Toontrack presents: Studio Pass

Adult Swim's Metalocalypse is a cheeky parody of metal culture — featuring the shenanigans of a cartoon band called Dethklok. In Toontrack Presents: Studio Pass, you'll get a closer look at the creative process behind this mesmerizing metal powerhouse-turned-TV-series.

Brendon Small is the creator and primary musician driving Dethklok’s music, including its four full-length albums. In this installment of Studio Pass, Brendon and producer Ulrich Wild (Pantera, White Zombie, Slipknot, Deftones) will show how they compose, engineer, and mix the music of Metalocalypse – explaining the recording techniques used for Dethklok’s drums, bass, guitars, vocals and effects.

The music behind the hilarious spectacle that is Metalocalypse is no joke. Join Brendon and Ulrich for Studio Pass and learn about the unique creative process behind the music of Dethklok.

• Class Introduction
• Songwriting: Starting with an Idea
• Songwriting: Building, Redefining and Contradicting
• Songwriting Q&A
• Tracking and Comping Drums
• Editing Drums
• Drums Q&A
• Micing an Amplifier
• Rhythm Guitar Tones
• Tracking Rhythm Guitars
• Tracking Bass Guitar
• Bass Q&A
• General Q&A
• Tracking Vocals
• Vocal Compression While Tracking
• Vocal Mixing on Galaktikon
• Vocals Q&A
• Mix Prep
• Mixing in Logic Pro
• Mixing Blazing Star Part I
• Mixing Drums for Blazing Star
• Mixing Guitars and Vocals for Blazing Star
• Mixing Blazing Star Part 2
• Mixing Blazing Star with EQ
• Final Q&A
• Closing Thoughts