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Mixing and Mastering

Balance, space and loudness — decisions in the right order

4.7(1,483 reviews)21,300 learners

Created by Clara Benedetti

Updated July 2026EnglishAdvanced18h124 lectures

What you will learn

  • Build a static balance that already sounds like a record
  • Use EQ subtractively before reaching for anything else
  • Apply compression with a reason you can state out loud
  • Create depth with reverb and delay without washing the mix out
  • Master for streaming loudness normalisation rather than against it
  • Reference and revise without losing perspective

Course content

14 sections · 124 lectures · 18h total length

  • What this course covers, and what it does notPreview04:00
  • How to get the most out of itPreview04:00
  • Setting up and downloading the exercise files06:00

  • Gain stagingPreview08:00
  • Gain staging in detail04:00
  • A closer look at gain staging11:00
  • Worked example: gain staging07:00
  • Where gain staging goes wrong15:00
  • Exercise: gain staging11:00
  • Gain staging in practice06:00
  • Two approaches to gain staging14:00
  • Gain staging — questions from previous students06:00
  • Reviewing your work on gain staging14:00

Topics covered

Gain stagingStatic balanceSubtractive EQCompressionParallel processingReverb and depthDelayAutomationBus processingMastering chainLoudness and streamingRevision and referencing

Requirements

  • You have produced tracks before
  • A DAW and stock plugins are sufficient

Description

Mixing goes wrong when it becomes plugin-first. This course fixes the order: balance, then space, then tone, then the corrective work — and treats mastering as the final small adjustment it should be rather than a rescue operation.

Your instructor

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Clara Benedetti

Producer and mix engineer

4.7 instructor rating1,42,400 learners3 courses

Clara has mixed records in proper studios and in a spare bedroom, and is honest about how much of the difference is the room rather than the gear. She teaches production as arrangement first, plugins last.

Learner reviews

4.71,483 reviews
  • 5 star73%
  • 4 star22%
  • 3 star3%
  • 2 star1%
  • 1 star1%
  • LS
    Lucas S.5 February 2026

    Very practical. I applied something from module four at work the same week.

  • OE
    Olive E.6 June 2026

    Worth it for the section on common mistakes alone — I recognised two things I have been doing wrong for years.

  • BS
    Ben S.10 May 2026

    Very practical. I applied something from module four at work the same week.

  • EM
    Elena M.2 December 2025

    I came in knowing a bit and still learned plenty. The middle third is the strongest part.

  • QB
    Quentin B.3 July 2026

    Good balance between theory and doing. I would have liked a couple more exercises, but that is a small complaint.

  • AT
    Aisha T.25 May 2026

    The instructor answers questions properly rather than pointing you at the documentation.

  • KS
    Kemi S.6 January 2026

    The pacing is right. Nothing is padded out, and the exercises are short enough that I actually did them.

  • GM
    Grace M.16 March 2026

    I came in knowing a bit and still learned plenty. The middle third is the strongest part.

  • PF
    Petra F.1 March 2026

    Good balance between theory and doing. I would have liked a couple more exercises, but that is a small complaint.

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