1 - Welcome
2 - Mixing 101
3 - Blend and Balance
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3.1 Blend and Balance Intro (0:57)
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3.2 A Balancing Act with Ableton (3:53)
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3.3 A Balancing Act with Ableton: Results (6:07)
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3.4 Understanding Signal Flow in Ableton Live (4:50)
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3.5 Loudness vs Gain vs Volume / Intro to Gain Staging (8:00)
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3.6 Level Up: Metering RMS and Peak (4:05)
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3.7 Best Practices Moving Forward
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3.8 Session and Arrangement View (2:36)
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3.9 Lets Get Organized (10:59)
4 - Equalization
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4.1 EQ Eight 1: Overview and Filter Modes (8:33)
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4.2 EQ Eight 2: The Frequency Spectrum (11:28)
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4.3 EQ Eight 3: The Spectrum Analyzer in Action (14:38)
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4.4 EQ Eight 4: Treating Resonant Peaks with Audition Mode (18:18)
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4.5 EQ Eight 5: EQ for Conflicting Tracks (13:39)
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4.6 EQ Eight 6: Scale Carving Trick (7:25)
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4.7 EQ Eight 7: Lets EQ a Mix! (17:34)
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4.8 The "Solo" Switch (3:25)
5 - The Stereo Field
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5.1 Understanding Panning (7:32)
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5.2 Review: Panning in Action (15:04)
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5.3 Widening 1: Izotope Imager Metering (11:49)
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5.4 Widening 2: How Width is Made (6:15)
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5.5 Widening 3: Haas Delay and Comb Filtering (27:20)
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5.6 Widening 4: EQ Eight L/R Mode (7:43)
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5.7 Widening 5: EQ Eight M/S Mode (15:41)
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5.8 Widening 6: Modulation Effects for Adding Width (16:36)
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5.9 Working with Stereo Image in a Mix (20:34)
6 - Returns: Reverb, Delay, and Beyond
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6.1 Space Commander: Designing Space (2:13)
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6.2 The Return Tracks (12:21)
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6.3 Designing Space with Reverb (Deep Dive) (18:10)
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6.4 Using Reverb for Widening (14:57)
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6.5 Ableton Delay Deep Dive (17:17)
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6.6 Ableton Echo Deep Dive (21:02)
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6.7 Adding Subtle Reverb for Realism (12:53)
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6.8 Hybrid Reverb Deep Dive (21:21)
7 - Automation
8 - Dynamics Processing
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8.1 Intro to Compression (1:55)
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8.2 Compressor 1: Threshold & Volume Compensation (13:02)
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8.3 Compressor 2: Ratio, Attack, Release, and more (21:22)
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8.4 Compressor 3: Using Compressor as an Auto Volume Control (6:15)
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8.5 Compressor 4: Using Compressor as a De-Esser (5:12)
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8.6 Compressor 5: Side-Chain Processing (13:36)
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8.7 Compressor 6: Compressor as an Expander (7:19)
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8.8 Glue Compressor vs Compressor (12:38)
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8.9 Ableton Gate (8:36)
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8.10 Inverse Gating Your Effect Sends (5:53)
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8.11 Multiband Dynamics 1: Multiband Downward Compression (19:11)
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8.12 Multiband Dynamics 2: Add Punch with Upward Expansion (10:15)
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8.13 Multiband Dynamics 3: Multiband Upward Compression (8:24)
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8.14 Multiband Dynamics 4: Downward Expansion Gating (5:41)
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8.15 Multiband Dynamics 5: The Infamous OTT Preset (12:21)
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8.16 Limiting with Ableton Limiter (15:10)
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8.17 Should I Mix into a Limiter? (3:38)
9 - Saturation and Harmonic Distortion
10 - Referencing
11 - Home Studio Setup and Sound Treatment
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11.1 Intro: Lost in Translation (1:44)
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11.2 Understanding the Problem (6:39)
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11.3 Room Layout: Listener and Speaker Placement (7:45)
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11.4 Testing Room Layouts with Ableton (7:01)
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11.5 Can't I just Mix on Headphones? (5:04)
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11.6 Sound Treatment 1: Early Reflections (6:12)
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11.7 Sound Treatment 2: Bass Traps (6:36)
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11.8 Sound Treatment 3: Diffusers (4:04)
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11.9 Seed to Stage Studio Treatment Walkthrough (8:33)
12 - Mastering and Limiting
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12.1 Understanding the Role of Mastering (4:13)
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12.2 The Almighty Peak Limiter (3:03)
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12.3 Loudness 1: Normalization vs Loudness Units (8:50)
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12.4 Mastering w/ Ableton's Limiter and Youlean Meter (free option) (8:59)
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12.5 Limiting with Ozone Maximizer (15:27)
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12.6 Limiting with Fabfilter Pro-L2 (8:22)
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12.7 Loudness Targets & The Loudness Wars (8:17)
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12.8 Mastering EQ 1: Baxandall EQ with Free CORAL BAX-TER (20:11)
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12.9 Mastering EQ 2: Bass and Loudness (13:31)
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12.10 Mastering EQ 3: Treble and Loudness (11:57)
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12.11 Pro Exporting 1: Sample Rates and Intermodulation Distortion (21:52)
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12.12 Pro Exporting 2: Bit Depth and Dithering (20:22)
13 - Bus Processing & Top Down Mixing
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13.1 Getting Organized with Grouping (13:12)
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13.2 Top Down Mixing: Mix Bus EQ (22:06)
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13.3 Top Down Mixing 2: Mix Bus Stereo Width (13:27)
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13.4 Bus Processing 1: Bus Compression (25:55)
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13.5 Bus Processing 2: Bus Saturation (19:34)
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13.6 Bus Processing 3: Drum Buss (13:17)
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13.7 Mixing into a Temporary Limiter (21:42)
14 - Advanced Side Chaining
15 - Audio Split Rack Processing
That Was Awesome. What Now?
