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Watch CLA Recreate His SSL Workflow In The Box
Chris Lord Alge is one of the most renowned mixing engineers in the world. His style can be heard on records from legendary artists such as U2, Aerosmith, Prince, Bruce Springsteen, James Brown, The Who, Green Day and dozens more.
Those who study his work, know that Chris Lord-Alge is a champion of the famous SSL 4K console. He has mixed thousands of songs in the analog domain and amassed a literal wall of Grammys in his studio, Mix LA.
However, he has also created some of the world’s most popular plugins in the digital domain and has never been known to fear a digital workflow.
In this pureMix.net exclusive, we take CLA off of his SSL 4K and park him in the box, where he shows you how he:
- Translates his analog workflow with familiar routing and plugins
- Simplifies sessions for lightning fast mixing
- Maintains focus and perspective on the song and the story it tells to support the theme with the mix
- Sets up his 2bus chain inside of Pro Tools for the same feel of his hardware
- Adds creativity to the mix and explains his theory on artistic mixing
Once you have seen how CLA does it, download the stems for the full song and practice your new tricks.
Watch CLA replicate his sound in the box, mixing the song “Indestructible” by Vifolly.
Software
- Eventide Blackhole
- Line6 Echo Farm
- Sound Toys Devil-Loc
- Sound Toys EchoBoy
- Waves SSL E-Channel
- Waves CLA Bass
- Waves CLA Guitars
- Waves CLA Vocals
- Waves CLA-76
- Waves L1 Limiter
- Waves LA MixDown
- Waves Manny Marroquin Reverb
- Waves Real ADT
- Waves SSL Bus Compressor
Chris Lord-Alge is an American mixing engineer based in LA where he owns the studio Mix LA.
His extensive use of compression earned him the name of the "Lord of Compression". His impressive collection of compressors were modelled by plug-in companies such as Waves Plug-ins with whom he collaborated to create his own line of plug-ins.
Chris is one of the most renowned mixing engineers in the world and his style can be heard on records from legendary artists such as U2, Aerosmith, Prince, Bruce Springsteen, James Brown, The Who, Green Day and dozens more.
Chris mainly mixes analog on his SSL console. Christ uses Pro Tools as a playback engine in the back of the room then focuses on what he hears, sitting at the console, patching vintage pieces of gear, making SSL EQ and compressor moves and pushes his levels through the console for great sounding results.
On pureMix, you can see how Chris mixes Daughtry on his SSL, explaining every move he makes.
U2
Green Day
Smashing Pumpkins
Muse
James Brown
Bruce Springsteen
Formed in 2010 by Matt and James Prather (twin brothers from Eaton Ohio), ViFolly is a national touring band for hire and played approx 100 shows in over 20 states in 2011. All songs are written, recorded and pre-produced by ViFolly at Ash and Dust Studios, built and owned by Matt and James Prather.
