Simon Gogerly – Mixing Course
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Mixing Masterclass From A Grammy Award Winner
Simon Gogerly is one of the UK’s leading mix engineers. He’s worked with several of the world’s top selling recording artists including Gwen Stefani, Paloma Faith and Underworld. In 2006, he was awarded a Grammy for his work on the U2 album “How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb”.
VIProducer and Simon have worked hard to capture 30 years worth of experience in easy to follow video tutorials.
Watch as Simon explains his approach to mixing using the singles “Chasing Your Love” by Ethan Ash and “Fall From Grace” by F.O.X. You’ll get an inside look at Simon’s methods, tricks, and secrets.
What’s Covered In This Course:
Simon will break down his Mixing process and show you how to:
- Mix Drums
- Process Lead Vocals
- Process BV’s
- Group Channels
- Find the right balance
- Setup Aux FX
- Use FX processing creatively
- Automate tracks
- Create Stems
Video Walkthroughs:
1. Drums
Follow Simon as he cleans up the drum and uses reductive eq to help the parts sit in the mix.
2. Lead Vocal
Simon explains his approach to working with lead vocals, correcting pitch, how he uses eq , filtering and compression.
3. Grouping
Understand the power of grouping tracks together.
4. Balance
Simon discusses the art of balancing levels and gain staging.
5. Aux FX
Simon show’s his approach to using internal and external FX sends.
6. Creative FX
Simon is a fan of manipulating sounds. Watch as he explains his use of FX to create interesting textures.
7. Automation
Simon explains his reasoning for automating lead vocals.
8. Stems
Simon finishes the mix process by talking about stems and the various mix files he creates.
1. Drums
Simon shows how to work with sampled and programmed drums .
2. Lead Vocals
Simon demonstrates using different FX on a single lead vocal part.
3. BV’s
Simon shows how he mixes BV’s to ensure they don’t get lost in the mix.
4. Keyboards
Simon finishes the mix by mixing various keyboard parts.
Stem Session Files:
** For personal use only not for reproduction, copying or exploitation by any means or in any manner **
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Acoustic Stem
Bass Stem
Beatbox Stem
Bv A
Bv B
El Gtr
End Gtr
Hi Ac Stem
Hi El Amb Stem
Hi Elec Stem
Kit Stem
LV Stem
Synth
Tamb Stem
Ad Libs A Stem
Ad Libs B Stem
Bass Stem
Choir Stem
E Pno Stem
Fx Stem
Hi Hmy Stem
Kik Boost Stem
Kit Stem
Knees Stem
Ld Syn Stem
Ld Hmy Stem
LV Double Track Stem
LV Stem
LV Verb Stem
Mid Hmy Stem
Noise Stem
Organ Stem
Piano LH Stem
Piano Mix Stem
Piano RH Stem
String Stem
Tamb Stem
Tribal Stem
Whores Stem
Bonus Chapters:
Communication
Creative Management & Preparation
Preparing a session
What steps do you take in the process?
What are the final things to consider?Mixing Stages
Creating an initial balance
Identify key riffs, melodies, vocals that will be the highlight of the track
Use filter & EQ to create space & clean up tracks
EQ – Creative FX
Dynamics
Reference mixes and getting input from others
Final mix delivery & recallsThe Business
What are producer points?
What royalties are you due?
Simon is one of the UK’s leading mix engineers. Over a career spanning 25 years he’s worked with several of the world’s top selling recording artists. In 2006, he was awarded a Grammy for his work on the U2 album “How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb”.
Simon started out as a singer/guitarist with several London bands and playing keyboards on tour with electropop band Dead Or Alive. On the recommendation of an engineer friend, he landed a job at Mayfair Studios where he trained under John Hudson. During four years there he engineered hundreds of sessions and progressed to mixing the hits “Altogether Now” by The Farm and “Missing You” by Soul II Soul. Simon went freelance in 1992 and worked with Stephen Hague recording the New Order album “Republic” at Real World and RAK. This led to him touring with the band in 1993 as programmer. In the mid 90s his work continued with Stephen and other producers including Sly & Robbie (Maxi Priest, Suggs) and Boilerhouse (Texas, Stereophonics). He also worked on a large number of hip-hop remixes (Missy Elliot, Busta Rhymes, Lil’Kim, Rakim & Mase included) with producer Syze-Up under the name Desert Eagle Discs.
At the end of the 90s Simon teamed up with Nellee Hooper in order to mix projects for Nellee’s label Meanwhile. This led to him becoming Nellee’s mix engineer of choice. Their on-going relationship has included work with No Doubt & Gwen Stefani, U2, Massive Attack and Paloma Faith. Through the 2000s Simon also mixed projects with producers Rick Smith (Underworld, Manic Street Preachers), Steve Lironi (Luan Parle), Rick Nowels (Yusuf) and Ewan Pearson (Tracey Thorn) along with production/additional production work for a variety of artists including King Creosote, Little Boots, Mumiy Troll, Operator Please and Boxes.
In 2007 Simon opened his own SSL equipped production and mix studio, Hub II. Recent projects include the Olympic Games opening ceremony and Danny Boyle’s “Trance” with Underworld and Paloma Faith’s “Fall To Grace”. mixing Gang Of Four album ‘What Happens Next’, mixing ‘World In Union’ by Paloma Faith for the Rugby World Cup, music mixing on T2-Trainspotting & teaching BA Music Production at the Academy Of Contemporary Music.
Simon also produces selected development projects with new, unsigned acts such as F.O.X (who recently supported Depeche Mode),
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