Join mix engineer Tony Maserati at Studios La Fabrique to explore multi-track sessions of K.Flay and Maggie Koerner. Throughout this nine-part workshop, Maserati breaks down his various approaches towards enhancing each individual part in the producer's sessions. Learn more about processing 808 bass, kick, snare, percussion and vocals in the edgy, trap-inspired song 'Dreamers' from K.Flay’s 2018 Grammy-nominated Best Engineered Album. Broaden your palette on creative ways to treat electric guitar, acoustic guitar and piano in the soulful, blues-infused 'Shadows' by Maggie Koerner. Step-by-step, Tony Maserati demonstrates his ITB techniques for EQ, compression, tube saturation, harmonic distortion, tape emulation, stereo enhancement, signal doubling, shifting pitch, blending samples and adding effects. He also refers to the important topics of phase coherency, mono compatibility, edit artefacts, frequency masking and tonal development.

Step inside Spank Studios in Miami, home of renowned rock mixer Tom Lord-Alge! This in-depth series focusses on TLA's editing and mix techniques used on 'Back to the Shack' by Weezer. Tom explains his hybrid setup and workflow, giving a rationale for choosing to implement a combination of Pro Tools, a Sony 3348 HR tape machine, and his SSL G+ console. Following an overview of his setup, TLA takes you through the mix session and reveals some of his very clever and useful techniques; notably, how he triggers drum samples with high precision and removes cymbal leakage from tom-tom signals.You'll see how he effectively manages his sessions, time-aligns drums, adds effects to vocals, compresses his mix buss, and much more!

Join the iconic rock engineer Tom Lord-Alge, mixer of alternative and punk anthems from Blink-182, Avril Lavigne, Hanson, and many more. In this series, we sit alongside Tom as he digs into the multi-track session of Sum 41's breakthrough release, 'Fat Lip'. At Studios La Fabrique, he overviews the original analog recording and mixing process, demonstrates how the audio can be enhanced in the digital realm, and reveals his tricks for effective drum separation, sample triggering, flanging, and more. Operating in the box with console summing, you'll see Tom's daring use of effects, heavy compression, clever editing and EQ within Pro Tools. He also covers the important subjects of session setup and management, phase coherency, and gain staging with faders versus plug-ins. To finish off, TLA compares his three mixes – the analog original, the new hybrid (ITB with analog summing and mix compression), and the new digital (100% ITB).

Step inside 'Mix L.A.', the studio of superstar mix engineer Chris Lord-Alge! Throughout this series, CLA guides you through his mixing process with the country rock anthem 'Smoke Break' by singer Carrie Underwood. With the original Pro Tools mix session feeding his SSL 4000 console, Chris takes a listen to his original 2015 stereo mix, then challenges himself to remix the song in real time.