Fix It In The Mix with Kurt Ballou

Kurt Ballou

techniques for fixing bad audio

Fix It In The Mix
  • 17 video lessons
  • 4 hours and 56 minutes of class content
  • Streaming access on desktop and mobile browsers
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The best way to get a great recording is to start with great source material, but that’s not always possible. Occasionally you are stuck with a less-than-perfect recording and the only thing you can do is to try and clean it up. 
Lucky for you, there are reliable techniques for restoring poorly recorded audio, and Kurt Ballou will teach you everything you need to know in Fix it in the Mix. 
While replacing drums with samples and reamping guitars are often effective ways to rebuild a sub-par recording, they are time-consuming and can diminish the uniqueness of the original recording. 
Fix it in the Mixwill explore organic approaches to recovering and enhancing the natural tones from the original performances. Kurt will use recordings from real-world scenarios and walk you through, in detail, the audio restoration process. 
InFix it in the Mix, Kurt will show you how to think outside of the box to come up with creative solutions to audio restoration problems every engineer has faced. 
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Kurt Ballou

Kurt Ballou

Kurt Ballou is the brains behind Boston, MA’s Godcity Studios. One of the most prolific producers in metal/hardcore/punk, he’s worked with a laundry list of bands including everyone from Champion and Have Heart to Kvelertak, Cave In and Nails.

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  • Cody B. Apr 7, 2018

    This really helped me with remixing an old punk band's recording from the early 90's that was done on an 8 track tape machine. Drums were kick and snare (on same track) then 2 over head tracks.

  • Ashton T. Nov 19, 2017

    Definitely some handy tips in here that are useful for mixing live music, poorly recorded tracks and anything else that couldn't be rectified during recording. Kurt gave some tips I had never thought of and there were some valuable insights that came out from his discussions with people in the room. Very valuable if you deal with any sub-standard recordings and if you just want to get some tips.

  • Christian . Jun 24, 2016

    another fantastic course in the creative live audio section, kurt kills it,!! thank you!

  • Benjamin P. Dec 10, 2015

    An absolutely fantastic course for anyone who is new (or even experienced) on how to use very innovative techniques to help bring some life to an otherwise poorly recorded demo. Thank you Kurt!

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