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18 min
An overview of the record’s musicianship, instrumentation, arrangement and engineering
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17 min
Pre-production, rehearsals, session location, live tracking, overdubs, analog and digital recording
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21 min
Approaching a new mix, reducing the effects of masking, rhythm section focus, monitoring levels
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11 min
Receiving client feedback, pace of work, revisiting mixes, knowing when to finish
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15 min
Console setup, sends routing, effects, headphone mixes, artist psychology, establishing confidence
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08 min
VCA fader groups, reasons for assignment, stereo buss compressor, gain structure
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15 min
Focus on drums, shelf filtering, notch EQ, masking, bleed, room microphone usage
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19 min
Bass guitar recording techniques, microphones, phase relationships, summing to mono
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16 min
Guitar part production, arrangement and processing, lead vocals, proximity effect, EQ, reverbs
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18 min
Combining vocal reverbs, adding delay, reducing sibilance, further instrument processing
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20 min
Blending percussion, EQ, gating kick and snare, balancing a static mix of drums, bass and guitars
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15 min
Drum panning discussion, further kit balance and EQ, addition of bass and guitars
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20 min
Refining rhythm section balance at low level, adding effects to strings, guitar solo focus
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16 min
Guitar balance and panning experimentation, fader riding and digital automation, vocal effects tweak
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16 min
Bass alteration, balance refinement, level rides, mix buss compressor parameters, mastering
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14 min
Final changes, full song print, further mix considerations
Last Goodbye
Jeff Buckley
(16 min / 4h26)Andy Wallace
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Join acclaimed engineer, producer and mixer Andy Wallace at Red Bull Studios NYC for an in-depth exploration of the track ‘Last Goodbye’ by Jeff Buckley. In this 4h30 series, Wallace takes you on a journey from the record’s musical foundations and pre-production to a full new analog remix of the song. After giving an overview of the arrangement, recording and production process, Andy Wallace begins a fresh mix of the session on the studio’s SSL console. He takes you through his workflow step-by-step, demonstrating his renowned ability to unmask and clarify through careful EQ, gating and panning. He shows his use of grouping, effects and stereo buss compression, while giving detailed reasoning behind his decisions. He also covers other topics such as artist psychology, client feedback, headphone mixes, monitoring, recording techniques, phase, gain structure, and automation.
Subtitles in English, Spanish, Chinese, Portuguese, Japanese
About Andy Wallace
Andy Wallace’s name is synonymous with a successful and active career, and calls to mind many classic records such as Nirvana, Bruce Springsteen, Jeff Buckley, Slayer, Alice Cooper, Prince, The Cult, Aerosmith, Guns N’ Roses, Sheryl Crow, Sonic Youth, Foo Fighters, Paul McCartney, Rush, and Rage Against The Machine. Wallace has been awarded eight Grammy Award nominations and one Grammy Award, in 1999, for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical (shared with Tchad Blake and Trina Shoemaker) for Sheryl...