Year of issue: 2021
Manufacturer: Mix With The Masters
Manufacturer’s website: Link
Author: Tom Elmhirst
Duration: 0h 52min
Handout Type: Video Tutorial
English language
Description: Enter the world of prolific sound engineer Tom Elmhurst as he immerses himself in a multitrack session “Lazarus” – songs from David Bowie’s latest Grammy-winning album “Blackstar”. At Electric Lady Studios in New York, Elmhurst describes the collaboration with Bowie and his producer Tony Visconti, detailing the journey from rough to final mix. Learn about its principles of gain setting, console layout, monitoring environment, ergonomic use of VCA, effect routing, and a hybrid workflow that includes a variety of processing processes from high-quality external hardware to off-the-shelf Pro Tools plug-ins.
Content :
1. Workflow introduction, console preferences, analog gear, plug-ins, monitoring, rough mix analysis
2. Final vs. rough mix contrast, vocal EQ and compression, hardware and software effect chains
3. Drums and bass focus, line amp coloration, parallel compression, subtractive room EQ
4.VCA system, static balance, mix buss chain, dynamic range, gain staging, stem prints, collaboration
There are subtitles in 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, 192 kb / s, 2 channels
