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Watch Jacquire King Mix James Bay
Grammy Award Winning Producer, Engineer, and Mixer, Jacquire King, has worked with some of the world’s most influential artists in every role you can imagine in a recording studio. From being an acclaimed recordist to mixing and producing multi-platinum records (9X in the case of Kings Of Leon) by superstars like Kaleo, Modest Mouse, Kings of Leon, Tom Waits, Norah Jones, Buddy Guy, Cold War Kids, MuteMath, Melissa Etheridge, and James Bay.
In this puremix.net exclusive, Jacquire King recalls the session for James Bay’s “Let It Go” and breaks down each element of the song; discussing the decisions he made as the producer while he creates his mix with expansive detail on his approach to topics such as:
- Mix architecture and routing
- Reducing track counts and removing extraneous tracks
- Reference meters
- Mixing acoustic and electronic percussion elements
- Polarity and phase relationships to ensure the speakers are “pushing” and not “pulling”
- Gain staging the 2 bus
- Eq'ing the 2 bus
- The importance of automation to add movement to your mixes
Once you have seen how Jacquire approaches this well-crafted song, download the actual stems and practice what you have learned.
Watch Jacquire King mixing James Bay's "Let It Go", only on puremix.net
Software
- Altiverb 7
- BF-76
- Dyn3 De-Esser
- Empirical Labs Arouser
- EQ III 7-Band
- Massenburg Design Works EQ5 AAX
- Mod Delay III
- Pro Subharmonic
- PSP Vintage Warmer 2
- Soundtoys Decapitator
- Soundtoys EchoBoy
- Soundtoys MicroShift
- UAD 1176 Rev A
- UAD AKG BX 20
- UAD AMS RMX16
- UAD API 550A
- UAD Chandler Limited Curve Bender
- UAD dbx 160
- UAD EMT 140
- UAD EMT 250
- UAD Fairchild 670
- UAD Fairchild 660
- UAD Helios 69
- UAD Manley Variable Mu
- UAD Neve 1073
- UAD Neve 33609
- UAD Precision Limiter
- UAD Pultec EQP-1A
- UAD Roland RE-201
- UAD SSL G Bus Compressor
- UAD Studer A800
- UAD Teletronix LA-2A
- UAD Trident A-Range
- VUMT Duo
- Waves Aphex Vintage Exciter
- Waves CLA-76
- Waves J37
- Waves PAZ- Analyzer
- Waves TG12345
Grammy Award Winning Producer, Engineer, and Mixer, Jacquire King, has worked with some of the world’s most influential artists in every role you can imagine in a recording studio. From being an acclaimed recordist to mixing and producing multi-platinum records (9X in the case of Kings Of Leon) by superstars like Kaleo, Modest Mouse, Kings of Leon, Tom Waits, Norah Jones, Buddy Guy, Cold War Kids, MuteMath, Melissa Etheridge, and James Bay.
To date, Jacquire has been honored with over 30 Grammy Nominations for his meticulous attention to detail and unique approach to creating records that withstand the test of time.
His discography is well-known for the variety of music encompassed from the past 20 years. When you see Jacquire’s tutorials on pureMix, you will have the chance to sit next to a true master at work, who strives to enhance the artist's vision and serve the songs he helps deliver to the masses.
Kings of Leon
Tom Waits
James Bay
Modest Mouse
Buddy Guy
Norah Jones
James Michael Bay is an English singer-songwriter and guitarist. In 2014, he released his single "Hold Back the River", which has been certified platinum, before releasing his debut studio album Chaos and the Calm. The album went to number one in the UK and number 15 in the US.
