In this comprehensive chapter, Deniz guides you through the final steps of mixing and mastering a track. apply general techniques to any genre, from pop to club, and understand how to manipulate vocals, chords, bass, and drums to achieve a

Complete Mixing Demonstration

The Deniz Koyu Master Series: Audio Engineering

Enhance your tracks using Deniz's favorite distortion and saturation tools, and understand why distortion is pleasing to our ears, how to create different effects, and how to tackle unwanted low-end rumble.

Distortion And Saturation

Master the art of mixing with Deniz's unique approach. Learn his signature resampling trick, understand how to blend bass and synths seamlessly, and make visually informed decisions.

Summing

Dive into bassline design, exploring rhythmic variations and sonic textures to craft a unique AB style drop.

Innovative Bassline Creation

The Repiet Producer Pack v.1

Seth's detailed process of mixing and applying FX to achieve exciting and fresh-sounding drops. Learn about adding sub-layers, random samples and adjusting volumes.

The Drop - FX

The Seth Hills Producer Pack

Castion uses Fab Filter Saturn and Valhalla Room plugins to mix breakdowns and build the track's sonic identity, adding body to the bass and manipulating effects.

Mixing The Breakdown

The Castion Producer Pack V.1

Deniz explains the concept of phasing in audio, discussing its effect on mixes and demonstrating techniques for controlling this element. He introduces ways to optimize kick/bass phase relationships.

Phase

Learn the art of layering and mixing in music production from J. to create a professional sound using simple techniques and explore his approach to layering.

Layering & Mixing

Flex Mode V.1

In this advanced module, discover linear phase EQing's application, its benefits, and potential drawbacks. Understand parameters like impulse length, latency, and how it can address common mix issues. use it effectively on your kick/bass relationship.

Linear Phase EQ

Perfect a small section of your track, consider the arrangement, and add variations for interest. Discover techniques for smooth transitions, embellishing breakdowns, and creating impactful drops.

The Mix Down

Studio Sessions with Lazy Rich

In this lesson, you'll learn how to refine your sound design for a drop, including techniques for adding frequencies, controlling harshness, using a glue compressor, and integrating sound elements for richness.

Filling Out The Drop Part 2

The Skytech Producer Pack V.1

Skytech shares his process for refining a track's sound, including adjusting frequencies, shaping bass, and testing sound on different speaker systems.

Fine Tuning The Mix

Master the art of reverb in your mix with Deniz. Learn about different types of reverb, how to use reverb as a mixing tool, and avoid overdoing it.

Reverb

Learn the importance of mixing and mastering in music production, how to render tracks to audio, organize stems, and transition to a new project for mixing.

Preparing For The Next Step

DubVision Progressive House Sessions V.4

Delve into the complexities of audio compression with Deniz. the basics, understand dynamic range, and learn to use different compressors for varied effects. Develop your ear for this crucial, often misunderstood, audio technique.

Compression

Learn tangible audio editing tips from Deniz to correct your sound at source before moving to heavier processing, ensuring a cleaner, more controlled engineering workflow.

Audio First

Sevenn Producer Hacks And Rules For Success

The Sevenn Producer Pack V.1

Tips to create a powerful mix down, learn the importance of mastering, and how to enhance your track with strategic plugin use and frequency understanding.

Mastering

Audiotricz Hardstyle Producer Pack Vol. 1

Mixing

Jeff introduces the importance of understanding intellectual property rights, copyright, and trademarks for musicians. He also outlines key topics such as privacy, publicity, personality rights, defamation law, contracts, and trade secrets.

Copyright, Ownership And IP

Music Business Essentials

Join Jeff Young, a seasoned entertainment lawyer and musician, as he shares insights on navigating the business side of the music industry, avoiding common pitfalls and maximizing opportunities.

Introduction

This chapter explores understanding and managing copyrights in music composition, negotiating collaborations, and addressing issues like ownership, compensation, and royalty splits. It also delves into derivative works, sampling, replays, and interpolations.

Songwriting (Words And Music)

Discover the world of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) and the legal implications surrounding them. Dive into the technical aspects of blockchain technology, ownership, property assets, and intellectual property. Demystify the process of creating and selling NFT

NFT's Part 1

How to develop your own sound while facing pressure from trends and record label A&R’s.

The Necessity Of Originality

Turning Creativity Into A Career with Mike James

Whether it’s voice memos, texts to yourself, pen and paper, or bouncing ideas off a writing partner, Mike touches on the importance of preparing for the spontaneity of creativity.

Be Ready To Capture Your Ideas

The journey of a music industry professional, from beginning as a free intern to earning $40,000 in his first week licensing music. Learn about the evolution of dance music.

