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In Episode 6 of our Lifeboats Series, Grammy Award Winning Engineer, Jacquire King, opens the multitrack for the Will Knox song, "Lifeboats", and takes us all the way from hearing the song for the first time, to a completed powerful and energetic mix with his signature sound imprinted upon it.
In this 3 hour tutorial, learn how Jacquire:
- Has his assistant, Danny Pellegrini prepare a session for mixing
- Uses his 16 Channel Modified Quad console for out of the box summing
- Address phase and polarity issues on multi-mic’d sources such as bass DI versus bass amp microphones and the drum kit
- Addresses the commonly overlooked phase relationship between kick and snare
- Discusses the importance of elements pushing the speakers versus pulling them
- Sets up his mix bus processing at the beginning of the mix
- Sets a Distressor for parallel drum compression
- Adds stereo width to synth bass, and demonstrates using EQ pre and post-process
- Controls the kick drum using SSL Channel compression and demonstrates how he hears the compression before the low-resolution meter displays what is happening.
- Adds space to guitar and synth elements using multiple styles of delay and reverb
- Uses tape saturation on background vocals
- Adds tone and weight to the vocal by carefully tweaking the UAD 1176AE compressor, taking full advantage of the 2:1 ratio
- Meticulously automates several elements of the mix to dynamically perfect the balance
Watch Jacquire King’s episode of our exclusive Lifeboats series, only on puremix.net
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- Aphex Vintage Exciter
- Bomb Factory BF 76
- Cytomic The Glue
- DB-33 Leslie
- Fabfilter Pro DS
- Fabfilter Pro L2
- Fabfilter Pro Q2
- PSP VintageWarmer
- Protools Lo-Fi
- Protools Mod Delay III
- SansAmp PSA-1
- Soundtoys Decapitator
- Soundtoys Devil-Loc
- Soundtoys EchoBoy
- Soundtoys FilterFreak
- Soundtoys MicroShift
- Soundtoys PanMan
- Soundtoys PrimalTap
- UAD AKG BX20
- UAD Curve Bender
- UAD Distressor
- UAD EMT-140
- UAD Fairchild 660
- UAD Neve 1081
- UAD Neve 33609
- UAD Precision K-Stereo
- UAD SSL E Channel Strip
- UAD Studer A800
- UAD Teletronix LA-2A
- UAD Trident A-Range
- UAD UA 1176E
- Valhalla Room
- Valhalla Shimmer
- Valhalla Vintage Verb
- Waves API 550A
- Waves CLA-76
- Waves Puig Tec EQP1A
- Waves Scheps 73
- 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
