MacProVideo.com Logic Pro 8 403 Mixing R&B

Learn deep mixing skills from a legend of the R&B music scene, David Isaac!R&B is a soulful genre, and there's few people with more soul than David Isaac. David has spent decades Engineering and Producing for many of the world's biggest R&B artists, including Luther Vandross, Marcus Miller, Michael Jackson, and many, many more A-List performers.In this 3 hour tutorial video, you'll learn deep secrets about the art of mixing while benefiting from the years of experience that David brings to the table. Topics like radio-ready vocal treatments, EQ'ing rhodes & bass, and mixing your drums to create space, depth, and dimension, are all covered hear.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Mixing R&B

 

Section 1: Getting Ready To Mix


01 Introduction
02 Let's Get Started
03 Checking & Cleaning
04 Arranging The Track
05 The Finished Arrangement

Section 2: Working With Vocals


06 Auditioning The Vocals
07 Stereo Vs. Mono Vocals
08 Panning Vocals

Section 3: Mixing Drums

09 Drums Quick Static Mix
10 The Double Drummer
11 Adjusting Output Levels
12 Drum Groups & Busses
13 Creating Height In A Mix
14 Creating Width In A Mix
15 Using The Stereo Spread
16 Creating FX Width
17 Creating Depth In A Mix
18 EQ'ing Kick Drums
19 Slammin' Snares
20 Workiing the Hats
21 Clap & Tambourine
22 Rachet & Rides
23 Using Reverb
24 A-B The Drums

Section 4: Bass & Rhodes


25 Bus Compression
26 Bass Dimension
27 Setting Up The Rhodes
28 EQ'ing The Rhodes
29 Using Subtle Distortion
30 Exciting the Top End
31 Adding Space - Reverb
32 Adding Space - Spreader

Section 5: Refining The Mix


33 Producer's Note #1
34 The Vocal Mix
35 Vocal Bus Effects
36 The Bridge Vocals
37 Producer's Note #2

Section 6: Adding Instruments


38 Adding The Guitars
39 Adding The Synths
40 Adding The Strings
41 Flutes & FX

Section 7: Finishing The Mix


42 The Riding Concept
43 Left - Right Mix Energy
44 Stereo Imaging
45 Harmonic Exciting
46 Before & After Mix
47 Fade Vs. No Fade
48 Print Bus
49 Fader Roller-Coaster
50 Wrap Up

System Requirements

Macintosh

Mac OS X 10.3.9 and Above

G3, G4, G5 or Intel processor

Quicktime 7 or above

Windows

Windows Vista, XP or 2000

Intel Pentium 4 or AMD processor

Quicktime 7 or above

.NET 2 or above