WEEKEND MASTER CLASS
February 15-16, 2025
Our Master Class is Starting Soon
Dark Horse Institute’s Weekend Master Class will be held at the legendary Dark Horse Recording in Franklin, TN.
Dark Horse Institute, Dark Horse Recording, and Grammy Award Winning engineer/producer Dave Hagen will host a two-day event designed to improve your recording and mixing skills.
The session is booked! Join us as we workshop and break down a band tracking session step-by-step. You will learn to level-up your recording process and maximize the equipment you have available in your own studio. You will also be a part of the mixing for the song, learning a detailed and specific mixing workflow from the Dark Horse Head Engineer Dave Hagen. He will be discussing the power of using psychoacoustics and reductive mixing templates to make repeatable and accurate mix decisions.
Who Should Attend
Anybody interested in learning to record and mix better, either at home or in big professional studios. We will be diving deep into the process, but all skill and experience levels are welcome.
Your Experience
In two 12-hour days you will work along-side our lead instructor and Grammy Award winning engineer Dave Hagen to capture and polish pro-level tones into a radio-ready single.
We Will Cover
- Drum recording workshop
- Guitar/Bass recording principles and shootouts
- Vocal sessions and fast comping
- How to be FAST in the studio
- Editing
- Psychoacoustics
- Session routing and workflow tips
- The Six Mix Elements: Balance, Pan, Tone, Dynamics, Saturation, Effects
- Fully mixing a completed song
Where
Our Master Class will be held at Dark Horse Recording, in Franklin, TN. and six miles from Dark Horse Institute. Now in its 30th year, Dark Horse Recording has been home to some of the biggest and most celebrated artist in the world. Our clients include Tim McGraw, Hunter Hayes, Korn, For King and Country, Trace Atkins, Relient K, Faith Hill, Mastodon, Keith Urban, Taylor Swift and countless others.
Cost
Our two-day Master Class costs $600 for general admission and only $300 for DHI graduates — includes lunch and refreshments
Interested in Attending Our Master Class?
Fill out the form below and we’ll get back to you shortly. Hope to see you there!
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