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16 min
Song listen, instrumentation overview, making decisions, alternate versions, gain staging, mix buss
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13 min
Rough mixes, analog summing & tape, apparent loudness, snare treatment, mix vs. track processing, mastering
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18 min
Monitoring, mix checking, vocal chain, challenges with sibilance, drum tracks & group treatment, bass parts
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12 min
Peter’s EMT 140 plate, backing vocals, printing analog reverb, parts not used on the record, stereo imaging
The System Only Dreams In Total Darkness
The National
(16 min / 1h01)Peter Katis
- Mixing
Subtitles in English, Spanish

About Peter Katis
Peter Katis is well known for his engineering, mixing, and producing alternative and indie rock acts, such as The National, Interpol, Frightened Rabbit, Jónsi Birgisson (of Sigur Rós), Local Natives, Augustines, The Head and the Heart, Trey Anastasio, The Swell Season, Mercury Rev, The Twilight Sad, We Were Promised Jetpacks, Shearwater, Mates Of State, Tokyo Police Club, The Kissaway Trail and many more. Katis’ credits page at Allmusic.com listed more than 360 entries over a 20-year long career,...