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WHAT MUSIC PROFESSIONALS SAY ABOUT ANDY

Peter Dyer (Mariah Carey, Katy Perry, Adam Lambert, St. Vincent)

“I’ve worked with Andy for many years.  Andy’s command of modern playback craft, and mastery as both an engineer and musician make him the perfect guide for the current gig world of playback.  I would have benefited greatly from having an extensive resource like this when i was learning on my own through trial and error how to manage playback properly."

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN

SHOW PROGRAMMING

  • How to use Ableton Live quickly and accurately 

  • How to import stems and gain stage with headroom

  • How to warp stems and change tempo/key

  • How to use the IAC driver to do advanced MIDI mapping

  • How to automate VSTs and use MIDI triggers

  • How to automate Autotune and work with SMPTE LTC

  • How to automate and build song loops 

  • How to optimize CPU and prevent crashes

WORKING WITH A TEMPLATE

  • Download and learn to use my fully-functioning playback template including:

    • ​Autotune automation clips​​

    • Clicks, counts, section slates, etc...

    • A full linecheck file

    • Song Section MIDI clips

    • LTC reference mix template

LIVE AUTOTUNE

  • How to use the UAD Apollo hardware and Console software

  • How to use the UAD autotune plugin

  • How to program keys, scales, retune speed, humanize, and flextune in Ableton live

  • What to listen for when programming autotune

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PLAYBACK ENGINEERING

  • How to perform common playback engineer tasks, including:

    • Cutting and adding song sections​ on the fly

    • Editing stem volume and structure

    • Building transitions and merging two songs together seamlessly

    • Adding intros, outros, pitch references and guides

  • How to perform live troubleshooting 

HARDWARE

  • How to setup a redundant playback system using iConnectivity software and hardware

  • How to setup a session on multiple computers for redundancy

  • How to use a MIDI controller to control multiple computers at once

  • How to setup a live Autotune system

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Mixer
ADVANCED MIDI TECHNIQUES

  • Using MIDI interfaces & advanced MIDI networking 

  • Making MIDI connections using RTP via CAT5

  • MIDI filtering

  • Sending patch changes to instruments on stage

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