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    Mixing Trap Vocals Beginner

    In this Course, you will learn the basics about Gain Staging and Cleaning, Eqing, Compressing and Shaping the dynamics of your audio tracks. Hello, my Name is Nils aka 66 Up. I'm a 21 year old mixing engineer and artist since 2018. We are going to work on every detail of your skill set to improve your Mix to give your songs the special touch that they're missing.

    66 Up
    genre
    3 enrolled
    Free
    The Complete Guide to Gates

    The Complete Guide to Gates

    A complete, systems-based course on the noise gate and downward expander as both cleanup and creative tools. Master threshold, range, attack, hold, release, hysteresis, and the key input so you can tighten drums, clean vocals, build trance gates, recreate the 80s gated-reverb snare, and design with gates on any plugin.

    PausePlayRepeat
    1 enrolled
    $9
    The Complete Guide to Delay

    The Complete Guide to Delay

    A complete, systems-based course on delay as a creative and mixing tool. Master time, feedback, filtering, modulation, stereo, and routing so you can dial in any delay sound on any device, for groove, depth, width, texture, and full sound design.

    PausePlayRepeat
    skills
    1 enrolled
    $27
    The Complete Guide to Ableton Live 12 Audio Effects

    The Complete Guide to Ableton Live 12 Audio Effects

    Every stock audio effect in Ableton Live 12.Every stock audio effect in Ableton Live 12.4, taught with the depth professionals actually need. 58 chapters across 11 modules cover EQ, dynamics, saturation, delay, reverb, modulation, pitch, lo-fi destruction, utility, and mastering — with parameter ranges, decision frameworks, and hands-on exercises for every device. Updated for Live 12.4 (new Erosion, Auto Pan-Tremolo, Auto Shift, Delay).

    PausePlayRepeat
    daw
    2 enrolled
    $27
    The Complete Guide to EQ

    The Complete Guide to EQ

    This is a comprehensive EQ course for DAW-based producers, covering every EQ type, every frequency region, and every scenario you'll actually face in a mix. It's focused specifically on producers working in-the-box on electronic, hip-hop, pop, and rock productions, and it assumes you already know your DAW basics, can put a plugin on a channel, and want to stop guessing at frequencies and start making confident, deliberate EQ decisions. This isn't a beginner "what is EQ" course. It's also not a mastering EQ course. That's covered in PPR's dedicated mastering course, and a different philosophy applies at the 2-bus. This isn't a history lesson on hardware EQs, it isn't a preset-dependent tutorial telling you to "boost 3kHz for presence," and it isn't live sound or broadcast EQ. This is strictly production and mixing. The course is built around six core pillars. The first module covers every EQ type and when to reach for which. The second trains your ears to actually hear what EQ is for in the first place. The third and fourth split the two fundamental uses of EQ: corrective, where you remove what's wrong, and creative, where you shape what you want. The fifth module is a per-instrument playbook, giving you starting points and problem maps for vocals, drums, bass, synths, keys, and guitars. The sixth module covers advanced moves (dynamic EQ, mid/side, match EQ) and how EQ fits into the broader mix context. By the end, you'll stop opening EQs hoping something works and start making deliberate decisions that serve the mix.

    PausePlayRepeat
    skills
    14 enrolled
    $27
    The Producer Income Stack: 5 Ways to Actually Get Paid
    Free

    The Producer Income Stack: 5 Ways to Actually Get Paid

    Most producers are broke because they're trying to make money one way: selling beats. This course shows you the five income streams that actually work for producers in 2026, how to set them up on PausePlayRepeat, and how to price them without underselling yourself into the ground. You'll finish with a real storefront, real products, and a real plan to make this your income instead of your expensive hobby.

    PausePlayRepeat
    business
    13 enrolled
    Free
    Synthesis and Sound Design

    Synthesis and Sound Design

    This course takes you from understanding the fundamental building blocks of sound to designing professional-quality patches across every major synthesis method. Each module delivers practical, usable sounds, not just theory. By the end, you'll have a personal library of original sounds and the skills to create any tone you can imagine.

    PausePlayRepeat
    skills
    11 enrolled
    $27
    The Complete Course on Mastering

    The Complete Course on Mastering

    Learn how to master your own music with confidence. From monitoring setup to final delivery, this course covers everything you need to produce professional-sounding masters without a $200/hour mastering engineer.

    PausePlayRepeat
    skills
    25 enrolled
    $27
    Recreating Teen Daze's Ambient Sound in Ableton Live 12

    Recreating Teen Daze's Ambient Sound in Ableton Live 12

    Teen Daze—the project of Canadian producer Jamison Isaak—occupies a unique space in electronic music, blending lo-fi textures, shimmering synths, and expansive reverbs into what he describes as "ambient music you can dance to" [Web 1]. His work draws from French house, glitch, indie pop, and classic ambient traditions, creating dreamy soundscapes that balance introspection with subtle rhythmic pulse [Web 2]. This course will teach you to recreate that aesthetic from the ground up, using Ableton Live as your foundation and carefully selected third-party plugins to achieve the warmth, depth, and emotional resonance that defines Teen Daze's sound.

    PausePlayRepeat
    genre
    2 enrolled
    $27
    Vocals That Sit

    Vocals That Sit

    This course teaches a repeatable, diagnostic system for making vocals integrate seamlessly into any mix—regardless of genre or DAW. Rather than offering generic tips, we'll build a framework for identifying why a vocal isn't sitting (level, masking, or depth/space problems) and applying targeted solutions. You'll learn to create space for vocals in the instrumental itself, use dynamic frequency control that responds to the performance, build a vocal bus architecture with parallel processing, and automate with emotional intent so the vocal locks into the track across every section.

    PausePlayRepeat
    skills
    3 enrolled
    $27
    Rhythm as Code: A Practical System for Writing and Improving Musical Grooves

    Rhythm as Code: A Practical System for Writing and Improving Musical Grooves

    This course teaches rhythm as a learnable system of decisions rather than a collection of patterns to memorize. You'll develop a repeatable process for analyzing, creating, and evolving grooves that works across any genre or time signature. By the end, you'll approach rhythm the way a programmer approaches code—understanding the underlying logic that makes grooves work, so you can write and debug your own.

    PausePlayRepeat
    skills
    1 enrolled
    $27
    Making Music Like Christian Löffler in Ableton Live 12

    Making Music Like Christian Löffler in Ableton Live 12

    Learn the techniques and workflows to create atmospheric and melodic electronic music in the style of Christian Löffler, using Ableton Live 12.

    PausePlayRepeat
    general
    1 enrolled
    $27
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