Audio › Music Production

Get a glimpse behind the studio curtain and see music recording secrets in action with the producer/engineer who's worked with She & Him, The Decemberists, Elliott Smith, Jenny Lewis, The Go-Betweens, and Sleater-Kinney.

Explains one of the most essential ingredients in audio mixing, reverb—the time it takes for sound to bounce, echo, and decay during a live performance or recording.

Explore essential mastering concepts and techniques used by experienced audio engineers to create a cohesive album from a set of mixed tracks.

Take a peek over Brian Lee White's shoulder as he sequentially moves through the mixing process for a hip-hop track, from layering the drums to processing the vocals.

Arrange songs for radio play and club remixes using four different digital audio workstations: Pro Tools, Ableton Live, Logic, and Reason.

Demonstrates four time-stretching remix techniques in four major digital audio workstations: Pro Tools, Logic Pro, Reason, and Ableton Live.

The fundamentals of delay and modulation effects and how to apply these effects, technically and creatively, to improve the sound of a mix.

Shows how to properly apply equalization (EQ) to improve the sound of a mix.

Shows how to improve the sound of a mix using compressors, limiters, gates, de-essers, and other dynamic processors.

Reveals industry tips, tricks, and techniques for producing professionally mixed audio.

Demonstrates how to fix the timing and tone of live drum recordings using Pro Tools.

Explains the fundamentals of working with vocal tracks and how to correct pitch and intonation with Auto-Tune evo in Pro Tools.

Covers how to adjust tempo, change pitch, and quantize audio tracks with elastic audio in Pro Tools.