Building a DAW Mix Template

Chapter 1 : Setup

• 2:56

  Introduction

  Michael gives an overview of the philosophy behind this tutorial.

• 3:07

  The Initial Setup

  Michael explains how the tutorial will progress and we begin the setup.

Chapter 2 : Reverbs

• 9:12

  Room

  For our smallest ambience, we've got three allotted options.

• 3:27

  Plate

  For vocals and drums, the Waves Abbey Road Plates sounds excellent.

• 3:47

  Spring

  Explore two spring reverb options to give guitars a wonderful presence.

• 2:23

  VVV

  See another reverb with a colored tail to add dimension to our tracks.

• 1:41

  H-Verb

  Explore some non-linear options with this amazingly versatile Waves reverb.

• 3:07

  Blackhole

  For those massive out-of-world style reverbs, learn how the Blackhole from Eventide can be just what's needed.

Chapter 3 : Delays

• 9:59

  1/16 & 1/8

  Discover how these two timed basic delays can give a rhythmic backbone to the tracks.

• 5:05

  Tape Slap

  Here, Michael uses a traditional effect in a very aggressive way.

• 4:00

  Short Taps

  See how a number of short delays can sometimes be a better option than a traditional reverb.

• 4:09

  EchoBoy

  Our first colored, timed delay - the "do it all" EchoBoy.

• 3:41

  H-Delay

  Explore the famed ping-pong mode of the H-Delay - a favorite of many.

• 3:16

  Primal

  Based on the Lexicon Prime Time, this SoundToys recreation has a wonderfully warm sound unto itself.

• 4:57

  Echoes

  Explore how this underrated Nomad Factory analog echo box simulator can sound great or alternatively, we could use T-Racks' Tape Echo.

• 4:13

  Replika XT

  See how our final timed delay option bridges the gap into our modulation effects. This latest Native Instruments delay has some unique post-delay modulation options.

Chapter 4 : Modulation

• 7:42

  Excalibur (or variant)

  See how Exponential Audio's Excalibur is deployed but alternatively, we can use Valhalla DSP's UberMod.

• 10:57

  H3000 (or variant)

  Discover how this classic widening effect can be created from either the Eventide H3000, Waves Reel ADT, SoundToys Microshift or the Waves Doubler.

• 3:44

  Mutron (or variant)

  Michael attempts to recreate an old analog classic phasing effect with a Waves plugin or another version of Exclalibur as an alternative.

Chapter 5 : Routing

• 7:36

  Sending Some FX to Other FX

  We explore the options opened up by create multi-fx chains.

• 8:06

  The "Drum Squish" Parallel Path

  Michael shows the thickness and presence we can attain by having a second, heavily compressed drum channel.

• 5:03

  The "Vox Squish" Parallel Path

  Similar to the drum path, here we send our vocal down a second, heavily effected path to bring our vocal forward.

• 2:26

  The "ALL" Subgroups

  Michael explains these subgroup channels where all our instrumental groups come together.

• 12:16

  Mix Bus FX & Metering

  Michael breaks down first the routing logic and then the processing applied over the mix bus.

• 9:08

  Master Faders

  After seeing a few more mix bus options. discover how Master Faders can be headroom conditioners for our gain structure.

Chapter 6 : Using the Template

• 6:21

  Importing the Template into your Song

  See Michael now demo the actual song we're using and then importing our template into.

• 8:54

  Routing Groups & Organizing Tracks

  With our template now imported, we need to make some organisational changes so everything goes where it's supposed to go.

• 11:31

  Getting FX Going in the Track

  Watch Michael begin to add various effects which leads into the need and deployment of VCA master faders.

• 12:01

  More FX on Drums, Guitars, & Keys Pt. 1

  Michael continues to explore effect options over some of the drums, guitars and keyboards.

• 13:47

  More FX on Drums, Guitars, & Keys Pt. 2

  We conclude with Michael exploring a few effect options over some of the drums, guitars and keyboards.