Course For Mixing Pop in Pro Tools

Have you heard Sarah McLachlans music? Then youve heard Chris Potters skills—hes Sarah McLachlans Engineer!

In this 4-hour tutorial by Sarah McLachlans Lead Engineer Chris Potter, youll learn how pop music is mixed to get that Big, Pro Sound. In this tutorials Chris reveals the secrets he uses to make Sarahs chart-topping hits sound as amazing as they do.

Chris starts with the basics such as arranging the tracks for a logical mixing progression, including creating Mix groups with Busses, Aux Inputs, and Effects Returns. Once your set up and ready to mix, Chris next walks you through the process of checking phase before getting into a detailed section on mixing drum kits to make them cut through the other elements of the song.

After tightening up the drums, Chris moves on to show you how to mix in the Bass, Acoustic Guitars, Electric Guitars, and also Keyboards. Youll learn deep secrets about mixing instruments that until now were only available to people who spent years apprenticing in a pro recording studio!

If your song has vocals, you will devour the next section of this tutorial as Chris walks you through the process of mixing Pop vocals. Youll learn about De-Essing a vocal, Compression, and adding the correct Effects to create a signature Pop sound. Next youll move on to do a background vocal treatment that perfectly compliments the lead vocals in the song. For this information alone the tutorial is worth watching ...

The tutorial concludes with a detailed section on outputting your mix including bouncing techniques, alternative mixes, backing up your session, and even preparing the mix to hand it off to a mastering technician.