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Mixing Masterclass with Chris Lord-Alge

Mixing Masterclass with Chris Lord-Alge

November 09, 2017457,700 Views

Legendary mixing engineer Chris Lord-Alge (Green Day, Bruce Springsteen, Muse) opens a session he mixed, gives his personal mixing tips on how to use his Signature Series plugins and modeled compressor plugins, and answers viewers’ questions.

Topics covered include:

How to prep a mix – how to organize your mix so that it’s set up for success
First 5 things to do to make a vocal sit in the mix
How to get your drums and bass to sit together
How to get your gain structure in order before processing

This masterclass originally streamed live October 28, 2017 as part of the Waves Open Sessions series.

Song: IVO, “Peace & Freedom”

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