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I'm Kevin KD Davis.
I'm here with Mix With The Masters.

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Today we're looking at a song
titled "Ain't No Way,"

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sung by the late, great Aretha Franklin,
covered by Jennifer Hudson

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for the "Respect" soundtrack.

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I'm taking a little bit of the
low end off, everything low, 40.

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There's nothing down there
for the local vocal.

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Put a little
compression on it.

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A lot of compression on it, actually,
to kind of tame her down.

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I like using this plug-in
because it brings out

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some of the lower
elements of the sound.

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And I can always dial that back
if I want, but just kind of bring it up.

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And then one of my favorite plug-ins
to use on a piano

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is the Manley
Variable Mu.

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It compresses and brings things together
without making it sound too squashed.

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I use this virtual tape to see where I'm
at because it's got a good meter on there.

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I like to try to start
between -7 and -3,

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just getting the vocal
around there.

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And then I'll start building
around the vocal.

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Now, during the time of the mix,
I might bring everything down overall

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if the gain structure
is too high.

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If it needs to be brought up,
I'll group everything and bring them up.

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I'm always revising it
as I'm building the mix.

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Because sometimes, you'll have a song
where you're slamming a Bus

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and you need to
bring it back.

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So, I'll bring it back
as I'm going.

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But I'm always monitoring
the gain structure as I'm mixing.