
Welcome to SonicWorkshops!
So you want to take your career to the next level?
Well you’ve already taken a big step closer to your goal. You’ve made the decision to take your career into your own hands and we are here to help!
Sonic Workshops is a community of forward-thinking ambitious people that teach and encourage accountability, team building and networking. We offer 1 to 1 online mentoring with some of the most pioneering and active people in the music industry today. We endeavour to match you with a mentor and a team that can help you to achieve your career goals and ambitions.
STUDIO COURSES
ALL STUDIO COURSES ARE APPLICABLE TO ALL DAWS (ALL SOFTWARE)
ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE COURSES, PLEASE EMAIL US - CONTACT@SONICWORKSHOPS.CO.UK
MIX YOUR MUSIC - ADVANCE
BY GEORGE DONOGHUE
Week 1 - Gain staging, session layout, getting the best out of your setup, Aux tracks and Buses
Week 2 - EQ - Corrective and creative EQ techniques.
Week 3 - Compression
Week 4 - Recording guitars - understanding Phase relationships
Week 5 - Using Triggers / programming drums
Week 6 - How to create a great bass sound with amp sims
Week 7 - Mixing vocals
Week 8 - using Automation
Week 9 - Advanced compression
Week 10 - Mastering - Basics
Week 11 - Mixing your music
MASTERING MASTERCLASS
Week 1 - Breakdown of The concepts of Mastering and the duties and goals of a mastering engineer & analysing your own struggles and goals.
Week 2 - Breakdown of how and when to choose conventional DAWS for mastering (ProTools/Logic etc) versus Using Dedicated Mastering DAWS (Ozone & HOFA)
Week 3 - General EQ from a Mastering perspective.
Week 4 - Compression how to know when to use it, how to dial in a compressor, what to listen for, and how to choose the best compressor to use.
Week 5 - Advanced Mastering processes : Dynamic EQ, Multiband Compression, De-essing, and M/S (Mid/Side) EQ and Compression De-mystified.
Week 6 - Using colourful and spectral processors to bring life and character to a track
Week 7 - Ways of rescuing a less than stellar mix in the mastering stage & repairing damaged audio tracks
Week 8 - Limiting & Maximising to achieve loud competitive masters and how to avoid ruining your tracks when using them.
Week 9 - Comparative listening, using useful metering to make sure your work translates properly on different speakers.
Week 10 - Sample Rates, Dithering and Codecs de-mystified.
Week 11 - Sequencing Song order & metadata for an album or EP, Mastering for Digital files, Streaming, CD & Vinyl, and DDP creation for duplication.
MIX YOUR MUSIC - BASIC
BY GEORGE DONOGHUE
Week 1 - Gain staging, session layout, getting the best out of your setup, Aux tracks and Buses
Week 2 - EQ - Corrective and creative EQ techniques.
Week 3 - Compression
Week 4 - Mixing
Week 5 - Mastering
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