Mixing, Editing, and Delivery

This unit advances foundational home-recording skills into practical multitrack editing, mixing, and final-delivery workflows. Students refine session organization and file management, use signal processing and automation to shape mixes, apply microphone and overdubbing techniques to improve recordings, and prepare masters and digital/CD deliverables for distribution.

Learning Objectives

• Analyze multitrack sessions to organize files, set tempo maps, locate edit points, and configure session settings for efficient editing and mixing
• Apply corrective and creative audio processing (EQ, compression, limiting, delay, reverb) and level management to individual tracks and busses to produce cohesive in-the-box mixes
• Demonstrate microphone selection, placement, pre/post level handling, and overdubbing workflows for common sources (drums, electric guitar, ambient sources) to capture usable takes
• Evaluate mixes for finalization and prepare deliverables by mastering-ready exports, creating physical (CD) and digital files, and publishing to web/music-host platforms following best-practice delivery standards