In spite of the UAD Distressor plug-in having a mix knob, when setting up parallel compression on a drum bus Jacquire King chooses to use a duplicate path and to insert the Distressor on a bus set to 100% wet. This is one of several workflow quirks which Jacquire uses in this free extract from Jacquire King Mixing Lifeboats, the 6th of the series in which different mixers all approach the same project and document their choices through the mix process.
Lifeboats Series On Puremix
In the full 3 hour tutorial, learn how Jacquire:
Has his assistant, Danny Pellegrini prepare a session for mixing
Uses his 16 Channel Modified Quad 8 console for out of the box summing
Addresses 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
Equipment & Software
Aphex Vintage Exciter
mb 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
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