Mixing & Mastering @ Dubspot: iZotope Video Tutorials Recap, Upcoming Courses +

Dubspot Instructor and Mixing & Mastering engineer Daniel Wyatt has a depth of experience, knowledge, perspective, and talent that is unmatched by many mixing and mastering engineers working today. He’s mixed and mastered music for artists ranging from Nora Jones and Mos Def to The Roots and Curtis Mayfield. We are very proud to have Wyatt on staff as Curriculum Designer of our Mixing & Mastering Program here at Dubspot. Over the past several months, Wyatt has been extremely generous, sharing invaluable mixing and mastering tips and tricks in a series of tutorials for Dubspot, while teaching all three levels of our Mixing & Mastering Program in NYC and Online. Below, we’ve compiled a series of video tutorials from Daniel Wyatt, as well as a couple of testimonials, and an audio sample of a new track (pre-mastered and mastered versions) from Dubspot Mixing & Mastering student Adam Schwartz.

I learned more about the techniques and workflow involved in mixing and mastering in the first 2 days of class than I have in 5 years of teaching myself. My tracks sound more robust and professional than ever before! - Andy Chimicles

After working with Daniel Wyatt, I can definitely see a major difference in the quality of my work. His instruction gave me the necessary tools to take all my productions to the next level. Mixing and Mastering is the key to sounding professional, and the program Daniel teaches will get you sounding just like the pros. – Adam Schwartz, Dubspot Mixing & Mastering student

Mixing & Mastering Video Tutorial Pt 1: How To Use A Limiter in Ozone 4 w/ Ableton Live

In part one of this three-part Mixing & Mastering video tutorial series, Daniel Wyatt teaches you How To Use A Limiter using Ozone 4 from Izotope, offering tips and techniques for polishing your tracks, and give them a finished, professional sound. Daniel Wyatt offers a universal mastering technique using Ozone 4, which is indeed one of the most powerful mastering plug-ins, but you can use this method to attain loudness in any host application. In part 1, Daniel Wyatt navigates the Limiter section and explains some the essential functions of the Loudness Maximizer (another name for the Limiter) in a step by step process; from Master Output setting to Dithering, correcting mixing mistakes, adding fullness without distortion, and Release control, for making the sound loud and bouncy. Stay tuned for part 2, as Daniel Wyatt concludes the series with a focus on Multiband Dynamics, Harmonic Exciter, and more.

Mixing & Mastering Video Tutorial Pt 2: Mid-Side EQ Technique

In the second part of this three-part video tutorial series, Daniel Wyatt shares an invaluable tip for mastering: The Mid-Side EQ Technique, also known as The Sum & Difference Technique, which is an amazing technique you can use to adjust the stereo width of tracks and make them wider. Once again, Wyatt is using the Ozone 4 mastering plug-in, but this is a universal mastering technique you can apply using any host application. Daniel Wyatt shows you how to navigate the Parametric EQ section of Ozone, switching between the Side EQ (used for wide-panned stereo information such as synths, pads, percussions, reverb etc. ) and the Mid EQ (used for kick, snare, bass, lead vocals, instruments, etc.) At the end of this tutorial you should have a good grasp of how to utilize The Mid-Side EQ technique, segment frequencies and make the Mid and Side EQs compliment each other – keep the Mids focused with an extra boost for the subs and the Sides gently rolling off lows.

Mixing & Mastering Video Tutorial Pt 3: Multiband Harmonic Exciter

In the third and final installment of this three-part Mixing & Mastering video tutorial series, Daniel Wyatt shows you how to navigate the various features and parameters of iZotope’s Ozone 4 in this brand new video tutorial, the followup to How To Use A Limiter and Mid-Side EQ Technique. Wyatt utilizes Ozone’s Multiband Harmonic Exciter to explain and demonstrate how to add some saturation to your mix and use the exciter signal processing technique to not only bring out the flavors of the elements of your sound but also generate new harmonic content and give your track a warm, fuzzy, and dynamic feel.

Below, we’ve got a brand new track titled “Parallel” from Dubspot Mixing & Mastering student Adam Schwartz. We have a pre-master and a mastered version, side to side. Please have a listen, and notice the significant improvement and transformation of the track from rough, low-volume composition to a dynamic, dancefloor ready banger. The track was mixed and mastered by the student, Adam himself.

Adam Schwartz – Parallel (Pre-Master + Mastered) by Dubspot

Transform rough ideas and basic compositions into dance floor bangers and sonically pleasing commercial quality masters.

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Mixing & Mastering Level 1: Mix
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Learn the well-kept industry secrets of EQ, compression, panning, level balancing, reverb and special effects from platinum mix/mastering engineer, Daniel Wyatt, senior Dubspot Instructor. This program gives you everything you need to refine tracks into a clear commercial quality release, including special mixing and mastering techniques for dubstep, techno, house, trance, downtempo, hip-hop, and the gamut of electronically-produced music… Read more.

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