Orchestral Music Mixing – Joël Dollié

Are you one of the many aspiring composers or sound engineers that fail to hit the sweet spot while mixing trailer music?

Do you find it really hard to mix string staccatos such that they are streamlined with the rest of the track? And don’t just seem buried under the music?

Does the idea of perfectly tuning the low end of a track seem like a foreign concept to you? Are you always confused as to whether it’s too much, or not enough?

Have you been trying desperately to make your mix sound clean, crispy, loud and punchy, but are not succeeding?

If you can relate to any of the above, then you are not alone.

However, fortunately for you, you have come to the right place.

Trailer Music Mixing pulls back the curtain on mixing secrets and myths, and shows you everything you need to perfectly mix and master an orchestra-based track.

From showing how to use mixing tools like EQ efficiently, to helping you improve your volume balancing; from teaching the right way to use dynamic range compression, to enabling you to add width and depth to your recordings; from covering all the basic orchestral and trailer mixing techniques, to discussing a plethora of advanced methods like reverb tricks, mixing synths and using multiband compression while mixing etc. This course, which includes over 13 hours of video content, plenty of written ressources, is destined to be a game-changer for novices and pros alike.

Just a trailer music mixing course? Absolutely not. This course was designed to be a fully fledged orchestral music mixing course. Even though some of the content tends to focus on Trailer Music, almost all of the concepts explained in this course apply to any kind of orchestral music. Epic Music, Film Scores, Live Orchestras, etc.

Course Curriculum

Welcome To Trailer Music Mixing
StartThank you ! (1:53)
StartRead This First
Join The Community
StartWelcome to the Orchestral Music Mixing group
The Keys To A Great Orchestral Mix
Start1 – Speakers VS Headphones (5:15)
Start2 – Spectral Balance (11:36)
Start3 – EQ (16:11)
Start4 – Panning (20:41)
Start5 – Stereo Enhancers and Width Creation Techniques. (16:18)
Start6 – Mic Positions (9:50)
Start7 – Compression (38:03)
Preview8 – Multiband Compression and Dynamic EQ (19:51)
Start9 – Sidechain Compression (9:50)
Start10 – Limiting (6:30)
Start11 – Saturation and Distortion (19:13)
Start12 – Reverb (37:35)
Start13 – Velocity and Automation (10:37)
Start14 – Mixing Synths, Delays and Other Creative Effects (18:09)
Start15 – Creative EQing (8:49)
Mix And Master Deconstructions
StartMix Deconstruction – Machinations of Fate (part 1) (57:16)
StartMix Deconstruction – Machinations of Fate (part 2) (57:27)
StartMix Deconstruction – Machinations of Fate (part3) (55:56)
StartMaster Deconstruction – Machinations of Fate (16:39)
StartMix Deconstruction – Time and Space (part 1) (60:05)
StartMix Deconstruction – Time and Space (part 2) (48:07)
StartMix Deconstruction – Time and Space (part 3) (47:17)
StartMaster Deconstruction – Time and Space (7:50)
StartMix Deconstruction – Into The Mines [Live Orchestra] (part 1) (34:35)
StartMix Deconstruction – Into The Mines [Live Orchestra] (part 2) (39:18)
StartMaster Deconstruction – Into The Mines [Live Orchestra] (10:00)
StartMix Deconstruction – Dark Zone Trailer [The Division 2] (Part 1) (58:23)
StartMix Deconstruction – Dark Zone Trailer [The Division 2] (Part 2) (54:36)
StartMix Deconstruction – Dark Zone Trailer [The Division 2] (Part 3) (52:15)
StartMaster Deconstruction – Dark Zone Trailer [The Division 2] (6:15)
The 10 Second Trailer Mixing Exercise
StartIntroduction
Start10 Second Trailer Mixing Exercise – Stem Pack
StartReference Master
Start10 Second Trailer Mixing Exercise – Trailer Stems
StartMix Deconstruction – 10 Second Trailer Mixing Exercise (53:16)
StartMaster Deconstruction – 10 Second Trailer Mixing Exercise (9:28)
Text Resources
StartAnalog Emulation Plugins
StartBalancing Sub and Punch
StartCompression Settings
StartCreating a Comfortable Sound
StartDrums and Frequency Masking
StartDrums’ Treble Response
StartEQ Settings
StartExporting Trailer Stems – Process, Formats and Standards
StartGain Staging
PreviewLow End Recap Sheet
StartMixing Layered Drums
StartMixing Layered Instruments – Tone and Texture
StartOdd vs Even Harmonics
StartOpening Up The Sound
StartOrchestral Mixing Tips
StartPhasing Explained
StartPreparing Your Composition For Mixing
StartReverb Settings
StartVocal Mixing Recap Sheet
Bonus Content
StartLossless Masters
StartQ&A Part 1 (28:09)
StartQ&A Part 2 (28:59)
StartMixing Modern Orchestral Music (Ebook)
StartHow To Mix Pianos (17:27)
StartInto The Mines (Stems)
External resources
PreviewLinks & Resources