ProMedia Training, the longest-running Avid Pro Tools Certified Training Center in the United States, has become the first US Solid State Logic Professional Training Partner and is now offering Certified SSL Training for DAW mixing workflows.
The new Mixing with SSL programme expands ProMedia’s pro audio education portfolio beyond Avid Pro Tools and Dolby Atmos certification, offering participants intensive training designed to guide audio engineers to improve their mixes by using SSL mixing methodologies and console-inspired workflows within DAW-based production environments.
‘ProMedia has established itself as a results-driven leader in continuing audio education,’ says Ashleigh Davies, Head of SSL Educational Programmes & Services. ‘The experienced instructor team, proven track record in Avid Pro Tools and Dolby Atmos Certification, and Grammy-winning mixing instructors bring deep knowledge of SSL and professional audio workflows.’
Building on more than 25 years of audio education leadership, ProMedia Training is extending its proven software certification model to deliver comprehensive mixing courses for modern DAW users. The programme is designed for audio engineers, postproduction mixers, and intermediate to advanced users of Pro Tools, Logic, Ableton Live, Cubase, FL Studio, and other digital audio workstations.
Offered as both live online interactive instruction or in-person training in Los Angeles and Miami, with New York and Atlanta courses planned for the future, the small-class-sized programme combines hands-on learning, detailed course materials, and real-world instruction from experienced educators and Grammy-winning engineers.
The 16-hour course is delivered initially across four live-online sessions and provides students with one year of complimentary access to more than 100 SSL and Slate Digital plug-ins and 50-plus hours of exclusive SSL supplemental tutorial videos allowing participants to immediately apply SSL mixing concepts within their existing production environments, even without access to a large-format SSL console.
While the curriculum is centred on professional in-the-box mixing using SSL plug-ins, select in-person courses will also incorporate hands-on training with large-format SSL consoles to demonstrate how classic console workflows translate to today’s DAW-based production environments.
The curriculum covers the core principles and advanced techniques used by professional mix engineers that have evolved alongside SSL console signal flow and architecture, SSL channel strips, advanced EQ, dynamic processing, SSL buss compression, professional mix processing chains, gain staging and automation. Additional modules explore stereo imaging, spatial audio production, SSL Native plug-ins, and commercial release standards for streaming, broadcast, and physical media distribution.
‘Many engineers understand their DAW but have never had formal training in the workflows and techniques that define professional mixing environments,’ says ProMedia Training President, Mihai Boloni. ‘This course bridges that gap by giving students direct access to SSL methodologies that have shaped countless hit records, while teaching them how to apply those same principles using today’s DAW-based production tools.’
Participants will learn how to build cohesive mixes using industry-standard processing chains, integrate analogue-style workflows into modern production environments, and develop the critical listening and decision-making skills required in professional music and postproduction settings.
The first live online Certified SSL Training for Professional DAW Mixing course will begin in September. Prerequisites include proficiency in Pro Tools or another professional DAW. Completion of ProMedia Training’s Pro Tools 101/110 coursework also satisfies this requirement.