* Event Announcement* Join Jaytech this Wednesday for an online open house and mixing workshop. RSVP with the link below as seats are limited!
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pyramind-online-open-house-feat-workshop-w-jaytech-tickets-253234209337

To see this full 2-hour 13-part lecture click here:
https://pyramind.com/elite-session-with-jaytech-anjunabeats-video-recap/

Part One:
Introduction, presentation topics- expanding on your production process, auditing your work and putting extra effort into finishing.

Part Two:
Establishing track themes, clarifying purpose for track parts, experimenting with order of parts, forming a plan of attack.

Part Three:
Examples of ‘good complexity’ vs. ‘bad complexity’, the importance of simplification to create sound space. Expanding a simple track idea in Ableton starting with rhythmic patterns.

Part Four:
A different approach to arranging, using a placeholder structure, adding breakdowns and avoiding lengthy sections. Incorporating real world samples to enhance track atmosphere.

Part Five:
Adding incidental effects, fills and melodies to break repetition and create a sense of movement.

Part Six:
Creating an arpeggiated ostinato pattern using Omnisphere and adding realtime parameter automation for heightened movement.

Part Seven:
Adding a ‘movement pad’ and automating filter cutoff to create a buildup. Fusing melodic elements into a track ‘stem’ and adding a complementary bass line.

Part Eight:
Turning tracks down to create room for leading elements, panning considerations, compression settings and applications.

Part Nine:
Bass treatment, building custom drum sound collections, adjusting and automating synth settings, EQ and bass cuts.

Part Ten:
Using a spectrum analyzer as an aid for EQ, cutting unpleasant resonances and trusting your ears. Bussing to FX chains, parallel compression, keeping certain stems from dominating the mix.

Part Eleven:
Maintaining perspective, referencing feedback from other people, various ways to get your music out into the world, file and project management, finding your own sound and inspiration.

Part Twelve:
Q+A: sidechain compression and autopan, collaborating with other producers, production and mix techniques for vocals.

Part Thirteen:
Q+A: What Jaytech listens for with a new track in a performance space, mixing delay effects, processing kicks and bass, wrap-up.

Full series link: https://pyramind.com/elite-session-with-jaytech-anjunabeats-video-recap/