Chapter 1: Setup
Chapter 2: Reverbs
Chapter 3: Delays
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1/16 & 1/8 (9:59)
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Tape Slap (5:05)
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Short Taps (4:00)
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EchoBoy (4:09)
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H-Delay (3:41)
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Primal (3:16)
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Echoes (4:57)
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Replika XT (4:13)
Chapter 4: Modulation
Chapter 5: Routing
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Sending Some FX to Other FX (7:36)
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The "Drum Squish" Parallel Path (8:06)
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The "Vox Squish" Parallel Path (5:03)
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The "ALL" Subgroups (2:26)
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Mix Bus FX & Metering (12:16)
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Master Faders (9:08)
Chapter 6: Using the Template
Studio wiz Michael Costa brings you in-depth video tutorials focused on building an awesome mixing template for your DAW. See how professionals get a mix done with this time-saving practice that allows you to concentrate on the mix!
From setup to routing, reverbs to delays, compression routing techniques, using mix buses and more, Michael breaks down the art of making a great mix template and using it for your productions.
See the individual tutorial descriptions below for more info. If you mix music or any kind of recordings, a mix template can drastically increase your productivity and allow you to be more creative. Watch “Building a DAW Mix Template” today!
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Reviews
Submitted 2 months ago
VERY HELPFUL
made a new template in less than and hour!
Submitted 3 months ago
Great title which tells the subject in a nutshell
This broke down the various ways for setting up during the mixing stages. Explaining while creating the fx buss, mix buss, master buss, group buss, & vca's has been very informational for me to create my own template.
Submitted 4 months ago
An excellent, encompassing course
This video takes you through a full set of modern recording tracks and plug-in use with clever ways to make these tools ready for use in each new situation. It was a joy to see all the different plugins being used, and to see what they sounded like, and how best to employ them. I'm sure I will refer back to this excellent course many times as I try the techniques and learn from this fine teacher.
I am a: Semi-Pro, Professional, Musician, Producer, Audio Engineer, Sound Designer, FL Studio, Pro Tools
Submitted 9 months ago
Fantastic material
Great material for the intermediate or experienced technicians. This is going to make my work flow much easier and quicker.
I am a: Semi-Pro, Musician, Producer, Audio Engineer, Cubase, Reaper
Submitted 9 months ago
Great Tutorial
This is a fantastic way to set up for mixing. This has made mixing my projects a joy. Another great tutorial from Groove3
I am a: Logic Pro
Submitted 1 year ago
very well done and detailed
really professional made and very helpful also for giving me ew ideas and ways for doing daily things when mixing., thanks to the producer
I am a: Professional, Musician, Producer, Audio Engineer
Submitted 1 year ago
Discovered Some New Ideas
I watched this tutorial out of curiosity. I'm developing my mixing workflow and wanted to see a more template-based approach. I like the idea of building out fx buses in advance, though I'd probably only bring them in when I need them. Also, because I need to work across DAWs, I see how I can use the Mix Template approach utilizing an intermediate plugin like BlueCat Patchworks to build my fx chains. Informative, though sometimes, I do wish more time was spent on the chain-building and less on demo'ing the effects plugins.
I am a: Semi-Pro
Submitted 1 year ago
AAA
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I am a: Hobbyist, Musician, Ableton Live, Cakewalk Sonar, Reason
Submitted 1 year ago
Happy purchase!
Really liked this tutorial! Straight to the point with very insightful information. Kept me interested through out.
I am a: Professional, Producer, Audio Engineer, Cakewalk Sonar
Submitted 2 years ago
This video makes wrapping my head around mixing less laborious.
Learned a lot. Thank you. Last chapter at the end where he showed why he chooses certain verbs, delays and modulation for particular elements of a track. How much is too much etc. insightful.
1. When did you start dabbling in music?
I was classically trained in piano from the age of 7 and had a strong obsession with popular music right throughout my youth. I played keyboards in various rock bands in the mid 80's but found a pronounced leaning towards the technology and computer side of music as samplers and computers became more attainable in the late 80's.
2. What training have you had?
In 1989 I completed my Bachelor of Arts, majoring in Music Technology from La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia. Much of my tech knowledge in those pre-internet days came from devouring issues of Keyboard, Mix and EM - monthly, without fail.
3. When did you get into recording?
I started getting into recording in 1984 with a Tascam 244 4-track cassette system. In 1989 I moved to a Digidesign Sound Tools II system - a true random access 2 track editor - and that was the beginning of a long association with Digidesign products. I married this hardware up to Opcode's Studio Vision for many years as well as getting in at the ground floor with Pro Tools v1 in 1991. I've been a Pro Tools user since then right up to the current day.
4. People you have worked with/for?
I've been lucky enough to work with a huge cross section of talent within the Australian music scene. Names like: INXS, Little River Band, John Farnham, Kasey Chambers and Richard Clapton. Plus music editing on breakout movies like Shine and Strictly Ballroom with Oscar nominated composer, David Hirschfelder.
5. Why are you so good at training people?
I think I'm good at training because I really love this stuff - I genuinely want to show people how cool these tools are. Even as a fully grown adult, I still find myself getting excited like a little kid about the magic we can do with our systems these days and wondering how far it can go in the years to come. I hope that enthusiasm is contagious!
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tutorial videoBuilding a DAW Mix Template
Studio wiz Michael Costa brings you in-depth video tutorials focused on building an awesome mixing template for your DAW. See how professionals get a mix done with this time-saving practice that allows you to concentrate on the mix!
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Do you use Kush Audio plug-ins? Well, DAW guru Michael Costa is back and this time he is taking on Kush Audio's UBK-1 motion generating compressor and the Clariphonic dual channel parallel EQ. Michael breaks down the interfaces and how these two amazing, analog sounding plug-ins can be used on several different types of instruments.
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tutorial videoMastering in the Box Explained
This new series from studio wiz Michael Costa shows you the basics of mastering in your computer using typical plug-ins, and how to address many common issues found in recordings, as well as as more advanced techniques to solve other trickier problems, and get your songs and productions sounding their best!
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