Advance Certificate Course In Audio Mixing & Mastering. CODE: SIA-ACMM16 For Whom: Budding Composers/ Music Producers. Assistant Engineers / Producers Working Engineers. Anyone, who has done the basic Sound recording Course, and needs to excel further, Duration: Six Months (3 Days a week 3 Hours a Day) Eligibility: Completion of Basic Course from any Industry recognized Institute Minimum Working Experience of 2 years Submit your work (Recordings or Mixes)
Entrance Exam & Interview Salient Features: Course designed by Pramod Chandorkar & Vijay Dayal Conducted By Pro Mixing Engineers from India Special Workshops with International Engineers Extensive access to Pro Studios including SSL 4000 G + with Analog Outboards. Pro tools HD Workstation with Pro Plugins Work on Professional recordings Individual Assignments Personal Assistance & Evaluation for each student Workshops with industry Professionals India s Top Infrastructure for Audio school Outcome: Your tracks will start sounding much fuller Learn the tricks and tips that industry professionals have developed over the years Justify your investment in gear till date Understand the technical requirements needed to prepare recording tracks for mixing Implement professional music standards for organizing your mix session and delivering the final mix Apply editing tools needed to improve musical performance, such as vocal tuning, vocal comping, and
tempo editing Understand and use different types of equalizers, compressors, gates, reverbs, delays, chorus, flangers, and many other processors necessary to mix effectively Employ automation techniques, from basic to using all kinds of parameters Apply mixing techniques specific to Musical Styles Thoroughly analyze and evaluate your own mix and others You will be able to present your Music in a better & impressive manner You will be equipped with personality and communication skills to deal with the Media Industry INTRODUCTION: India is booming in The Business of Entertainment. Every City In the country is coming up with there own Production studios. Every musician can now dream of producing his own track and album. Every band wants to record their own compositions and also perform them Live. The technology has put the creative tools in every ones lap. What is needed with this is the skillset to use the technology.
For ages Mixing and Mastering has been considered as a secretive art. A budding musician who produces his tracks on his laptop eventually ends up feeling, why does it not sound right?? What Plugins Do I need??? Do I need to Buy Analog Gear??? Very few of them identify the need of Learning. Mixing & Mastering Is An Art Which Is to be Honed. You cannot replace the Mix Engineer with a Plugin!!!! Syllabus Overview: 1) Sound Basics What is Sound, Waveform (Freq, Pitch, Velocity & Wavelength, Amplitude, Introduction of Decibel) Timbre, Fundamental Freq, Harmonics, Partials, Overtones, Envelope, Phase, Comb filtering Resonance, Reverberation, Echo, Absorption Coefficient (Acoustics) Ear Construction, Fletcher Munson Curve Pysycho Acoustics, Masking, Spatial perception, Hass Effect. 2) Digital Theory Sampling frequency, Quantization, Nyquist Theorem Anti Alias filter, Oversampling Noise Shaping, Dither, Clock, Jitter, Delivery Formats (MP3, WAVE etc.) 3) Critical listening
Estimating frequencies Estimating Sound level Judgment of sound quality Reverberation effects Detecting distortion 4) Auditory perception Loudness, Pitch & Timbre Masking, How does ear analyze sounds Localization and spatial Information 5) What is Mixing? Fundamentals of mixing, elements of A Mix. Listening Environment. Calibration of Monitors. Acoustics of room Mood, Lighting, The tools of the Mix, Eq, Dynamics Effects. Imaging & Balance 6) Summing & Busses What is summing of a signal, Analoge Summing Vs. Digital Summing. Bussing and Its Use Routing for further use of transfers.
Routing, Master Section 7) Equalization Sound Quality Glossary (Eq & Compression) Parametric Eq Analoge Eq & Digital Eq Emulated EQ, Graphic Eq Creative use of equalization Exercises for analysis and equalization 8) Dynamic Processors Compressor, Limiter Expander, Gate Ducker, De-esser, Applications of Dynamic Processors Parallel Compression, emulated compressors Analoge & digital Compressors Multiband Compressors Creative use of dynamic effects Showing of Dynamics Processor in to Pro tools (Classroom) Exercises 9) Effects Reverb, Delay, Short time Delays Convolution reverbs, Delays and its type, Filtering delay effects Chorus, flangers, & Modulation effects.
Creative use of effects Showing of Effects Processor in to Pro tools (Classroom) 10) Practical Assignments for student in studio on Analoge console, using Eq, compressors, routing Module Exam / viva 10) Plugins Types and uses Types of plugins, VST, RTAS, TDM, AAX, Audio suite. Third party DSP Plugins, UAD, SSL, Waves VDO of Waves & UAD 11) Prepping the Mix prep for a Mix, Labeling, sequence of tracks, cleaning the tracks. Routing of a mix to sub masters, grouping of tracks. Listening to rough mix and understanding the song. Psychology of the Mixer with the producer. References to be heard. Stress management. Your jurisdiction as a mix engineer. Feeling the song or music piece. Creating a working balance of the track 12) Diagnosis Understanding recording. Micking issues, room issues. Too much tracking. Individual monitoring of tracks, identifying problems to be fixed. Phases, leakages
Fixing dynamic ranges. Identifying the groove or the pulse of the song. Using gates and compressors to address the dynamic issues. 13) Balance Building the Blocks (raw balance) Compressing for a reason & Beyond Eqing for A reason & Beyond Frequency selective dynamic processing Side Chain 14) Compression & Eqing techniques Serial, and parallel compression techniques Eqing types, filters, harmonic content usage Stereo bus compression & Limiting 15) Spatial Processing Imaging and stereo placement Compatibility testing. Where to stop!!! 16) Finishing The Mix. Presenting the Mix Selling your mix Handling corrections Psychology of listening Handling Discomfort
Delivery Formats 17) Mastering What is mastering and its history Analoge vs. digital mastering Who should master & What to expect Loudness and perception Range of frequency spectrum to create loudness Listening In Different Environments 18) Stereo Mastering Understanding mastering processing Compression & Multiband compression MS processing Spatial imaging Sequence of processing, parallel vs. serial Listening fatigue Eqing & liner phase eq. ITunes mastering Delivery formats 19) Surround Mixing Several formats 5.1,7.1,Dolby, DTS. DVD Surround Calibration Channel separation for films & Music
Theater mix Vs. home DVD Mix Immersive formats. Atmos & Auro 3D Mixing For Film (Understanding Story telling) Loudness 20) Live Concert Mixing PA Calibration Acoustic issues Difference bet Mixing for the Live Audience V/s Recording Channel mapping and placement Speed to achieve Balance Using minimum tools and getting maximum result Dynamics and loudness 21) Conclusion Constant improvement Handling criticism Learning different tools Understanding business and making money PR skills Listening to different mixes Shaping your carrier