Studio Pass with Joey Sturgis

Joey Sturgis is the producer behind some of the biggest names in metalcore, including Asking Alexandria, Of Mice & Men, and I See Stars. His style is one of the most sought after sounds of the last decade and in Studio Pass he’ll show you how he produces it.

There is no magic bullet to Joey’s sound. It’s simply the combination of a million little decisions that add up to something incredible. In this class – for the first time ever – Joey will demonstrate his entire process: pre-pro, engineering, mixing and mastering, from A-Z. 

You’ll learn:

• Writing and arrangement tips that take a song from good to great
• Recording, editing, and mixing tips for guitars, vocals, bass, drums, and synths
• How to get stuff to sound loud, super clean, and tight

Joey is a hands-on engineer – he’ll talk about how he works with bands to develop their writing and ideas so they are working with the best possible raw material. He’ll show you the specific signal chain he uses for mixing guitars, vocals, bass, drums, and synths. And he’ll give extra focus to vocal tracking, editing, tuning, compression, and effects.

If you want to transform your recording and engineering process, don’t miss your opportunity to learn from chart-topping metalcore producer, Joey Sturgis.

• Class Introduction
• Do You Hear What I Hear?
• What Really Matters
• Pre-Production and Arrangement
• Pre-Production - BPM
• Pre-production - Boring Sections
• Pre-Pro- Bad Transitions & Tying it All Together
• Two Methods of Drum Production
• Cut and Slip Drum Editing in Cubase
• Drum Sample Replacement with Drumagog
• Prepping the Guitar for Recording
• Cut and Slip Guitar Editing Techniques
• Riff Building
• The Mutt Lang Method
• Toneforge - Menace Demo and Questions
• Recording and Editing Bass Guitar
• Reinforcing Bass Guitar with Sub Destroyer
• Cinematic Sounds and Tricks - Explosions
• Cinematic Sounds & Tricks - Reverse Sound & Risers
• Cinematic Sounds & Tricks - Bass Drops & Glitches
• Vocal Recording Prep
• Vocal Recording Workflow
• Vocal Editing
• Mixing - Master Bus
• Mixing Drums
• Mix Bus Processing on Drums
• Mixing Guitars
• Mixing Vocals
• Joey's Advanced Production Workflow