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Mixing Seminar with Yoad Nevo at Abbey Road Institute

Mixing Seminar with Yoad Nevo at Abbey Road Institute

May 31, 2018

In this in-depth seminar filmed at the Abbey Road Institute in Paris, top mixer Yoad Nevo (Sia) shows how he achieves his world-class sound, including how to organize sessions for mixing, how to process vocals and drums, and more.

Watch the full seminar:

Some of the topics covered in this video:

How Yoad prepares and organizes sessions for mixing
How to concentrate on creativity – tips for a better workflow
How to free up CPU usage with SoundGrid
How to replace drums with samples, and why
How to use sidechains on gates
How to process vocals with parallel EQing

While at the Abbey Road Institute, Yoad also gave an interview about how he became an audio engineer, his approach to managing sessions and his work as a plugin developer.

Watch the interview:

Watch more mixing tutorials and webinars from Yoad Nevo.

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