Tracking is complete for The Weird Sisters "Live And I Learn," and it's time to mix!
In this episode, Vance Powell sets up his SSL console and outboard gear while getting a starting point for the mix while explaining his entire process.
Watch as Vance:
Calibrates his parallel busses on his meters
Adds his GML 8900 parallel bus to the lead vocal
Adds a TG1 Limiter to the drum room mic
Adds his Morley House compressor to the knee mic
Adds Distressors and 550a's to the kick and snare
Dials in a Retro STA Level and a DBX Subsynth on the bass
Inserts a Vari Mu and Massive Passive on the acoustic guitars
Adds a Looptrotter Monster2 across the electric guitars
Explains when he reaches for his hardware 1176 compressors instead of the plugin
Discusses how he uses the 32 busses of his SSL console to add his outboard gear to the mix
This is your chance to join Nashville legend Vance Powell and The Weird Sisters at the world-famous Blackbird Studio and watch them craft "Live And I Learn" from Start To Finish.
Drummer Jeroen Simons •Thursday, February 22, 2024
Vance is like: the uncle you wished you had in your past and together with his professional assistent he shows us a very good job of catching the creative performances of this band.. I think Gaby contributes a lot with many skills and I observed she had a really professional focused attitude, if you would tell me that she is a musicteacher also I would belief it and Izaak complements her really well with his hippie authentic way of being, both very musical, so also from all kinds of angles this was a really great one puremix!!! I was wondering why the backing vocals were not tuned, episode 23, because the lead singer was tuned before that... Kind Regards, Jeroen Simons, Independent, ex - EPICA.
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bandit •Sunday, December 4, 2022
fun stuff to watch, and really informative
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bjackson81 •Friday, December 2, 2022
At 23:41 there is something weird in the doorway, under the acoustic guitar. Not sure what that is??
Castor X •Wednesday, November 23, 2022
Was für ein toller Part .Tolle Akkordfolge .
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shermedina •Tuesday, October 18, 2022
nothing to say .........the work spoke for itself
Mijh •Wednesday, August 31, 2022
The smile on their face while printing... it means everything...!!
The new bridge is a great addition.
Outstanding song and job...!!
Kaypromusic •Monday, August 29, 2022
Great
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Michaeltn86 •Saturday, August 27, 2022
vance took the music to a whole another level. crazy what a producer / engineer / mixer can do to a song and to a banda. mind blowing.
michael.hoc •Monday, August 22, 2022
Will the tracks for the new version be available too?
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MarcoPolo •Sunday, August 21, 2022
I always enjoy watching Vance work. He does a great job explaining what he's doing and why. And, after 35 episodes, I feel like I know everyone who participated!
Pearlpassionstudio •Saturday, August 20, 2022
Excellent addition bridge. The only thing I hear is in the bridge the kick and bass are buried, compared to the entire song punch. Fabulous job.
Kingwhistle •Friday, August 19, 2022
Vance explains the STT knobs (send-to-tape). He says: preamp all the way down (20db I think), channel fader up to 0 unity, STT all the way down and then bring up appropriately. I think he is adjusting the preamp before he adjusts the STT for ProTools, right?
Sometimes it's nice to drive the preamp for a bit more dirt. How does he keep faders at unity if he is doing that?
richkurtz •Wednesday, August 17, 2022
Here pitch is rough! Yikes
Romowings90 •Tuesday, August 16, 2022
Magnificent work everybody! I enjoy the creation. Excited for the mixing part!
