In this tutorial, Hollin Jones get’s you into the mixer and exploring the FX, EQ and automation...

• Pro Tools 403
• Rich Tozzoli's Mixing Toolbox
• Every mixer has his own audio toolbox full of secret weapons! Join Rich Tozzoli who has worked with Al DiMeola, Ace Frehley, Hall & Oates, Emerson Lake & Palmer, and Billy Squier as he opens his Mixing Toolbox and reveals some of his favorite Pro Tools mixing tips...

• Reason 6 401
• Reason's Mixing Toolbox
• Learn how operate the amazing new console and mixing tools included in Reason 6. Watch as Mo Volans remixes a track right before your eyes and ears...

• Rich Tozzoli
• Producing and Mixing Guitars
• OK, so you’ve recorded your guitar tracks... Now what? Well, that’s exactly where this tutorial begins!  Learn how to make your tracks really glisten with this amazing guitar production tutorial from Grammy-nominated and Surround Music Award-winning producer, mixer and sound designer, Rich Tozzoli.

• Live 8 402
• Designing Sounds for Dance Music
• House Music Legend Olav Basoski dives deep into his secret sound design techniques to show you how he makes tracks that top the charts and rock the dance floor.

• Greg Townley
• Sonic Dimension in Mixing
• Greg Townley's mixing credits include films Sideways & Wedding Crashers, and artists Usher & Lil' Kim … Learn how Hollywood's Premiere Audio Engineer creates Sonic Space in his film and music mixes.

• Live 8 404
• Making Electronic Dance Music
• House Music Legend Olav Basoski shows how he uses Ableton Live to make chart topping dance floor anthems.

• Logic 203
• Logic's Music-for-Picture Toolbox
• Learn essential skills for scoring video and film in this comprehensive tutorial by Steve H, a man with over 20 years of experience in making music for moving pictures.

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Chances are that if you're reading this blog post, or you are surfing around macProVideo.com, you want to improve your audio mixing skills. After all, it is the "Minds Ear" which creates the mental image from what we are listening to. How well the program material is ultimately mixed is going to make that image sharp and clear, or hard to deduce. I might restate that, since there is not a right or wrong way to Mix, the better the mix imagery, the better the listening result.

macProVideo has taught me a great deal. There are so many tutorials I can pull out to mark what and where I learned a specific pointer but, for this post, I have two specific recommendations that really target the heart of this topic.

Logic 303, Logic TNT2 June, videos 59-62.  By Steve Horelick
Sonic Dimension Mixing, by Greg Townley.

In Logic 303, long time pro and master trainer Steve H. shows how the basic tools on the channel strip behave with respect to the differences of a pan control vs. a balance control. He goes deeper and explores the concept of a Stereo image and that of the Monaural track and how the two correlate in a phase relationship and even more importantly, how the two can be manipulated to create imagery which is the crux of the lesson. In a simple to understand and well laid out series of events, Steve goes through the difference of a Pan & Balance control to a Directional Mixer and a full blow remix of some 80s music which he quickly changed into a Modern day tricked out hip tune.

Along the way Steve reveals the changes and manipulations of the track's sonic dimensions which by all accounts were incredibly valuable. His manipulation of the imagery even touches on the principles of reverb although he does not intend to teach this, it's fascinating none the less.

The end result is full control of the mix's stereo field, depth, center area and creating more space for additional vocals, instruments and just about anything else that could be added but done so that it will heard with a distinct position within the mix. In 4 bite-sized videos, the viewer is granted a significant insight into manipulating and gaining control over the dimension of the mix which is the ultimate goal if one wants to achieve the 'Ultimate Mix'.

The concept of Sonic Dimension Mixing, which is the title of Greg Townley's mixing tutorial journey, gives us a look into the brilliant mind behind that sound track you're hearing in the film you're watching. This is a full blown step by step conceptual lesson on how to create space, depth of field and in Greg's own words, different dimensions.

In Sonic Dimension Mixing, Greg teaches you about what he calls the "Way Way back" dimension, the middle and and the upfront area. He points to a concept in which sound is listened to and analyzed in the listening mind as having front to back, left to right and top to bottom. All of these components are the true mastery of controlling where a sound "is" with respect to the listening mind and that makes it possible to achieve a much better mix in the end.

If you're working with a great singer, it will be difficult to keep everything out of the way but still sharp and distinctive unless these principles are mastered to some degree. Greg shows you how each piece of the puzzle is treated by building a series of rooms and spaces in his mixing council which he access based on the "Sonic Dimensional needs" of those parts.

In short, there are a great many excellent tutorials available on the macProVideo.com website, but in my opinion, there are some real gems that an intermediate to advanced producer will find extremely valuable.

Recommended viewing:
Logic 303 TNT2 By Steve Horelick
Sonic Dimension Mixing by Greg Townley

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Victor Mason

Has a background in vacuum tube guitar amplifier building as Owner of Mojave Ampworks LLC. Victor is also a recording enthusiast, connoisseur of vacuum tubes and vacuum tube audio products, vintage music equipment and many other things audio both real world and virtual. His llst of cliental span from Billy F. Gibbons, Joe Walsh & Peter Frampton to Blues Saraceno, Vivian Campbell and Stephan Jenkins. Born In Hollywood CA Victor is a Southern California native and resident but has clients all over the world and throughout the international music community abroad. One of Victors favorite parts about his work, is recording vacuum tube guitar amplifiers and uncovering the secrets to the greatest guitar tones ever recorded. Victor also runs the Plexi Palace Message Forum and Blogs on both the Vintage Amps Blog and the Mojave Ampworks Blog.

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