Producing and Mixing Country Like a Pro - Webinar with Joe West

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LupIQH7VyjI


This is really worth watching. You might learn something... A 45 minute discussion and then 30 minute Q&A - don't skip the Q&A...

a songwriter, engineer (tracking, mixing) and producer. (what most of us do)

This is mostly about Waves plug-ins, but it applies to whatever set of plugins you might own.

It is geared towards people who have some experience with DAWs and plugins and mixing. It is not a beginner's "how-to". But if you are a beginner, bookmark it and play it later (often)... learn about those things you don't understand...

Some snippets, highlights....

Drums are the most important part of a mix after the vocal. "The mix engineer in me wants the drums to just be massive". (ROG and I tell people all the time - turn the drums up!)

Compressors all over the place. Often, multiple ones. "Mostly compression... I don't hardly use EQ..."

The use of DeEssers on a guitar track is interesting.

Q: " I see a lot of red in your meters" A: "I don't really deal with that unless I hear it".
Don't-ever-let-it-clip is a myth. What you hear is all that matters. All that talk that some do about staying below -6 dB just means you are creating low volume tracks...

The amount of automation on the vocal is interesting (at 1:00:00)


It would be nice to see/hear more like this...



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