Mix With The Masters – Recording A Band #6 – Chris Lord-Alge (TUTORIAL)

Year of issue: 2021
Manufacturer: Mix With The Masters
Manufacturer’s website: Link
Author: Chris Lord-Alge
Duration: 1h 40min
Distribution Type: Video Tutorial
English language

Description: We are proud to present our first series of tracking videos with star sound engineer Chris Lord-Algie! Headquartered in Studio B of the world famous Capitol Studios in Los Angeles, CLA is recording with rock band Phil X & The Drills. Our detailed footage shows every step of the process – viewing live space, selecting and placing microphones, instruments, amplifiers, DI blocks, setting up the Neve 8068 console, routing and processing signals, adjusting the gain, phase correction, creating a headphone mix, recording live, adding overdubs. , production and arrangement, level measurement, sampling rate, bit depth, monitoring and rough mixing completion. In addition to sharing invaluable technical knowledge, Chris Lord-Alge shares the rationale behind his practical and efficient workflow and advises on how this approach can be adapted to other environments and equipment.

Content :
1. Drums – microphone choice & placement, alternative options, preferences, live room characteristics
2.Guitar & bass – amp head & cabinet setup, microphone choice & placement, phasing, isolation, DI, signal blend
3. Control room – Neve 8068 console, routing, outboard gear, sample rate, bit depth, metering, headphone mix
4. Drum treatment – preamp levels, gain staging, phase, console & Pultec EQ, dbx, Fairchild, & SSL compression
5. Bass – amp volume & tone, ribbon vs. dynamic microphones, DI signal chain, level blend
6. Guitar – phase issues, headphone mix alteration, final microphone setup on amps, lack of processing, advice
7.Live band recording – level blend, tempo change, mic signal leakage, production, arrangement, choice of take
8. Guitar overdubs – instrument & setup change, mix buss parameters, bass EQ advice, solo alterations
9. Vocals – microphone choice, processing, section takes, doubles, harmonies, vocal tracking workflow
10. Rough mix – details of effects used, recording session recap, goal setting, next steps
There are subtitles in Russian, English and Spanish.

Sample files: not provided
Video format: MP4
Video: AVC, 1920×1080, 16: 9, 30 fps, 2000 kb / s
Audio: AAC, 48 kHz, 128 kb / s, 2 channels