LESSON 12 | MIX THEORY |  AUDIO ENGINEERING & MUSIC PRODUCING
Channel: Recording Connection Audio Institute
Date: 27/10/2013

Lesson Twelve of our audio engineering and music production curriculum deals with mix theory:   http://www.recordingconnection.com/courses/audio-engineering/audio-lesson-12   Lessons 12 through 15 are probably some of my favorite lessons. We first start off with mix theory because this is the essence of one of the main jobs of an audio engineer, the mix. 

So what we've started off with is mix theory. Now, no one can teach you how to mix. Mixing is one of those things that you have to kind of cultivate. You have to create your own identity. Everybody has a style. There are 75 different ways to do one thing. So creating your own style and your own identity through the mix is an important process of becoming a professional in this industry.

Mix theory walks you through typical things that you definitely want to consider as you're creating that identity. Also, what I've found as an engineer is I model a lot of the things that I do behind a mix after some of the people that have influenced me, or maybe I study the way other people mix. Your mentor is a perfect opportunity to do this. 

Lesson 12 also has the beginning of your progressive mix assignment. This is awesome. What we did was we included five different tracks. These are tracks that you'll start mixing. There's like a death metal track. There's every single genre. We even threw in a classical track. It was a section that includes both a choir and an orchestra for those that are feeling really, really ambitious. 

At the end of lesson 12 you'll be asked to mix and just get your levels and your panning ready for progressive mix assignment. In the rest of the chapters we'll add different elements to that mix, and by the end of 15 you'll have a completed mix.  

This is Lesson Twelve of the Recording Connection Recording Programs.