Chernobyl Mixing Bundle

Both Beginner and Advanced Metal Mixing Courses

Meet Your Instructor - Scott Elliott

I’m Scott from Chernobyl Studios, and I’m just like you: a home studio musician and mixing engineer. From the beginning of my journey, all I ever wanted was to have a big, massive, metal guitar tones and mixes that I could be proud of.

In 2013, I started to study mixing and tone crafting more seriously so I could bring this desire to life. What I didn’t know was that I was venturing into a world of conflicting information and secrecy. Maybe it sounds a bit dramatic, but how many times have you seen a video on YouTube that claimed you could “sound like the pros in minutes,” just to find out they have thousands of dollars in gear and plugins and really didn’t explain anything anyway? These videos never helped me get a better idea of how to create my guitar tones or better mixes.

I wasted money on plugins I didn’t need, followed advice that wasn’t helpful, and made every mistake you can think of multiple times over. 6 years of frustration later and I now know what it takes to create great amazing guitar tones and mixes.

My goal is to sift through the noise, filter out the nonsense, and create content that helps you avoid the years of struggle and frustration that I had to endure.

Good rules of thumb for track organization, colors, and clean-up

How to gain stage properly from your interface into the DAW so that you have the best signal possible

How to carve space for the low end so that you have a kick drum and bass guitar that work well together instead of against each other

Properly prepare drum tracks for editing by ensuring good phase relationships and consolidating down extra tracks you don’t need.

Create aggressive, big-sounding metal vocals that are in your face.

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Mixing Your First Metal Song

Mixing Your First Metal Song provides guidance, demonstrations, and the most vital information you need so that you can build a solid foundation as a mixer, allowing you to bypass years of frustration getting nowhere.

Mixing Extreme Metal

Go step-by-step with me and see what it really takes to get a dense song full of blast beats, double bass, bass guitar, multiple different types of guitar parts, tons of vocal tracks, nearly 20 orchestral tracks, and sound effects working together to create a huge, atmospheric metal mix.

Testimonials

“I'm no beginner as a mixer but still compelled to check out this new course. One of the reasons is that I'm kinda new to this genre and wanted to educate myself a bit more, but the biggest one is that I'm genuinely interested in how Scott organizes materials and structures them in such an order to make them most comprehensible and digestible. I do own all of his courses and have never been disappointed from this aspect. I have watched a lot of online video mixing courses, and this is surely one of the BEST one available now. For each topic he addresses in the course, there is a reason why you want to do so, and also you can see why it's explained there. I cannot recommend this course highly enough. Thanks Scott for the great course!”

IchiohtaMixing Your First Metal Song

“I watched Scotts new course during the night and I'm more than satisfied. It was exactly what I could hoped for. It was so easy to follow. It was not buried under too much details and I would say only then if it was crucial to mix but not in the bad way. This changed fundamentally how I approach and think about mixing. I've never seen course like this and I have watched many. Thanks Scott to bringing this knowledge to us!"

MikethendMixing Your First Metal Song

What is the difference between Mixing Your First Metal Song and Mixing Extreme Metal?

Mixing Extreme Metal is an in-depth training series that builds upon the foundation of Mixing Your First Metal Song. The song mixed in Mixing Extreme Metal is much more complex, requiring more work and time that could be a bit overwhelming for somebody just getting started with mixing. Mixing Your First Metal Song is a great way to start growing your skills whereas Mixing Extreme Metal is a great way to hone your skills even further.

What if I don’t have some of the plugins or instruments used in the training?

Not to worry—all session files are included for you, to include bounced tracks of the orchestra in the situation where you aren’t able to replicate the same sounds. Additionally, all MIDI files are made available to you so that you can experiment with different sounds if you would like to do so.

How is the course delivered?

Once you have bought the course, you can stream it all right from our website on our custom platform that lets you keep track of your progress. But if you rather download the videos for viewing later, you can do that too.

Which DAW is used in this training series?

I’m working with Reaper 6 by Cockos and Cubase Pro by Steinberg in these series, but you can follow along in any DAW as the explanations I provide are universal to mixing and are not DAW specific

Can I post my own mix of "The Rotting Sun" on my YouTube or in my portfolio?

Absolutely! There is a small note I ask you to post along with the mix, but there are no restrictions on posting your own mix results anywhere you like, be it your YouTube channel or in your portfolio. Go for it!

What if I get stuck or need help?

When you buy the course, you are invited to join a private Facebook and Discord group where you can join hundreds of other course owners and all our instructors to ask any questions you might have and find help. You can even show any progress you are making and ask for feedback!

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$140