Product Details

• Directors: Kagi Media
• Writers: Screenplay Copyright Kagi Media
• Producers: Kagi Media
• Language: English
• Region: All Regions
• Studio: Kagi Media
• DVD Release Date: July 13, 2006
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000BBDZAA
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #43,334 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

Mix It Like A Record (MiLaR) has become the platinum standard DAW Mixing Course- across the board. If you want to learn to mix "in the box" or to sharpen your mixing skills on any digital system, be sure that MiLaR is unanimously praised as- "an amazing audio/visual learning tool"....

Features:
* Three hours of video-based mixing instruction
* 1.7 GB of 40 Pro Tools LE and TDM sessions on ROM layer
* Effects session templates
* Custom plug-in presets

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Incredible Information, Great value, April 28, 2006

By	Jay (Michigan) - See all my reviews

I have been mixing independant artists for about 7 years. I have read books, sat in on other mixers sessions, asked questions on internet forums, you name it, anything to learn more I've done it. I can honestly say that I learned more in this one product than all that other stuff combined. Charles has done what, so far, no one else has been able to, by putting techniques, methods, and concepts as well as actual results ( audio samples) all in a dvd that you can access over and over. I belive that if any mixer at any level goes into this product with the intent to learn something they are going to be more than satisfied.

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome Product, October 22, 2005

By	S. R Roberts (Lancaster, Ca United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Charles Dye does an awesome job of helping you get your feet wet in mixing a tune. If you are looking for a tutorial on how to get quality sounds, ideas, and vibe for the tunes you are mixing, this is an EXCELLENT place to start. Don't by the video just wanting to copy what he does, buy it to be influenced to THINK about what you are mixing and why you would use certain effects/dynamics. Highly recommended. A very enjoyable journey.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Moving from beginner to intermediate, August 13, 2008

By	Rune Antonsen (Norway) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Ready to take your beginner mixing skills to the next level? Then this might be the video for you.

First off, I'm not using Pro Tools and hence have not watched the last DVD which is a Pro Tools session. I'm thinking of about moving to Pro Tools though, but I'm pretty happy with Cubase at the moment. And I've been able to use several of his ideas, concepts AND techniques using other plug-ins and Cubase.

The whole video is centered around one rock song not unlike Foo Fighters -with some obvious differences. The song has been recorded in a professional studio and has a lot of tracks. Charles Dye focuses on the mixing and goes through all of the plug-ins used on each track and instrument: Drums (kick - using 4 tracks, snare - 2 tracks, hihat, toms, overheads, room mics), bass, and a several guitar tracks, keyboard and vocal tracks. Automation is handled at the end. The video is quick-paced so you need pay attention! There are some quite neat tricks he's using in there, and unless you're an experienced/professional mixer I'll be surprised if you didn't learn quite a few new ones.

Inbetween session Charles shares his ideas and concepts of mixing. Some are naturally more obvious than others, especially in the beginning. However, I liked some of the ideas, for instance giving each section of the song it's own feeling and sound, or the ideas of comparing it to a movie with characters and building the drama, etc. The concepts are not only fillers in the video, but he actually tries to show you how to employ these concept and ideas in the real mix. The choice of location spots are somewhat cheesy (although refreshing), I'll admit - but don't let that put you you off for getting the message!

On the negative side, apart from the price tag, he may be overusing the number of plug-ins. The recording sounds quite good to begin with and for instance using a split harmonizer, plate, flanger and hall reverb on the same channel sounds like an overkill in my ears. The same goes wth using the tape saturation plug-in on 80-90% of the tracks. On the other hand, there is no way you'll be running all the plug-ins he's using - even if you are using a top-notch quad-core computer.

What did I get out of this long video? I did certainly learn a lot of new techniques that I instantly used on my own mixes. There is so much information here, you'll be going through the video several times. Recommended.