It took me some time to sort out all my notes from Fix-The-Mix events with Kevin to put together my own summary of how Kevin teaches to create kick depth. The main principle is never remove anything from the sound, but always ADD to the sound, which preserves sound integrity. So, here are four scenarios to create depth within the kick: Situation 1. Kick transient is OK at -5 dBFS, but kick low end is BELOW 0 VU. Boost the kick’s low frequencies until it reaches 0 on VU meter calibrated to −15. Situation 2. Kick transient is OK at -5 dBFS, but kick low end is ABOVE 0 VU. Lower the kick’s gain until the low end reaches 0 on VU meter calibrated to −15. Then, use a transient shaper to exaggerate the transient and bring its peak back to −5 dBFS. Situation 3. Kick low end is OK at 0 VU, but kick transient is BELOW -5 dBFS Use a transient shaper to exaggerate the kick’s transient until its peak reaches −5 dBFS, while keeping the low end at 0 on VU meter calibrated at -15. Situation 4. Kick low end is OK at 0 VU, kick transient is ABOVE - 5dBFS. Lower the kick’s gain until its transient peaks at −5 dBFS. Then, boost the kick’s low end until it reaches 0 VU on a meter calibrated at −15. So, always add... add... add.... !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Always going up... up... up!

Anyone here self taught through YouTube and GarageBand before finding this Skool community? I feel like I spent many years not knowing too much about this DAW, (Logic Pro on Mac) yet these courses are a SERIOUS game changer. Personal Testimony: For the first time in years I made more than one instrumental/song (hip hop/trap) and I actually like it because of the classes. So far I'm about 38% into production 101, I just want to say: this is totally worth the money. anyone else feeling this way?

Just updated Logic to 13. Gone is the Gain stage in Channel. Now you select the Gain Tool in the toolbar, and select the wave(s) you want to adjust (you can select all of them on the track with shift, for example), and drag the mouse up and down to adjust the gain. I was not happy with this feature at first, but it actually works very well. It looks much easier to select loops, sounds and effects. Seids is updating her Primer and has a demonstration video including use with the new touch screen MacBooks!

It's finally here! The digital version of the brand new 2nd Edition Mixing & Mastering Cheat Sheet Binder is now LIVE. We'll do another announcement soon as there is a lot going on right now and don't want this to get too buried... but wanted to let you all know ASAP. Premium Members - You can download the new PDF here, and watch the new videos here. Digital Owners - If you bought the digital version directly, login here using the email you purchased with, then go to your order and click download, it will be the new version. The entire team has been working SUPER hard on this for a while now, and they absolutely crushed it. It's nearly three times then length, 46 new cheat sheets, for 78 pages total. Huge thanks to @Caleb Loveless @Luke Despain @Dane Holmes @Damian Baca @Chris Georgiou for all their hard work. -- Quick update on other versions: - Physical Copies - Can pre-order here for shipping in the coming weeks (1-2 weeks UK/EU, 2-3 weeks US) - PLUGIN VERSION - Haven't even announced this officialy yet as it's still in development but you can pre-order here to save