Mikes Story

The intricacies of music for screen-bassd media, understanding synchronization licenses, master use licenses, and their legal implications. Learn about contractual considerations and protecting your rights while crafting music for films, TV, and video games.

Music For Screen Based Media

Discover the importance of understanding song rights and how they're divided. Learn about small rights, grand rights, synchronization rights, neighboring rights, and more, and how to collect royalties.

Song Rights Vs. Master Recording Rights

Mike speaks on appreciating the little things in life, and working even when you’re not inspired.

Inspiration

How to find your niche, and create from a place of zero competition. Mike delves into what makes the greatest music makers of all time who they are, and how they change the world.

Creating Your Niche

See crucial elements of contract law in the music industry. Learn about parties, price, property, offer and acceptance, counteroffers, oral contracts, breach consequences, and specific performance versus damages.

Contracts

Negotiate contracts effectively in the music business. assignment vs. licensing, short vs. long-term contracts, and exclusive vs. non-exclusive deals, along with strategies for optimal outcomes.

Negotiation

The legal side of music business, answering community questions about remixes, bootlegs, covers, trademarks, and royalty sharing. Learn about composition rights, master recording rights, and public performance rights.

Questions From The Community

Learn the significance of trademarks in the music industry, how they protect your brand, and the process of registering trademarks in different countries. Understand what qualifies as a trademark.

Trademarks

Delve into finding balance between chasing a paycheque and making art, and common mistakes new writers make along the way.

Take Action

Industry Insights

NXSTY produces a bass house trap hybrid with ERO808 on vocals.

BASS HOUSE DRIP

Processing

Automation

Sound Design

Low End

Arrangement

Transitions

Saturation

Recording

Drop

Sidechain

Songwriting

Tricks

Melody

Distortion

Vocal Processing

Vocal Chain

Limiting

Vocal

Writing

Finishing

Grouping

Breakdown

Layering

Finalizing

Delay

Stacking

Vocal Rack

Transform a dry lead into a lush soundscape, exploring reverb, delay intricacies, and mastering techniques for a polished techno lead.

R3SPAWN V.2 BIG ROOM TECHNO

Master the art of creating a musical breakdown and build-up with Marvin. Learn techniques in lead layering, sound design, drum work, automation, and designing risers. how to control reverb and balance frequencies for a clean mix.

The Jaxx & Vega Ultimate Big Room Pack V.1

Dr. Phunk demonstrates how to craft a song's lead melody, emphasizing the importance of trial and error, adjustments, and intuitive note selection.

Breaking Boundaries by Dr Phunk

Victor shares his process for creating balanced, memorable melodies and chord progressions using a mini keyboard, aiming for a sound that's neither too happy nor too sad.

Shapov demonstrates creation of an arpeggiator from chords, processing sound using his signature saturation technique, exploring electronic sounds, sound layering, and adding bass to tracks.

The Shapov Future Techno Producer Pack

Sevenn demonstrates building a drum kit, explaining his preference for Ableton sidechain over plugins. He shares EQ rules and techniques for a successful mix.

Creating a beautiful bell sound using built-in Logic effects instruments. Learn about synthesizing, equalizing, adding filters, and using plugins for distortion and reverb.

The Noisecontrollers Producer Pack V.2

To use Reverb automation to fill gaps in your drop lead or bass, creating more dimension in your track. experiment with timing, rhythm, and effects.

Seth Hills V.2 The Drop

To use pitch envelopes and oscillators to create a guitar vibrato effect. manipulate presets for layering melodies, control distortion for unique sounds, and optimize equalizers.

The Bass Modulators Producer Pack V.2

Create a master chain for your mix, starting with an effects block. Discover the use of plugins like Endless Smile and EQ eight in sound mastering.

The Arcando Producer Pack V.1

Julian shares his process for creating the 'drop' in a song, including using effects for vocals, building atmosphere, and ensuring the drop hits harder for impact.

The Julian Jordan Producer Pack

Creating a unique sound, from building a bassline, selecting the perfect kick, to mixing leads. Learn about side chaining, volume automation, and track freezing.

MorganJ Essential Sounds V.1

Crime Zcene approaches technical details, including mixing and automating in real-time, with a focus on sound design in Serum and noise canceling techniques.

The Crime Zcene Producer Pack V.2

Adrenalize's unique approach to constructing melodies, using vocal samples and VSTs, focusing on pitch, rhythm, and effects to create a distinct sound.

The Adrenalize Producer Pack V.1

To create a powerful lead sound, apply limiting techniques, and layer MIDI tracks. fine-tune frequencies, utilize reverb and stereo imaging plugins, and clean up your mix.

The Saberz Producer Pack V.1

Techniques for creating a unique sound by manipulating kick tracks, using sample delay, managing low frequencies, and layering audio for a fuller sound.