Mixing
Figure 8
FKA twigs
Song : Figure 8
Duration:1h08 Subtitles: German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Chinese
Description
Grammy-winning mix engineer Stuart White revisits his work on ‘Figure 8’ by FKA twigs, exploring how to process unconventional sounds, take creative risks, and experiment with phase, distortion, and special effects.
Stuart begins with his approach to bus processing, using techniques inspired by Tchad Blake to build density, tone, and energy across the mix. He demonstrates how to balance dense arrangements, and uses phase alignment and frequency-focused compression to alter transients and tonal balance in bold new ways.
The series also explores his world-renowned approach to mixing vocals, as he breaks down how to maximize presence, dynamics, dimension, and emotion. Each creative choice is driven by his core philosophies: move quickly, trust your instincts, and forget about the rulebook.
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09 minInspiration, templates, mixing, saturation, mix bus processing, gain staging, headroom
Pro Tools 10, Brainworx bx_digital V3, Slate Digital Virtual Tape Machines, McDSP ML4000, SSL G Bus Compressor, Sonnox Oxford Inflator, Crane Song Phoenix II, Waves L2 Ultramaximizer -
11 minDrums, phase alignment, transient shaping, equalization, mixing philosophy, automation, compression, panning, reverb
Waves Renaissance Reverb, Avid EQ3 7 Band, Little Labs IBP Phase Alignment Tool, McDSP Filter Bank F202, SPL Transient Designer, Waves Lo Air, Waves Renaissance Bass, Cytomic The Glue, Avid Lo-Fi, FabFilter Pro-Q2, Soundtoys PanMan, Soundtoys EchoBoy, Waves S1 Stereo Imager, SSL E-Channel, Avid Recti-Fi, Waves CLA-76, Softube Spring Reverb -
05 minSynths, equalization, sound design, harmonics, song structure, automation, delay
UAD Roland Dimension D, Avid EQ3 7 band, Soundtoys EchoBoy, Soundtoys Crystallizer, Massey L2007 Mastering Limiter, Brainworx Millennia NSEQ-2, Digirack Mod Delay II, SSL E-Channel, Waves Renaissance Reverb -
09 minVocals, bus processing, multiband compression, vocal doubling, sidechaining
Avid EQ3 7 Band, Universal Audio 1176AE, FabFilter Pro Q4, Waves C4, Sonnox Oxford Inflator, Sonnox Oxford Dynamics, Waves Renaissance Compressor, Soundtoys MicroShift, Cooper Time Cube, Valhalla VintageVerb, Valhalla Shimmer, UAD EMT-140, McDSP De555 De-esser -
07 minBackground vocals, effects, panning, automation, volume, transient shaping
Valhalla Room, Avid EQ3 7 Band, Universal Audio 1176AE, FabFilter Pro Q4, Waves C4, Sonnox Oxford Inflator, Sonnox Oxford Dynamics, Soundtoys MicroShift, McDSP De555 De-esser, Waves PS22 Spread, Antares AutoTune Evo, McDSP 4030 Retro Compressor -
08 minMixing, time management, background vocals, pitch shifting, delay
Avid EQ3 7 Band, FabFilter Pro Q4, Waves C4, Sonnox Oxford Inflator, Sonnox Oxford Dynamics, Waves L1, Antares AutoTune Evo, McDSP 4030 Retro Compressor, Waves Renaissance Reverb, Waves CLA-3A, Soundtoys EchoBoy, Soundtoys Crystallizer, Soundtoys PanMan -
07 minParallel compression, limiting, saturation, gain staging, dynamics, inspiration, workflow, normalization, loudness, streaming
Brainworx bx_digital V3, Slate Digital Virtual Tape Machines, McDSP ML4000, SSL G Bus Compressor, Sonnox Oxford Inflator, Crane Song Phoenix II, Waves L2 Ultramaximizer -
07 minRouting, summing, templates, workflow, critical listening, environment
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About Stuart White
Stuart White is a recording and mixing engineer from North Carolina. At ten years old, he took an interest in bouncing tracks between a double tape deck and a karaoke machine. As a teen, he DJ’d obsessively and experimented with a sampler and an eight-track recorder. At age twenty-two, he graduated from Full Sail University in Florida and moved to New York, where he was hired by Quad Studios. Over the following decade, White worked alongside highly-regarded engineers Russell Elevado and Ann Mincieli,...
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09 min
Inspiration, templates, mixing, saturation, mix bus processing, gain staging, headroom
Pro Tools 10, Brainworx bx_digital V3, Slate Digital Virtual Tape Machines, McDSP ML4000, SSL G Bus Compressor, Sonnox Oxford Inflator, Crane Song Phoenix II, Waves L2 Ultramaximizer -
11 min
Drums, phase alignment, transient shaping, equalization, mixing philosophy, automation, compression, panning, reverb
Waves Renaissance Reverb, Avid EQ3 7 Band, Little Labs IBP Phase Alignment Tool, McDSP Filter Bank F202, SPL Transient Designer, Waves Lo Air, Waves Renaissance Bass, Cytomic The Glue, Avid Lo-Fi, FabFilter Pro-Q2, Soundtoys PanMan, Soundtoys EchoBoy, Waves S1 Stereo Imager, SSL E-Channel, Avid Recti-Fi, Waves CLA-76, Softube Spring Reverb -
05 min
Synths, equalization, sound design, harmonics, song structure, automation, delay
UAD Roland Dimension D, Avid EQ3 7 band, Soundtoys EchoBoy, Soundtoys Crystallizer, Massey L2007 Mastering Limiter, Brainworx Millennia NSEQ-2, Digirack Mod Delay II, SSL E-Channel, Waves Renaissance Reverb -
09 min
Vocals, bus processing, multiband compression, vocal doubling, sidechaining
Avid EQ3 7 Band, Universal Audio 1176AE, FabFilter Pro Q4, Waves C4, Sonnox Oxford Inflator, Sonnox Oxford Dynamics, Waves Renaissance Compressor, Soundtoys MicroShift, Cooper Time Cube, Valhalla VintageVerb, Valhalla Shimmer, UAD EMT-140, McDSP De555 De-esser -
07 min
Background vocals, effects, panning, automation, volume, transient shaping
Valhalla Room, Avid EQ3 7 Band, Universal Audio 1176AE, FabFilter Pro Q4, Waves C4, Sonnox Oxford Inflator, Sonnox Oxford Dynamics, Soundtoys MicroShift, McDSP De555 De-esser, Waves PS22 Spread, Antares AutoTune Evo, McDSP 4030 Retro Compressor -
08 min
Mixing, time management, background vocals, pitch shifting, delay
Avid EQ3 7 Band, FabFilter Pro Q4, Waves C4, Sonnox Oxford Inflator, Sonnox Oxford Dynamics, Waves L1, Antares AutoTune Evo, McDSP 4030 Retro Compressor, Waves Renaissance Reverb, Waves CLA-3A, Soundtoys EchoBoy, Soundtoys Crystallizer, Soundtoys PanMan -
07 min
Parallel compression, limiting, saturation, gain staging, dynamics, inspiration, workflow, normalization, loudness, streaming
Brainworx bx_digital V3, Slate Digital Virtual Tape Machines, McDSP ML4000, SSL G Bus Compressor, Sonnox Oxford Inflator, Crane Song Phoenix II, Waves L2 Ultramaximizer -
07 min
Routing, summing, templates, workflow, critical listening, environment
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02 min