Let's look at how to navigate through our user interface and interact with this course!

Let's talk about our choice to use Protools as our main DAW and how you can implement our suggestions regardless of what DAW you use!

Let's talk about the pillars to our foundation: EQ, Dynamics, Stereo & FX. 

Let's talk about the importance of audio ear training.

In this lesson we'll do a deep dive on the EQ section of the SSL Duality.

Let's take a look of some EQ plugin recommendations from Alex J!

A deep dive into the dynamics section of the SSL duality.

Let's look at Alex J's goto plugins for dynamics.

Let's take a look of some FX plugin recommendations from Alex J!

Let's look at how to set up a custom I/O Grid for Busing processing & FX. 

Let's look at how to build FX swells for your music. Wether it's cymbals, noise, vocals or any other source.

Let's talk about side-chain compression and how it can be used to make 808 bass lines and kicks play nicely with each other. 

Let's talk about the main differences between mono and stereophonic sound. 

Let's talk about panning and how it can make a dramatic impact in your productions!

Let's give you some insights into understanding the concept of loudness through theory and some practical examples.

Let's discuss the importance of digital gain-staging and why it's dangerous to have hot levels when recording or processing through the different stages of gain. 

Let's prepare all of our multitrack files for a mixdown!

Let's talk about the dangers of overthinking your mix process!

You're thinking wether you should do the mastering yourself or hire a professional Mastering Engineer... let us help guide you through the process that best fit your needs!

Let's talk about 5 of the top mistakes most producers/engineer are making when producing/mixing beats and how to fix them!

Let's look at how to mix or "tweak" a trap beat in order to get it sounding nice and BEEFY!

Let's look at how to mix or "tweak" a boombap beat in order to get it to sound CHUNKY!

In this musical example, we've got TONS of bass issues to deal with, let's take a look at how to fix them and make this drill beat sound MASSIVE! 

Let's look at how to mix or "tweak" a Reggaeton beat in order to get it to sound JUICY!

Let's look at how to mix or "tweak" a Latin Trap beat in order to get it to sound MASSIVE!

Let's look at how to map our own drums (VST) to a sample in order to mimic the same timing performance. We'll use the song "Another Life" by D'Angelo.

Let's expand our mind on how to pick spots within a song for sampling. We'll look at the track "Glory Of Love" by Peter Cetera. 

Let's think outside the box and come up with different possibilities in order to FLIP THE UNFLIPABBLE!

Let's look at how to find s song/sample's tonality/key signature. We'll use the classic "Never too much" by Luther Van Dross as an exercise.

Learn how to achieve the popular EDM 'sidechain pump' effect using Vengeance Sound's Multiband Sidechain plugin.

Alex J shares his thorough step by step framework on how to nail any mix EVERY SINGLE TIME!

Making Masters at Home with Ozone 5

In this production deep-dive we'll look at several different tactics on how to shape 808 bass using saturation, distortion and parallel compression.