Best course I’ve ever seen. James is a great producer, and spares no secrets in this excellent tutorial. I found the Piano composition and atmosphere sections incredibly useful for my own productions
If you are going to talk over the first 2 mins of the preview track - then please provide a separate talk-free version of the finished track
Hey @davidwogan
Most of the time that won’t happen to have a clean full track preview which makes sense for obvious copyright & audio material protection reasons. 
Hello!
Great course! Thanks you for this.
I m thinking i m gonna inv my money into the plugins you are using. Virtual Mixbuss is that the same as VCC 2.0? Because i cant find that one yr using here. Its not the same UI and i cant fint it on the website slatedigit.com.
So i was just wondering if they upgraded the one you use here to 2.0?
Hey @Vega2k
If you’re digging the Slate Digital plug-ins and they virtual mixing studio approach, I suggest you to have a look to those 2 courses :
That will give you a clear overview and good foundation about what you can achieve with those Plug-Ins.
VCC ( I’m referring here to the “Virtual Console Collection” https://www.slatedigital.com/virtual-console-collection/ ) is still available by Slate but it’s just one module within the Everything Bundle, therefore the subscription plan for the Everything Bundle could be something to consider IMO.
Thank you for this fast answer hehe :-).
Yes but, the ting is. I was looking for that spesific plugin Jame was using. And i cant fint it, it looks like the plugin is upgraded.
I cant find the same VCC hes using, i mean the UI of it (look of it). When i go the the website Slate, i see this collection yr talking about. If i buy that one: VCC2.0 is it the same Virtual buzz hes using ? Exept its a new look on it? Like a new UI ? so if i pay 149 dollars for this. Will i get the same thing that he uses?
Hey again @Vega2k
Yep, the Slate Plug-ins have all been updated since this tutorial was done, that would explain the change of the GUI & look of the VCC 2.0, now features wise, it might be worth to check or ask directly from Slate Digital website. I assume that functionalities have been improved & not the opposite but sometimes plug-ins manufacturers may drop some previous feature in place of new ones or new plug-in design & features approach, so if you’re really after a specific feature that you saw in this tutorial, better ask Slate support to be sure. I also think that they have an archive or legacy download area, something to check to be sure 
that might allow you to use previous version once you got a license. In the case of VCC they have a 1.5.2 version but this one is not AAX compatible. https://slatedigital.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/211732197-VCC-1-5-2-Legacy-Installers
Okei.
I know i found it out :). I did what you said. I made a payment plan with them. The biggest one. So i need to pay EACH year.
Thx for this. And the tip!
This toturial was alot of help for me. Know i understand everything, only hard ting to do now is to come up with my own melody.
Thanks!
Regards:
Vega
Great, thanks!!!
Sorry for late reply
You probably made the good choice with the annual plan 
.That’s what I’m using too, the annual subscription for “The Slate Everything Bundle”, the only downside is that you’ll never own the plugins in the end, it’s not like a rent to own plan, but you can pause your subscription when ever you want and when comparing the individual plugins pricing and the “Everything Bundle” offer + the fact that you’ll have access to the new releases, it’s really a fair deal I do think.
BTW they will be adding the “Liquid Sonics Lustrous Plates” reverb plugin to the bundle soon
Glad to hear that the tuts where helpful for you, James Dymond & Nate AKA “Protoculture” are both very talented producers and there’s always a lot to learn from their courses here on Sonic Academy. For the specificity of the Slate “Everything Bundle” Nate did a very good work uncovering the use of the bundle for mixing & mastering, really should help if starting with the SD plugins
Cheers & happy mixing with your new SD plugins
Hello and thanks for the replay.
Thanks for telling me that you will never own them buy having this plan.
But in the future i will probably buy some of them when i get more money. Yes i’ve seen that reverb plugin. We will probably get a mail when that happends.
Yes i’ve learned ALOT! I MEAN ALOT! Thanks to this course my mix sounds EPIC in sound quallity. But I’m very new, i started to produce and taking this job seriouse last year JAN / FEB. And i see this Tutorial 16 where he have all these envelope automations and all that. I dident get to see why and how he did this.
Is there any tutorials about filtering like that and stuff like that?
Exept for that its all good.
Yes Nate did a very good job with that.
Cheers and have a good day to all of you in SonicAcadmey
Regards
Vega
Can’t recall of a specific course just dealing with filtering, I don’t think there’s one. In fact filtering will be used in many tutorials since it’s definitely something you will need to use for both mixing & arrangement purposes.
In this case what James did in video16 is more on the 2nd approach, it’s about arrangement : using those High Pass & Low Pass Filters and writing automation for them allows him to bring elements IN & OUT in the Mix to “build” a progression and create tension & release for the listener. Just filtering out the Low end frequencies of certain elements, combined with volume level automation allows you to create that kind of progression. Think about a DJ performing a live set when he will filter out all the low end and just let the highs coming through before getting to a main drop with filtering off gain & low end back. That’s basically the concept here.
In the mixing approach, High Pass & Low Pass filters are used to remove/cut unwanted frequencies in order to give space to each elements of the mix and avoid frequencies dueling/masking. The main difference is that in this case, the filters won’t be automated but set as permanent and many times, some fine EQuing would be done too to remove harsh frequencies or peak resonances.
Hope that this basic explanation makes sense
So yes, filtering is a great technique that you’ll need to experiment with, once you’ve mastered the controversial names, because the Hi-Pass filter is cutting off the lower frequencies before the cutting point when the Low Pass Filter is cutting off the Higher Frequencies after the cutting point , it’s just a matter of using them with your ears & some visual tools like spectrum analyzers. You will see it used in lot’s of tutorials anyway and will get familiar with it very soon if you started to dive seriously into Music Production 
Hope that helps !
Cheers !
Thanks
I guess I just have to do it sometimes in order to understand it. Experiance with it.
Great explained thanks again : )
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Hi again @Vega2k
Well, that new course seems to be right on time for you
Can’t say enough how Nate’s tutorials are extremely valuable learning resources
The Best Tutor I have seen deliver a course. Thanks James
Nice, gonna have a look at that course soon! I got the mail about it thanks
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This course has really helped me progress. Thank you very much!
thank you so much for the advanced tips this has help me come a long way
Really helpful, especially how you use EQ and Compression.
Super helpful course!