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Producing and Mixing Country Like a Pro - Webinar with Joe West https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LupIQH7VyjIThis 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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Producing and Mixing Country Like a Pro - Webinar with Joe West https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LupIQH7VyjISome 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!) Nice video. Some new opinions some very universal, especially turn up the drum, I remember Dick Clark questioning the teenage judges on American Bandstand. After playing the latest dance songs each week, over and over they would say, I like the beat, its a good dance song. You don't have a song without a melody, but, you don't have a hit without a beat.
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You can find my music at: www.herbhartley.comAdd nothing that adds nothing to the music. You can make excuses or you can make progress but not both. The magic you are looking for is in the work you are avoiding.
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Thanks for the tip! I've watched a few of those waves webinars (I use many waves plugins here) but hadn't seen that one.
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Floyd what DAW do you use and which waves product?
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Floyd what DAW do you use and which waves product? I use Presonus Studio One Professional. The plugins that come with that are top-of-the-line, so there is little need for anything else. I used to search out new plugins, read up on them, drool over some, consider buying them... But somewhere along the way, I realized I already had more than I could ever need - and all that time I was spending searching would be better used writing and producing using what I've got... I have a few Waves plugins - all bought on sale through the years. The most useful is One Knob Louder which I will use occasionally to bring a final mix up a little (typically 1.5 or 2 on its scale of 10) so it is on par with my other mixes. It is very transparent. And my mixes are loud once I run them through Ozone (5) - so I only need it once in a while (to "normalize" a playlist of my mixes). Oh - I got that on sale for $10 - a no-brainer. I got the LinMB (again on sale - cheap) years ago and have used it a few times instead of Ozone for a "mastering" plugin - but Ozone is so easy, I don't think to use LinMB much... Like before, it's best to get good at your go-to tools and not get bogged down or overwhelmed by all the toys that are out there...(Studio One has a great Multiband compressor that I use on drums in every mix). I do still use the Scarlett Reverb - that came with my Focusrite 8i6 - because it has a great sound and is easy to use - on a lot of different things. But most of my plugins come from the stuff provided with Studio One...
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Thanks Floyd, Listening to your songs I can hear you know what you are doing, especially the drums and vocals. Does your parametric have these controls? HPF, sweep low mid, sweep mid, sweep high mid, LPF ?
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Thanks Floyd, Listening to your songs I can hear you know what you are doing, especially the drums and vocals. Does your parametric have these controls? HPF, sweep low mid, sweep mid, sweep high mid, LPF ? 
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Does this plugin come with Presonus Studio One Professional
Last edited by dga; 04/23/16 12:44 PM.
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Yes. It also comes with the Artist version (which is cheaper).
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Great info. I watched all the way through twice. The guy is obviously high tech but the ultimate arbiter is his ears. Nice.
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