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In this Video:
🎶 In this 40-minute session, Daniel unravels the secrets and pitfalls that every aspiring sound engineer should know.
🔍 Topics Covered:
• **Analyzing Sound:** Uncover the significance of sound analysis in the mixing process—because you can't mix what you don't hear!
• **Equalization Excellence:** Discover techniques to remove unwanted frequencies for a significantly clearer audio signal.
• **Acoustic Blunders:** Discover the often overlooked errors in setting up acoustic barriers, leading to dull recordings.
• **Engineering for the Listener:** Understand why we must mix "larger than life" to compensate for the fact that people tend to listen at lower volumes in their homes.
• **Golden Age of Audio:** Explore the secrets behind the superior sound quality of recordings from the '50s and '60s. Plus, find out how to achieve that timeless quality in modern times.
• **Staging Essentials:** Understand why no instrument should encroach on the sonic territory of another.
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0:00 - Introduction
00:53 - Decoding Sound into 3 Categories
4:06 - How to use the EQ to remove unwanted Room-Resonances
6:56 - Analysis of why we have so many Resonances in today's Recordings.
9:41 - How to create Depth
10:37 - The Importance of Room Microphones
11:51 - How to make a small Recording Room sound big
14:07 - Why is staging so important
16:15 - Your mix must be robust!
17:16 - How to use Gobos correctly
20:36 - How to get Punch and physical Integrity
23:18 - Get the dynamics right to increase physical Integrity
27:57 - Quick tips how to work with a Compressor
32:14 - Understand the difference between Live Music vs. Music played though speakers
34:18 - Why you should get my courses