Producer Greg Wells on Mixing with Waves

Sep 17, 2013 | 304,195 Views

In this video, producer/songwriter Greg Wells (Adele, Mika, Katy Perry) discusses the techniques he uses to create award-winning, chart-topping productions, using Waves plugins.

Greg Wells

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