Bring an Analog Approach to Your Digital Mixes
Learn to use analog-style plugins with a clear purpose, then follow a complete song from session setup to final balance. Hear how David shapes drums, bass, guitars, keyboards, and vocals—and apply the ideas in your own DAW. For intermediate and advanced home-studio mixers familiar with EQ and compression.
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Mixing With Analog Style Plugins
Build an Analog-Inspired Workflow Inside Your DAW
$97 — One-Time Payment
14 lessons • Approximately 4 hours 44 minutes
Complete song mixing walkthrough
Multitrack audio, David’s finished mix, and course slides PDF included
Mix “August Without Us” by Blue Honey
Hear the song you’ll work on, then practice with the included multitrack audio files.
What You’ll Learn
Build an Analog-Inspired Session
Follow the session setup across three lessons. See how David organizes the mix and prepares an analog-style workflow inside the DAW.
Understand the Analog Approach
Explore the history behind analog-to-digital recording and put today’s analog-style plugins in context. Connect the tools with the way you use them.
Shape Drums and Bass
Work through the drum and bass processing in a real song. Hear how tonal choices and dynamics help build the foundation of the mix.
Bring Instruments Together
Follow the acoustic and electric guitars, keyboards, and instrument effects. Hear how individual parts take their place in the arrangement.
Fit Vocals Into the Mix
Watch two vocal lessons and the final mix balance. Learn from David’s adjustments as the lead vocal and instruments come together.
Mix Along and Compare
Practice with the included multitracks, then compare your work with David’s finished mix. Keep the course slides PDF beside you as a reference.
Included With Your Course
Multitrack Audio Files
David’s Finished Mix
Course Slides PDF
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FAQ
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Meet Your Coach:
David Vignola
I’m a mixing engineer with over 20 years of experience and hundreds of client mixes. Since 2014, I’ve helped home-studio musicians learn recording and mixing through clear, step-by-step training.
 MIXING WITH ANALOG STYLE PLUGINS • COURSE SAMPLES
Watch Sample Lessons
Hear how tape, console, and preamp emulations shape a real mix. Each excerpt shows what David listens for as he chooses and adjusts a plugin.
 Hear Tape and Channel Strip Color
2:43
Hear the tape and channel strip plugins switched in and out on drums, then listen for the change in low end and how the kit holds together.
 Give Bass More Definition
2:30
Hear how a little distortion and compression help the bass cut through the mix.
 Give the Lead Vocal Its Own Color
2:45
Follow David’s choice of a 1073-style preamp to give the lead vocal a different character from the rest of the mix.