If You Are Considering It, Buy It 
by John from FL, October 2007
Music Background:  Comptuer Engineer and Electronic Musician

This is the best "studio upgrade" I've made in a long time. Not only is John Merchant excellent at what he does, but he's good at teaching as well. As a computer engineering Ph. D. student I can tell you that I've met a lot of brilliant teachers, and John Merchant is just as good as any of them. Plus, he just comes off like a nice guy.

Here's the kicker: I don't even use Pro Tools! I use a completely different DAW, but it was still worth the money. There are plenty of excellent Pro Tools tips on this DVD, but I bought it just for the great mixing demonstration. The fact is that the similar products I've bought for my DAW software simply aren't as good as this one.

  Why has no one done a mixing tutorial like this before? 
by Ed from tennessee, September 2007
Music Background:  recording engineer

I've seen all of the pro tools tutorials, and why has no one ever done one like this before? There's some great "tips" in the sotp dvd's & groovebox tutorials, but i'm more of a hands on learner. Things don't really stick as well when I just watch someone else work... but to actually get to watch And mix the pro tools session along with Merchant really opened my eyes to all the big *and* little things that it takes to make a truly professional mix. Plugins, reverbs & delay effects, different types of compression & eqing, automation, the hour and a half working with the producer to make final tweaks to the mix...man, it was like actually sitting in on a real, pro mix session. All tutorials should be done like this.

  Simply Outstanding! 
by Khaliq from California, September 2007
Music Background:  Grammy Award Winning Engineer (Prince, Herbie Hancock, Marcus Miller)

I finally got the DVD and I have to say, I think it's OUTSTANDING. I've been engineering for over 25 years working with some of the world's top recording artists like you have, but...watching others is the best way to grow, even if you already know some of the information.

You gave me many "AHA" moments that made me look at things with new eyes. This is a great product and I will highly recommend it to others.

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