Release year: 2022
Producer: Mix With The Masters
Manufacturer website: Link
Author: Leslie Brathwaite
Duration: 1h 29min
Handout type: Video tutorial
English language
Description: In this episode, Leslie Brathwaite at Rue Boyer Studios in Paris deconstructs her mix of Jack Harlow’s “Churchill Downs” featuring Drake. The Grammy Award-winning engineer will walk you through the entire multitrack session, showing you the signal chains he got and then explaining how and why he made the subtle changes. While very educational in itself, the series contains an exciting twist unlike any previously released – Leslie challenges herself to remix an entire project using only Pro Tools plugins! Just as several series are combined into one, this documents two different mixes of the same record in a row. By comparing his original mix with the new one, you might be as surprised by the result as he was. This experience underlines the holy adage of audio engineers – “It’s not about the equipment, it’s about the ear!”.
Content :
1. Early decision-making process, vocal chains received, critique, subtractive approach, vocal processing
2. Low end part interactions, kick drum, 808 bass, taming hi-hats, producer’s treatment, acting on instinct
3. Vocal sample, communication, dynamic consistency, gluing vocals & beat, mix buss, gain staging, metering
4. Remix using only Pro Tools stock plug-ins, vocals, low end, EQ, compression, de-essing, effects, high shelf
5. Master limiter, parameter experimentation, new mix analysis & comparison to main mix, quick results
6. Final tweaks to Avid-only mix, commentary on sonics, philosophy, new mix preferences
There are subtitles in Russian, English and Spanish.
Sample files: not provided
Video Format: MP4
Video: AVC, 1920×1080, 16:9, 25 fps, 1500 kb/s
Audio: AAC, 44.1 kHz, 128 kb/s, 2 channels
