Recording, Mixing, and Editing Techniques for Film Composers

Geared towards film composers, this course teaches you the basics of recording, mixing, and editing in the modern DAW environment. Topics include music pre-production, signal flow and signal processing, how to create realistic mock-ups, exploring the balance and context of a mix with special consideration given to genre-appropriate sound mixing, delivery specifications (including stem mixes and session interchange between DAWs), and the basics of music editing for a scored film and temp-tracked film project.  By course end, students learn the complete production process from pre-production, recording, mixing, and editing music to picture.