Ready to Pitch releases

Wed, 20 Feb 2008 23:01:02 -0600

Be on the lookout for my new instructional Video from MultiplatinumProTools.com called Ready to Pitch

In the 3 hour video, I cover everything from using a tempo map to Beat Detective, to tuning vocals and adding harmony parts with MeloDyne.

I hope you learn alot from it

Kev

here is a better description of the video

Do you record bands in your home studio with Pro Tools?

Ever wondered how aspiring artists get their garage recorded songs ready to pitch to a producer, publishing company or record label?

Do you ever record a drummer that could use a little help with his timing, or a vocalist that would benefit from tweaking their pitch?

Do you have trouble getting your layers of guitars to fit in the mix, or finding just the right sense of space for your bass?

Then experience this 5-hour hands-on walk through the fast-paced editing and mixing toolset of award winning engineer Kevin Ward. You’ll learn his super-fast techniques for bringing your homestudio tracks to the next level in record time!

"Ready to Pitch" shows you the real ins and outs of editing and mixing rock drums, bass, guitar, loops and vocals with Beat Detective, Waves, Melodyne, Ozone and more!

Create new song intros & outros that add excitement to the track. Build in loops and percussion to add that modern “produced” sound. Finally, add the icing to the cake by pre-mastering the final mix as you take a garage recorded rock song to a full on production that's truly “Read to Pitch!”

Includes 5 hours of hi-definition Quicktime movies, and a series of complete Pro Tools modern rock sessions!

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What do you get?
This DVD set includes:
A 5-hour HD Quicktime movie and 3-gig pro vocal session!

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Who is Kevin Ward?

Kevin Ward has become one of the most sought-after engineers and producers in Gospel music. He has produced or mixed over 80 top 10 songs.
Not only do his talents lie in musical production, but he is an accomplished songwriter as well. His song, Teach Me To Love Like That (LordSong) was nominated for Bluegrass Song of the Year at the 35th Annual DOVE Awards.
In 2007, Ward was given the Southern Gospel Music Guild's Creative Support Award, and later that year won his first DOVE award in production. Ward currently resides in Murfreesboro, TN with his wife Janna, and is a co-owner of Vine Records.

1. Where the song came from
Mic List
2. Setting up the session
Cut with a click
Creating a beat map
Once your beat map is made, lose the click
Mark your song sections
Use the end to gauge your rough mix
Track layout㏾
3. Mixing through busses
Setting up aux inputs
Hiding unneeded sends
Bussing your instruments
Using solo safe for bus masters
4. Fixing, then mixing
Listening to the drums
Checking the drum group
5. Beat Detective for drums
Leaving a path out
Holding off on crossfades
Making a consistent drum part
Avoiding crash decay
Fixing the in and out points
6. Using Region Groups
Pasting the chorus
Beat Detecting the verses
Fixing Beat Detective holes
Why Beat Mapping is so useful
Finish quantizing drums
Consolidating drums
7. Beginning the static mix
Beginning drum mixing
EQing drums
Balancing your drums
Checking drum polarity
Using a master fader to check mono compatibility
SSL channel strip on snare
What speaker setup should I check with?
Faking a room mic
Using post fader metering
Drum panning
Snare EQ
Cleaning toms
Utilizing previous playlists
8. Using Sound Replacer
When Sound Replacer doesn't work
Tom EQ
9. Bass guitar bussing
Bass guitar compression
10. Electric Guitars
Placing guitar stacks
Electric EQ & Compression
Overall Guitar EQ
11. Bringing back drums & bass
Drum ambience with Altiverb
Fitting the mix to the song
Snare compression
12. Pre-Mastering with Ozone
Compensating for pre-mastering
Removing hat from snare with DeEsser
13. Triggering the snare
Controlling dynamic range with Sound Replacer
Bringing the hi-hat back
14. Lead Vocals with Melodyne
Scale snap versus Note Snap
Tuning the chorus
Fixing vocal timing with Melodyne
Adjusting pitch modulation
15. Lead vocal mixing
Setting up automation modes
Mixing order
Getting consistent vocal level
Vocal EQ & Compression
Multiple compression on vocals
Vocal delays
16. Working with a comparison mix
DeEssing vocals
17. Mixing fader rides
Mixing with busses
Opening it to stereo
18. Creating a song intro
Reverse guitar intro
Automating Amp Farm distortion
19. Creating points of interest with loops
Nudging loops
Printing the midi to audio
20. Creating BGV's with Melodyne
Utilizing pitch shift
Creating BGV stacks
21. Final pitch preparation
Cutting the solo
Region groups
Building an ending
22. The final print
Creating a digital record loop
Saving a Mix Selection
Exporting the mix

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