Mixing Electronic Music

World-class remixer extraordinaire Timothy Allan is back with a series that will reveal all there is to make a huge, modern sounding electronic dance track right in your DAW. He starts with his remix of the classic dance track "Fine Day" in raw, multi-track form, and starts from the bottom up, showing you all of his trade secrets along the way.

Setting Up and Getting Started

• Introduction (01:39) - The track is Kirsty Hawkshaw vs Kinky Roland - Fine Day Reloaded released on Loverush Digital

• Track Overview (06:06) - Find out a bit about the track we'll be working on for the series. Go over some of the plugins and learn why this isn't the 'only way' to mix.

• Organizing Tracks (07:07) - See how to shuffle and arrange your tracks into groups that make sense to you.

• Setting up the Sidechain (02:48) - See how to set up a sidechain to use for creative and mix effects.

• Naming Aux Tracks (03:37) - Set up the names for the Aux/Bus tracks you might need later on.

• Aux Setup Pt. 1 (09:58) - Learn how to load up your Aux/Bus tracks with the effects needed for the mix so you don't have to stop during the mix!

• Aux Setup Pt. 2 (06:22) - Continue to pile on the effect plug-ins to make your mix shine.

• Master Bus Setup (04:23) - See how to setup the sometimes controversial compressor and some other enhancing plugins on the master bus.

Drums and Bass

• Kick Drum (10:08) - Get started at the foundation of dance music, the kick drum!

• Rough Mix (11:12) - Discover how easy it is to set up a rough mix of your entire drum section.

• Reverb & Compression (11:02) - Learn how to set up drum bus compression and reverb for your drums.

• EQ & More (11:45) - Go through the various single drum tracks, applying EQ and clipping peaks to get your drums loud!

• Bongo Adjustments (08:15) - Transform the low end gobbling Bongos into spacious percussive elements.

• ComboThwack (07:28) - Tame an overbearing offbeat stab, fitting it into the groove of the drums.

• Low End Theory (15:03) - Explore the sound design of the main baseline & work an accent baseline into the mix.

Synths and Vocals

• Rough Full Mix & Vocals (14:23) - See how to rough out the rest of the mix by bringing in the remaining tracks.

• Synths (32:34) - Work all the synths and main riffs into the mix.

• Pads & Strings (10:33) - Fill out those breakdown moments with pads and strings.

Final Tweaking

• Effects (15:19) - Start to add the fairy dust to the track in the form of whooshes, sweeps and builds.

• Vocal Tweaks (06:50) - Touch up the compression and get rid of some pesky frequencies with the vocal.

• FX Tweaks (05:57) - A bit of balancing between the riffs and effects.

• Kick & Bass Compression (10:06) - Helping the low end guys to play nice together.

• Automation (12:21) - See how plug-in automation can turn blah into yeehaw.

• The Final Review (10:08) - Go through the entire track and do a bit of home mastering.