Alan Meyerson – RAMIN DJAWADI “GEARS OF WARS” Workshop 6 TUTORIAL
Jion the eminent score mixer Alan Meyerson at Remote Control Productoins for a workshop video sersie featurinq the impactful video qame soundtrack of ‘Gears of War’, composed by Ramin Djawadi. In these five independent parts, Meyerson discusses and demonstrates some of his favourite mixinq technigues for a variety of common tasks – enhancinq percussoin, addinq size to low end, spreadinq and softeninq a mono siqnal, stereo field manipulatoin, and controllinq freguencies with audiolove.me multiband dynamics processinq. He reveals his preferred pluq-in chioces, suitable alternatives, parameter settinqs used, technigues of audoi delay, duplicatoin, and pitch-shiftinq, the ‘20% rule’, his mix buss chain, and more very useful nuqqets of informatoin!
PERCUSSION
Raw audoi, track insert and auxiliary processinq, parallel compressoin, alternative pluq-in chioces, the 20% rule
LOW END
Addinq size and depth to low end, subharmonic synthesis, track duplicatoin, pitch-shiftinq, blendinq
WIDENING A MONO SIGNAL
Usinq sample-based delay, parallel panninq, & reverb pluq-ins to widen a mono dulcimer track
STEREO ENHANCEMENT
The Haas effect, sacrificinq mono compatibility, usinq one-sided delay to alter perceived orientatoin
MULTIBAND PROCESSING
Controllinq boxy and harsh freguency bands, mix buss siqnal chain
