Creative Mixing with Adaptive Plugins Explained

If you're looking to take full advantage of newer mixing tools like dynamic EQ, frequency-based compression, and the like, this is the course for you! Mixing guru Thomas Cochran will teach you several techniques for handling problem areas, layering sounds, shaping transients, achieving balance, and more with adaptive plugins like Soothe2, Trackspacer, and Pro-Q 3, to name a few. By the end of the course, you'll have a new appreciation of everything these plugins can accomplish, along with the skills to exploit them in your own productions. These videos are designed for users that are new to these types of plugins.

Videos

• Frequency-Specific Compression with Soothe2 (12:45) - Learn how to use Soothe2 in a new and unique way. This technique lets you use the plugin as a frequency-specific compressor in a similar way to how multi-band compression is used.

• Dynamically Side-chaining Bass with Soothe2 (11:03) - Next, we look at how Soothe2 can be used for advanced side-chaining effects. This lets you balance out the low end in your songs dynamically.

• Frequency-Specific Side-chaining with Trackspacer (10:41) - Discover how to achieve a similar side-chain effect with Trackspacer.

• SurferEQ (09:33) - See how SurferEQ can be used to dynamically balance the low end in your tracks. This is great for bass and vocals.

• Dynamic EQ with Pro-Q 3 (12:16) - Learn how to keep the full frequency spectrum of main elements in a track while still having things sound balanced. This is great for layering sounds together.

• EQ'ing Mix Busses with Spectre & Spiff Pt. 1 (08:50) - Next, we push mix busses together with adaptive transient shaping and harmonics. This is a great way of adding the final balance to your mixes.

• EQ'ing Mix Busses with Spectre & Spiff Pt. 2 (07:48) - To wrap up the course, we finish our discussion on how to process busses.