+ Drum Editing and Processing

How to speedily edit recorded drums for tight, powerful performances.

Incorporating drum samples without taking away the human element of your performance, and what to listen for when matching drum samples with your recorded drum set.

Using simple dynamics processing and equalisation to make your drums larger than life!

+ Drum Tuning Workshop

Solely focussed on getting your drum kit sympathetically resonating with itself.

Ever wonder why your drums are lacking punch or depth, or just not sitting right in the mix? Let’s fix that.

+ Guitar & Bass Recording/Editing/Mixing Workshop

Matching guitar and bass tones to “dovetail” each other.

Advanced bass processing.

Editing-techniques for tighter performances.

Equalisation and saturation that doesn’t destroy harmonic resonance of the guitar amp.

Get big tones with minimal effort!

+ Modern Vocal Production & Melodyne

How to get your vocals upfront and compressed whilst maintaining depth and dynamics.

How to tune vocals without sounding robotic and fake.

Also, how to drastically alter a vocals formant and tuning to create interesting layers in post-production.

Vocal processing using dynamics processing, saturation, equalisation and wet effects.

+ Avid Pro Tools Certified ACU Courses (101 + 110 Levels)

Accredited Pro Tools courses for 101 and 110 levels .. yes you receive a fancy certificate from Avid for your studiousness.

We will show you the ins-and-outs of Pro Tools, and most importantly, how to speed up your workflow and have a greater understanding of your DAW.

This is a 4-day course (101 & 110 together) and requires you to sit 2 online exams marked by Avid.

+ Soldering Workshops (Making Cables & Simple PCB Equipment)

Sick of buying guitar leads or XLR’s for $50+ a pop? You can make them for 1/5th of the price with just a little bit of knowledge and patience, and be able to maintain them forever.

We’ll show you the right way to hold a soldering iron .. pro tip .. it’s not the hot part.

If there’s interest, you can also make some outboard gear for yourself.

This course will make you invaluable as a studio assistant/tech.

+ Mastering Masterclass

How to finalise a track for CD, Vinyl and Online Streaming processing.

Loudness and equalisation considerations for different mediums.

Embedding the correct metadata into a master, and how to create a DDP for physical distribution at a pressing plant.

+ Various Mixing Masterclasses - Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced

Lots of classes to come, depending on demand.

Mixing using outboard gear processing down to stock-plugin processing.

Incorporating parts of the mastering process into your mixes.

What to listen for, and how to subjectively analyse a mix and its' faults.

+ Masterclasses with some of Melbourne’s best musicians and engineers

We will be bringing in musicians, producers and engineers into Danger Tone to show you how they do it.

Spend a full day with our guests, and learn their processes and ideas.

Bring your songs stems with you, and let our guests have a look at your track!