How to mix

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SOLD OUT
Date
05/17/2022
Time
12:00pm - 3:00pm EST
Where
Online Workshop
Cost
$150.00
Registration Closed

Mixing audio stories — creating balance and clarity with all of the audio elements in a story — is an essential part of the production process. It’s the point when muddy audio becomes intelligible, when music is balanced perfectly against the voice, and when creative choices about fades and scene tape are brought to life.

Mixing is so important and yet it can seem inaccessible, frustrating, and tedious. It uses tools not found elsewhere in the production process and demands skills that can be challenging to learn. It doesn’t have to be this way!

In this hands-on workshop, Criminal’s Rob Byers will help you understand the fundamental skills and tools needed to mix an audio story and solve common audio problems. You will work through mix exercises and receive in-the-moment feedback, designed to improve your comfort and facility with mixing your own pieces.

Prerequisites
In order to take this course you must:

  • Have access to any DAW (Pro Tools, Adobe Audition, Hindenburg, Reaper, etc.)
  • Know *how* to use the DAW with enough proficiency to edit, level, and deliver a piece — even if it’s not quite sounding the way you’d like it to!
  • Read the NPR Training mixing guide prior to the start of the workshop.

You will receive a Zoom link for the workshop the day before it begins. *This class is capped at 10.

FAQ:
Refund policy: classes are non refundable. We are not able to issue a refund if you cancel or do not attend a class.
Recording: Because of privacy issues we are unable to record classes.

 

About Your Instructor

Rob Byers

Trainer, consultant, and audio engineer Rob Byers has worked extensively with broadcast and podcast producers, including NPR, NBC News, Vox Media, Bloomberg, The Washington Post, Criminal, and American Public Media. Previously with NPR Training, Rob trained audio producers across the United States. He has recorded musicians across a variety of genres from Lizzo and Brandi Carlile to Yo-Yo Ma and Denyce Graves, helped engineer NPR’s coverage of Hurricane Katrina from the Gulf Coast, and coordinated live international broadcasts.

His work has contributed to both a Peabody and a Pulitzer. Rob has written guides for producers of all experience levels, including The Ear Training Guide for Audio Producers, The Audio Producer’s Guide to Loudness, and The Producer’s Handbook to Mixing Audio Stories. In 2021, Rob was awarded the inaugural Audio Engineering Society's President's Award for his work on loudness in music streaming and podcasts. He currently serves on the board of the Association of Independents in Radio (AIR).

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