This is a real-time shoot of a mixing session, with no smoke or mirrors. Going from rough mix to a final mix in under an hour, complete with EQ, compression and reverbs. All steps are explained and commented.
Mixed with Dangerous Music Monitor ST, Dangerous Music Summing and Focal speakers, Avid ProTools HD|Native, UAD Satellite Quad, Great River EQ1-NV eqs.
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00:00:14 I hear a build-up in the
bottom of the bass drum.
00:00:18 Which is kind of fun if
I was a doing a Lady Gaga track.
00:00:22 Less appropriate for Will.
00:00:24 Although you know...
00:00:25 There's no rules.
00:00:28 I like the...
00:00:30 The side-stick being nasty like that.
00:00:33 So what I think I'm gonna do is
first I'm gonna spread the tom
a little bit in stereo
because everything is in the
middle. It's not a very stereo mix
because it's all discrete instruments.
I'm not gonna put the bass on the right.
00:00:43 I'm not working at Abbey Road.
00:00:52 I wanna put the tom
on the right.
00:00:57 The tom is 'ttss'
is the...
00:01:02 The brush thing is on the toms.
00:01:05 So we do that.
00:01:06 And then let's look into this...
00:01:11 Bass drum thing.
00:01:12 If you listen to this
and the bass.
00:01:17 We hear a bulid-up
between the two, right?
And that's a major problem.
00:01:21 So let's figure out who is
the culprit.
00:01:25 Kick in.
00:01:30 Not the culprit.
00:01:32 I bet my money on kick out.
00:01:35 Ahh!
It's too bad because it's pretty,
but you know what?
It's too much.
00:01:43 So what we're gonna do is
use this guy,
because I like it very much,
and find the problem.
00:01:54 No.
00:01:56 No.
00:01:59 Ah, getting warm.
00:02:02 Bingo.
00:02:04 Alright, I wanna...
00:02:07 Do that. And this should
solve the problem.
00:02:10 Since they're very
nicely aligned
as far as phase, I wanna change
the tone so it's a little less fat.
00:02:16 Sorry Timur.
00:02:18 Let's see how this sounds.
00:02:23 And now if I use,
if I turn the bass on let's
see how that works.
00:02:31 It works.
00:02:33 It's not rocket science, what I'm
gonna use for EQ on drums is
- 3 dB at 60 Hz on the outside
bass drum and that’s it.
00:02:42 Because already sounds nice
and it sounds the way it should.
00:02:45 What I may do though is put
a little space on the overheads.
00:02:48 If you listen to
just the overheads.
00:02:53 They sound really good.
I'm just gonna take the Plate.
00:02:59 And a little bit of the wash.
00:03:03 I like that.
00:03:10 Cool!
That's pretty nice.
00:03:16 I like that. What we're
gonna do is
listen to the beginning of the song
with everybody playing.
00:04:02 We're using six plug-ins.
00:04:05 That's it.
00:04:06 So we went from...
00:04:09 The rough mix.
00:04:15 Learn the rough mix.
00:04:27 OK?
Everybody still with me?
What I'm gonna do unless
there's a crucial question...
00:04:38 Better be crucial.
00:04:39 Come on, no pressure.
Go ahead.
00:04:45 Why are you eqing individual
instruments in solo?
The reason why I EQ in solo
is so you guys see what
I'm doing and can hear
the differences because I'm
trying to show you something
you may not be aware of.
00:05:02 But the reality is that most of the
time I'll EQ in the sauce.
00:05:05 And I'll set my reverbs in
the sauce. In the sauce, sorry.
00:05:11 Technical term.
00:05:13 With the mix running.
No solo.
00:05:15 Because. Well, let's
listen to the violin.
00:05:19 Where are you Clayton?
Here.
00:05:23 So maybe we're going to solo.
Where's the solo? Here.
00:06:10 Cool.
00:06:11 Everybody following me?
You see what I'm doing?
You do! Great.
00:06:15 Isn't that fantastic?
Technology, I love technology.
00:06:18 And I think it needs a little bit
of space and a little bit of Plate.
00:06:24 Not that much.
00:06:46 Until somebody sends me a
hate mail I'm gonna keep it this way.
00:06:49 OK?
One more thing I'd like to do
before we print a little bit of this,
I'm gonna use this thing,
this thing is awesome.
00:06:57 This is the new UA
tape emulator.
00:06:59 Don't let the graphics fool you
that's why I get rid of them.
00:07:03 They have the default noise on.
00:07:06 I think that's pushing the
nostalgia a little far.
00:07:12 So we turn that off.
00:07:13 And I love 250 tape.
00:07:16 I just love 250 tape, 30 ips.
Thank you very much.
00:07:19 So this is flat.
00:07:21 Sorry, I'm going too fast. What I did
is I put this tape over the whole mix.
00:07:25 Just like if I was printing to
a half inch machine.
00:07:28 This is flat.
00:07:39 And this is with the tape.
00:07:40 It's gonna be subtle
but it's fun.
00:07:46 Fat.
00:07:51 Heavenly.
00:07:58 Isn't that bad-ass?
This is one of these things that
the minute you got it
you start grossly overusing it.
00:08:06 And then you regret
the week after.
00:08:09 Which is exactly what
happened to me.
00:08:11 This is very succinct.
00:08:13 But this is a quick idea
of what...
00:08:17 a mix session in analog summing
environment would be like.
00:08:20 So what I'm gonna do now
is I'm gonna print what
we've done so far.
00:08:24 So we're gonna call it
'Quick mix'. How's that?
And I'm putting in record.
00:08:31 Just record a verse
and a chorus.
00:09:33 Alright, so...
00:09:35 Thank you very much.
00:09:36 Go take a look at Puremix.net
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Fab Dupont is a Grammy winning NYC based record producer, mixing/mastering engineer and co-founder of pureMix.net.
Fab has been playing, writing, producing and mixing music both live and in studios all over the world. He's worked in cities like Paris, Boston, Brussels, Stockholm, London and New York just to name a few.
He has his own studio called FLUX Studios in the East Village of New York City.
Fab has been nominated for Grammys 6 times, including two Latin Grammys and has received many other accolades around the world, including Victoires de la Musique, South African Music awards, Pan African Music Awards and US independent music awards.
Top class set of videos, both the tracking and the mixing. I'm a newbie and feel I've learnt an enormous amount on my first day. Along with the knowledge, also the confidence to track and mix with greater purpose. Fab is rad.
hallmeyerd
2014 Sep 13
This is an amazing series, thanks again!
Ashes
2014 Feb 03
no room microphone in the mix in the end? :)
AlarmistUK
2012 Sep 30
Great video. fantastic explanations. For me, it's that old thing that gets lost when watching too many 'how to' videos. A great band, solid equipment, and LISTEN! Job done.
G-Sun
2012 May 07
Great :)
Thanks!
miguel
2012 Jan 23
la french classe !
themixspace
2011 Dec 18
These videos are great. Theres a huge difference between being taught the theory behind mixing to actually being shown it live.
kedavis
2011 Nov 17
I like these videos!!!
Crystal Mixing (and Mastering)
2011 Nov 11
Sweet recording Meredith and nice Mixing Fab!
Thanks for the recordings.
G
111Entertainment
2011 Sep 28
"Thanks" for the AWESOME video series Fab!!!
PureMix is truly AMAZING
Congratulations on all your success and the many more rewards to come.
"Touch The World"
F.L. Freeman, Audio Engineer/ Mixer
111 Entertainment LLC
