With the latest MacProVideo.com tutorial, "From Demo to Master," you can learn how the pros produce hit songs. The tutorial allows you to sit in on a session with an experienced record producer, learn his audio secrets, and see exactly how you get a song from demo to finished master.

Led by top UK record producer Greg Haver, the tutorial uses the demo song "Sunny Afternoon" by the band Dirty Goods from Newport, Wales to demonstrate the process of producing a finished master. In his career, Greg Haver has produced hundreds of records with top British artists, including The Manic Street Preachers, Melanie C, The Lostprophets, and Bullet For My Valentine. For this MacProVideo tutorial, Haver and the band, Dirty Goods, got together for a marathon, multi-day, lockout session at Modern World Studios to re-record all the parts, track by track, under Haver's "watchful eyes and golden ears."

"From Demo to Master" takes you step by step from the initial demo, the re-tracking, the mixing, and the mastering by Ryan Smith at Sterling Sounds in New York City and finally back to Modern World Studios in the UK for a final listen and comparative analysis.

As a bonus, this tutorial allows you to download excerpts of the song as it appears in its different stages of production.

Topics covered:


Chapter 1: From Demo to Master

• 1: Introduction
• 1. Prologue
• 2. Listening To The Demo
• 3. Discussing Sonic Images
• 4. Pre Production

Chapter 2: Percussion

• 5. Tracking Drums - Part 1
• 6. Tracking Drums - Part 2
• 7. Adding Drum Machines
• 8. Adding Percussion
• 9. Tracking The Bass
• 10. Tracking The Keyboards

Chapter 3: Guitars

• 11. Tracking The Guitars - Part 1
• 12. Tracking The Guitars - Part 1
• 13. Tracking The Guitars - Part 1

Chapter 4: Vocals

• 14. Tracking The Vocals
• 15. Comping The Vocals
• 16. Tracking Backing Vocals

Chapter 5: The Mix

• 17. The Mix - Part 1
• 18. The Mix - Part 2
• 19. The Mix - Part 3
• 20. The Mix - Part 4
• 21. The Mix - Part 5
• 22. Listening To The Final Mix - Part 1
• 23. Listening To The Final Mix - Part 2
• 24. Listening To The Final Mix - Part 3

Chapter 6: Conclusion

• 25. The Master
• 26. Listening To The Demo, The Mix & The Master
• 27. Outro

"From Demo to Master" is now available from MacProVideo for $39.50 as a one-time instant download or for $25 as part of a MacProVideo subscription. For more information, visit macprovideo.com.