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Mixing & Mastering

If there was a 'Golden Lobes' award for sound engineers, Wes would be on the list!

Hugh Wilkinson

Course Tutor

Wes Maebe

Originally lecturing at City of Westminster College at National Diploma level, and at Westminster University at degree level, Wes moved to full-time freelance engineering in 2006.

He has worked with a huge host of recording artists including: The Kooks; The Buzzcocks; Cat Stevens; Alfred Brendel; Alexandra Burke; Melanie C; Beverley Knight; Praying Mantis; New Model Army; The Sex Pistols; Glen Matlock; Fairport Convention; Stiff Little Fingers and the Zimmers, as well as great producers including Garth Richards, Elliott Randall and Paul O’Duffy.

Wes has held the position of front of house engineer in over 300 venues and festivals all over Europe, and has toured with artists as varied as Sting, Chaka Khan, Hugh Cornwell, seminal goth band Specimen, heavy metal rockers Exit 10 and classic blues/rock singer Deborah Bonham.

He is also on the Board of the APRS - the Association of Professional Recording Services - and is a regular reviewer for Audio Pro International magazine.

Introductory Course

You’ll bring in your mutli-track project, ready to be mixed and mastered. The course will focus on blending all the parts of your song together into a finished and releasable product. It will allow you to sit in on the mixing and mastering processes and gain inside knowledge on how to construct a mix all the way to the finished master.

Topics

MIXING

File management
Setting up the mix
Direction of the mix
Balance and Panning
Headroom
Equalisation
Dynamics
Spatialisation
Effects
Mix delivery

MASTERING

Premastering principles
Mastering basics
PQ coding & Sequencing
Delivery

Duration: 12 hours

(3 hours/session)

Type: One-on-one

Includes: Final Master CD

Cost: £350

Or create your own tailor-made course with the module selector

Modules (Tailor Made)

Balancing
EQ
Dynamics
Effects
Premastering
Mastering EQ
Compression / Limiting
Pressing Plant Delivery

Build your own course

Click modules on pads above to add to your enquiry
All sessions £35 per hour, minimum 2 hours per session

Book 5 sessions and get the 6th free