MIS-13 Course Resources

• Syllabus

• Grading

  • Mixing Project

  • Recording Session

• Chosen

• Dare You To Move

Resources

• Bass

  • Cheat Sheet

  • How to “Kick” the Bass Outta the Way

• Clip Gain

  • 5 Reasons to Use Clip Gain

• Compression

  • Compression Cheat Sheet

  • Compression Decompressed

  • The Quick & Easy Guide To Advanced Compression Tactics

  • Ultimate Guide: Compression

  • Vocal Compression Cheat Sheet

• Dither

  • Why Dither?

• Drums

  • 9 Steps to an Exciting Drum Mix

• Editing

  • Quick Editing Checklist

• EQ

  • 71 EQ Tips

  • EQ Cheat Sheet

  • EQ Explained

  • EQ Frequency Breakdown

  • How to EQ Absolutely Anything

  • Should you EQ Before or After Compressing?

• Guitars

  • Guitar Cheat Sheet

• Mastering

  • 7 Steps to Mix Translation

  • 9 Mastering Tips

  • 10 Major Mastering Mistakes

  • How To Master A Song (Infographic)

  • Mastering Blueprint

  • Mastering Compression Cheat Sheet

  • Mastering EQ Cheat Sheet

  • Mixing vs. Mastering

  • Quick Mastering Checklist

  • Radio Ready Guide

  • The Mystery of Mastering Demystified in 7 Simple Steps

• Mixing

  • 5 Mixing Objectives

  • 6 Steps to Cleaning Up Muddy Mixes

  • 10 Major Mixing Mistakes

  • Hit Mix Checklist

  • Mixing Made Simple

  • Mixing with 5 Plug-ins

  • The Easy Guide to Sounding Like a Pro

  • The Mixing Blueprint

  • The Only 5 Things to Think About When You’re Mixing

  • Ultimate Mixing Checklist

  • What Really Makes A Great Mix

• Music Production Tips

  • Analog to Digital Converter Tutorial

  • Compression and Limiting Tutorial

  • Double Tracking & Quad Tracking Guitars

  • Drum Group Mixing Tips

  • Drum Room Mic Mixing

  • Electronic Drums vs Acoustic Drums

  • Frequency Chart

  • How to EQ a Snare Drum and Compress it

  • How to Mix a Bass Guitar

  • How to Mix a Kick Drum

  • How to Mix Overheads

  • How to Mix Toms

  • How to Remove Muddiness from your Mix

  • MIDI Tutorial

  • Mixing Cymbals with EQ and Compression

  • Monitors for Mixing and Mastering

  • Optimize Latency

  • Panning Instruments in a Mix

  • Reverb Tutorial

  • Tape Saturation Plugin

  • What DAW and VST stand for in Music Production

• Production

  • Production Pyramid

• Promotion

  • 50 Music Promo Ideas You Can Do Right Now

  • CDBaby Get Started Guide

• Recording

  • Low End Cheat Sheet

  • The #1 Rule of Home Recording

• Referencing

  • 10 Ways to Use References

• Vocals

  • 5 Stages to Professional Sounding Vocals

  • 10 Fatal Vocal Production Mistakes

  • Recording and Mixing Vocals: The Definitive Guide

  • Vocal Mixing Checklist