LEARN MIXING AND MASTERING

Our special didactics and experienced lecturers offer you individual audio production lessons. You will learn mixing techniquesthat you can use intuitively – from EQing and frequency processing to error detection in audio material.

In the lessons, we specifically address your individual weak points in mixing and develop effective solutions together. Our goal is for you to develop a deep, independent understanding of the processes involved in audio editing and to be able to apply this knowledge intuitively. This includes not only the ability to analyze problems in audio material and correctly record and evaluate measurements, but also to develop suitable solutions independently.

For example, you will learn how to make drums sound "fat", "tight" and with the right attack, or how to give your vocals a "warm", "high-resolution" and "powerful" quality. We will show you these and many other techniques so that you can achieve the perfect sound.

At the end of the course, you will have an extensive collection of tips and tricks that will be of great use to you not only when mixing and mastering, but also when recording your songs - be it in a home studio or professional recording studio.

1. You contact us and choose between our ready-made teaching modules, each of which contains 2 to 4 teaching units, or individually tailored lessons.

   Both options take place in individual coaching - not in group lessons or via instructional videos like other providers. This means you always have the opportunity to discuss your questions on the respective topics directly with one of our engineers and receive detailed answers.

    

Pre-designed lesson modules are particularly suitable for beginners in the field of mixing and mastering.

Customized courses are especially for advanced music producers and musicians who want to progress further in one of the two processes, building on the knowledge they've already acquired.

Together we will arrange the first lesson dates or a preliminary meeting for our tailor-made courses in which we will determine your wishes and the skills you need.

Based on these goals, we will create an individual lesson plan for you. Using this plan, you can book the appointments yourself flexibly in our calendar, to suit your time constraints.

Since we only offer one-on-one coaching, you have the option to reschedule and rescheduled appointments at any time.

• Measuring your Sweetspot Acoustics with explanation of the frequency response, and explanation of how to perform measurements yourself to independently conduct future measurements.
• Stereo Mastering - Mastering a stereo audio track, including all necessary intermediate steps.
• Monitor setup
• M / S mastering - Mastering the mid and side signal separately in the audio.
• EQing - Sweeping frequencies, pulling resonant frequencies. Technical EQing, musical EQing, working moderately, and using parametric and fully parametric EQs, digital and analog EQs. Working with dynamic EQs.
• Insert effects, send effects, sound effects, room effects - This includes not only reverb, delay, flanger, and chorus but also the use of pre-fader and post-fader send effects.
• Compression, parallel compression, multiband compression - Adjusting parameters like ratio, threshold, gain, knee. Applying different compression techniques in various music styles. Understanding and applying the function.
• Limiter - Soft limit, hard limit, peak limiter. handling the correct loudness. Assessing dynamic loss, calculating the necessary loudness, and calculating the maximum possible loudness.
• Working with different file formats and resolutions - Working with the file formats such as Wave, Aiff, MP3 and Flac. Learning the advantages and disadvantages of the individual file formats. Understanding the importance of the necessary bit depth and work with files in 16, 24 and 32 bit float mode. Working with different sample rates. E.g. 44.100, 48.000, 96.000 and 88.200.
• Building workflows - Project-specific approaches in the mixdown and mastering process. From project setup to the final completion of an audio title.
• Working with presets - Creating your own presets, as well as using and modifying existing presets.
• Learn to hear errors correctly - Learning to hear technical and musical errors more quickly, categorizing them, addressing them, and correcting them.
• Establishing a schedule and sequence of work steps.
• Using application software, Cubase, Wavelab.
• Aligning work techniques and workflows while considering content requirements
• Creating sound carriers while considering their characteristics and the specified requirements.
• Checking sound material for technical errors and content completeness and documenting results.
• Performing normalization and format conversions.
• Correcting sound and applying effects.

Of course, we also address your specific issues and lesson requests!

To be able to complete our online lessons optimally, you only need a stable internet connection – we recommend at least 50 Mbit to ensure error-free video and audio transmission.

Our online lessons take place via Google Meet. This means you don't have to install an additional program, but can simply log in via your browser.

No additional equipment is required at first. If we examine your editing in your DAW during the course of the lesson, we will provide you with a selection of high-res audio streaming options from which you can choose the right solution.