With the massive drum sounds dialed in, Vance sets up the rest of the band and tweaks their tones to compliment each other while making some final arrangement tweaks as the band starts to cut takes.
See how Vance Powell:
Dials in the Moog Subsequent 32 bass sound
Explains how he stereoized the mono bass synth using a DI, and Amp, and two LA2A compressors
Mics up the guitar cabinet using a U67 and SM57 and explains his approach to placement
Explains why he is using his 1073 mic pres instead of the console
Troubleshoots an issue with the SM57
Adds a Neve 33609 compressor to the overheads and explains what he is looking for
Tweaks the PCM 42 delays on the synth bass
Adjusts the arrangement
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!
