Dave Audé Remixing Masterclass

Jun 23, 2017 | 29,183 Views

Producer/remixer Dave Audé (Bruno Mars, Beyoncé) opens up a session and walks you through track-by-track as he explains his approach to remixing dance hits.

You’ll learn how to:

Tune and blend multiple kicks
Fatten up the low end with tape saturation
Use console summing on your busses
Heat up the bass with analog distortion
Brighten up your pianos & synths to cut through the mix
Make vocals sound huge without drowning them in reverb
Polish your master buss to get it ready for the dance floor

Download the accapella track Dave used in the session.

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