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Anybody heard of the MiLar - Charles Dye DVD ?

Just finished studying at a familar Sound Audio collgE and it really lacked in quite a few areas but one major area was imparting knowledge in the mixing department.
I guess I paid $10K for an intro into the whole audio field.
I maybe got my moneys worth with all the studio booking time.

It suprises me how many people do these courses and dont play in the provided studios or attempt to use any of the provided gear.

Anyway I wanted to improve my mixes and I know that experience will teach you that but if you can also learn from othere experience you can hit the ground running (or maybe in my case a slow jog).
What experiences does anyone have with this Mix it like a Record by Charles Dye DVD?
Is there any other specific mixing tools/guides/how to - programs out there that are of worth?
Thanks
Dale

Yep. Get it. Worth the money.

It has some good info, data files although you need to get past the 80's wacky video effects. I think some of the A/B when the level goes up and down is pretty hard to get a good prespective.

Another one which is ok is Russ Longs Nashville recordings, comes with data files.
He records a song with and without good gear, although it is a little like this is the EQ or mic I used, compared to moving around and seeing why.

Post a link to Charles' site a while back under Inspirational Websites.

yeah we've got a copy.. as Dave said if you can get past the "straight out of video school and want to use all the corny tricks" filmwork and editing of the DVD then there is some good information on there. If you are using ProTools then that is what the whole DVD is based on so probably not as useful if you are using tape or another format.

some books that are worthwhile are "mixing engineers handbook" and "Behind The Glass" - both of which have a lot of good info. - check out amazon.com or your local Borders bookshop for these..

OzDrum wrote: If you are using ProTools then that is what the whole DVD is based on so probably not as useful if you are using tape or another format.

Maybe - but the broad strokes of what Charles is on about still apply. Especially the automation section. I used to think I did a lot of automation - then I saw this DVD :shock: