Back in July, Point Blank headed out to Malta to act as official education partner for IMS College for the second year, programming the opening day’s events with a series of artists masterclasses, workshops, panels and more. Held over two days, IMS College Malta brought together a wide range of industry figures and institutions from all over the world, as well as guest artists and speakers plus DJ performances from the likes of Sven Väth, Richy Ahmed and Todd Terry in the evenings.
In addition to Carly Hordern hosting a masterclass in composing for film with French composer/producer Agoria, a track deconstruction of Jamiroquai’s ‘Automaton’ with PB Course Developer Ski Oakenfull and a masterclass in production with Spanish DJ/producer Uner, Point Blank Creative Director JC Concato led a masterclass on the art of mixing for the club, drawing on his extensive industry experience to share his tips, techniques and advice to the audience.
JC begins the masterclass going through his in-depth usage of mix bus plugins, discussing console emulation, mix bus compression, mix bus EQ, harmonic distortion, A/B analysis and level analysis. He then goes on to show which aspects of the mix he decides to work on first and elaborates on his mixing process. Don’t forget to subscribe to the Point Blank YouTube channel, where you can find masterclasses, tutorials and more.
You can learn more about Mixing on Point Blank’s BA (Hons) Music Production & Sound Engineering Degree, on which they teach everything you need to know about music production including sound design, mastering, composition and music business. Point Blank also offer an online alternative, in the form of their new online BA (Hons) Music Production & Sound Engineering Degree. PB are currently offering a 20% discount plus a free copy of Ableton Suite or Logic Pro X with select online courses until August 31st, so make sure you enrol soon! For more information, contact a course advisor on +44 20 7729 4884. If you are a resident of the USA, you can reach them on 323 282 7660.
