I extracted the vocal stem using melody.ml so they already aren't great quality, right now I just have some basic equing and Soundgoodizer preset A on the master. Source: 11 months ago

Download his songs off youtube and then import em into melody.ml. Source: about 1 year ago

Since it seems pretty similar to 302 you could also isolate the frequencies or extract all the parts to see how he mixed it. melody.ml is a decent way to have a quick look at volume levels and sounds used IMO. Source: about 1 year ago

Have a wav or mp3, you could download from youtube using https://yt1s.com Remove vocals using Https://melody.ml Or for a download version: Https://makenweb.com/SpleeterGUI. Source: about 1 year ago

I'd study every single record of Midnight Star, D-Train, Shalamar, all that kind of stuff. Use https://melody.ml/ to isolate the bass so you can really hear what's going on. Source: about 1 year ago

[shameless plug] I built http://lightnote.co for exactly this. Starting from basic sound waves, it teaches music theory while skipping all of the technical notation. It definitely doesn't go as deep as this post, but I don't think that's essential to getting started. - Source: Hacker News / almost 3 years ago

My favorite course is https://lightnote.co due to how the information is structured (it's not free though). Source: about 3 years ago