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  • Trailer

  • 25 min

    Part 1

    Rough mix analysis, producer and engineer rapport, template, starting points

  • 16 min

    Part 2

    Treatment of vocals and 808 samples, plug-in choices, incorporating rough mix elements

  • 12 min

    Part 3

    Focus on vocal effects, acknowledging and maximising a hook, doing clean version edits

  • 10 min

    Part 4

    Dealing with a revision request and processing the hi-hats, piano and ‘Money’ vocal sample

  • 18 min

    Part 5

    Gain staging, mix buss chains, mastering, monitoring advice, streaming platforms 

Money

Cardi B

(12 min / 1h21)

Leslie Brathwaite

  • Mixing

Join Leslie Brathwaite at Platinum Sound studios for a mixing walkthrough of the hip-hop anthem ‘Money’ by Cardi B. Using the original mix session, Brathwaite discusses the evolution of the record and demonstrates his highly efficient ‘ITB’ workflow and template, while giving honest advice on client rapport, collaboration, session management, plug-in choice, pre-mastering considerations, studio monitoring and streaming platforms.

Subtitles in English, Italian, Russian, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese

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Leslie Brathwaite

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Studios La Fabrique, France

Join Leslie Brathwaite at Studios La Fabrique for a week-long mixing seminar from October 24–30! The American mix engineer has played a defining role in the sound of contemporary pop and hip-hop, with mix credits on era-defining records by Beyoncé, Outkast, Pharrell and Cardi B. This fall, a select group of participants will be invited to join Leslie in the studio for an intensive mentoring program designed to take your mixing practice to the next level.

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Leslie Brathwaite

About Leslie Brathwaite

Leslie Brathwaite is a Grammy award-winning mix engineer from the U.S. Virgin Islands. The vibrant Caribbean music scene made a strong impression on him as a young teen, and he set up a studio in his bedroom with a small multitrack recorder. To expand his horizons and learn more about audio, he attended Full Sail University in Florida. After graduating from the Recording Arts program in 1992, Brathwaite moved to Atlanta where a flourishing music scene was being driven by a group of producers that...

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