Mixing and Mastering in Ableton Live

4.4 EQ Eight 4: Treating Resonant Peaks with Audition Mode

6.3 Designing Space with Reverb (Deep Dive)

2 - Mixing 101

2.1 Critical Listening (2:14)

2.2 Your Audio System (3:18)

2.3 Our Time: Modern Mixing (2:46)

2.4 Prescriptions and Mixing Myths (5:07)

3 - Blend and Balance

3.1 Blend and Balance Intro (0:57)

3.2 A Balancing Act with Ableton (3:53)

3.3 A Balancing Act with Ableton: Results (6:07)

3.4 Understanding Signal Flow in Ableton Live (4:50)

3.5 Loudness vs Gain vs Volume / Intro to Gain Staging (8:00)

3.6 Level Up: Metering RMS and Peak (4:05)

3.7 Best Practices Moving Forward

3.8 Session and Arrangement View (2:36)

3.9 Lets Get Organized (10:59)

4 - Equalization

4.1 EQ Eight 1: Overview and Filter Modes (8:33)

4.2 EQ Eight 2: The Frequency Spectrum (11:28)

4.3 EQ Eight 3: The Spectrum Analyzer in Action (14:38)

4.4 EQ Eight 4: Treating Resonant Peaks with Audition Mode (18:18)

4.5 EQ Eight 5: EQ for Conflicting Tracks (13:39)

4.6 EQ Eight 6: Scale Carving Trick (7:25)

4.7 EQ Eight 7: Lets EQ a Mix! (17:34)

4.8 The "Solo" Switch (3:25)

5 - The Stereo Field

5.1 Understanding Panning (7:32)

5.2 Review: Panning in Action (15:04)

5.3 Widening 1: Izotope Imager Metering (11:49)

5.4 Widening 2: How Width is Made (6:15)

5.5 Widening 3: Haas Delay and Comb Filtering (27:20)

5.6 Widening 4: EQ Eight L/R Mode (7:43)

5.7 Widening 5: EQ Eight M/S Mode (15:41)

5.8 Widening 6: Modulation Effects for Adding Width (16:36)

5.9 Working with Stereo Image in a Mix (20:34)

6 - Returns: Reverb, Delay, and Beyond

6.1 Space Commander: Designing Space (2:13)

6.2 The Return Tracks (12:21)

6.3 Designing Space with Reverb (Deep Dive) (18:10)

6.4 Using Reverb for Widening (14:57)

6.5 Ableton Delay Deep Dive (17:17)

6.6 Ableton Echo Deep Dive (21:02)

6.7 Adding Subtle Reverb for Realism (12:53)

6.8 Hybrid Reverb Deep Dive (21:21)

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7 - Automation

7.1 Automation: A Living and Breathing Mix

7.2 Views and Workflows (6:48)

7.3 Automation Techniques (17:47)

7.4 Automation in Action (13:02)

8 - Dynamics Processing

8.1 Intro to Compression (1:55)

8.2 Compressor 1: Threshold & Volume Compensation (13:02)

8.3 Compressor 2: Ratio, Attack, Release, and more (21:22)

8.4 Compressor 3: Using Compressor as an Auto Volume Control (6:15)

8.5 Compressor 4: Using Compressor as a De-Esser (5:12)

8.6 Compressor 5: Side-Chain Processing (13:36)

8.7 Compressor 6: Compressor as an Expander (7:19)

8.8 Glue Compressor vs Compressor (12:38)

8.9 Ableton Gate (8:36)

8.10 Inverse Gating Your Effect Sends (5:53)

8.11 Multiband Dynamics 1: Multiband Downward Compression (19:11)

8.12 Multiband Dynamics 2: Add Punch with Upward Expansion (10:15)

8.13 Multiband Dynamics 3: Multiband Upward Compression (8:24)

8.14 Multiband Dynamics 4: Downward Expansion Gating (5:41)

8.15 Multiband Dynamics 5: The Infamous OTT Preset (12:21)

8.16 Limiting with Ableton Limiter (15:10)

8.17 Should I Mix into a Limiter? (3:38)

9 - Saturation and Harmonic Distortion

9.1 Why would I Want Distortion in My Mix? (1:55)

9.2 Ableton Saturator Overview (11:27)

9.3 Using Saturator in a Mix (9:31)

9.4 Peak Clipping: Saturator's Dirty Little Secret (15:15)

9.5 Ableton Overdrive to the Rescue! (17:05)

9.6 Saturation for Width (8:50)

10 - Referencing

10.1 What is Referencing and Why You Should. (1:52)

10.2 Referencing Workflow & Voxengo SPAN (13:03)

11 - Home Studio Setup and Sound Treatment

11.1 Intro: Lost in Translation (1:44)

11.2 Understanding the Problem (6:39)

11.3 Room Layout: Listener and Speaker Placement (7:45)

11.4 Testing Room Layouts with Ableton (7:01)

11.5 Can't I just Mix on Headphones? (5:04)

11.6 Sound Treatment 1: Early Reflections (6:12)

11.7 Sound Treatment 2: Bass Traps (6:36)

11.8 Sound Treatment 3: Diffusers (4:04)

11.9 Seed to Stage Studio Treatment Walkthrough (8:33)

12 - Mastering and Limiting

12.1 Understanding the Role of Mastering (4:13)

12.2 The Almighty Peak Limiter (3:03)

12.3 Loudness 1: Normalization vs Loudness Units (8:50)

12.4 Mastering w/ Ableton's Limiter and Youlean Meter (free option) (8:59)

12.5 Limiting with Ozone Maximizer (15:27)

12.6 Limiting with Fabfilter Pro-L2 (8:22)

12.7 Loudness Targets & The Loudness Wars (8:17)

12.8 Mastering EQ 1: Baxandall EQ with Free CORAL BAX-TER (20:11)

12.9 Mastering EQ 2: Bass and Loudness (13:31)

12.10 Mastering EQ 3: Treble and Loudness (11:57)

12.11 Pro Exporting 1: Sample Rates and Intermodulation Distortion (21:52)

12.12 Pro Exporting 2: Bit Depth and Dithering (20:22)

13 - Bus Processing & Top Down Mixing

13.1 Getting Organized with Grouping (13:12)

13.2 Top Down Mixing: Mix Bus EQ (22:06)

13.3 Top Down Mixing 2: Mix Bus Stereo Width (13:27)

13.4 Bus Processing 1: Bus Compression (25:55)

13.5 Bus Processing 2: Bus Saturation (19:34)

13.6 Bus Processing 3: Drum Buss (13:17)

14 - Advanced Side Chaining

14.1 Envelopes vs Ableton Compressor (10:57)

14.2 Ableton Envelope as a Side Chain Compressor (19:05)

14.3 Xfer LFO Tool as a Side Chain Compressor (15:20)

15 - Audio Split Rack Processing

15.1 The Anatomy of an Audio Signal (2:01)

15.2 Mid / Side Processing Rack (16:03)

15.3 Building Multiband Split Racks (NERDY) (16:57)

15.4 Multiband Split Racks in Use! (23:31)

15.5 Dry / Wet Rack (9:03)

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