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11 minInstrumental, drums, low end
Waves SSL Channel, Avid EQ3 7-band, Sonnox Oxford Envolution, Soundtoys Decapitator -
11 minSamples, vocals, ear candy
Brainworx bx_digital V3, Waves DeEsser, Fabfilter Pro-Q3, Waves RCompressor, Massenburg DesignWorks MDWEQ6, Waves CLA-76, Waves C6, Wavid EQ3 7-Band, Waves RDeEsser -
10 minSound design, FX chains, backing vocals
McDSP EC-300, Fabfilter Pro-Q3, Waves RCompressor, Avid Lo-Fi, Universal Audio EMT 250, Waves REQ, Waves DeEsser, Waves SSL Channel, Soundtoys Little Microshift, Waves REQ6, Waves MetaFlanger, Brainworx ADA Flanger, Avid Mod Delay 3, Soundtoys Little PrimalTap, Waves RVerb -
08 minSpecial effects, reverbs, filter sweeps
Air Vintage Filter -
10 minAutomation, adlibs, vocal tracking
Air Vintage Filter, Valhalla VintageVerb, Fabfilter Pro-Q3 -
11 minVocal tracking, mix bus processing, limiting, mastering
Soundtoys Little Alterboy, Waves S1, Massenburg DesignWorks MDWEQ6, A.O.M. Invisible Limiter, Waves WLM Plus
Mixing
BREAK MY SOUL - THE QUEENS REMIX
Beyoncé
Song : BREAK MY SOUL - THE QUEENS REMIX
Duration:01 min / 1h05 Subtitles: English, Spanish
Description
Explore the making of Beyoncé’s club anthem, ‘BREAK MY SOUL (THE QUEENS REMIX)’. In this series, the Grammy Award-winning engineer explores his work with the extraordinary artist and breaks down how they reworked her chart-topping 2022 single for the dancefloor.
Recorded and mixed in just a few hours, this session is a masterclass in how to deliver top quality mixes in record time. Stu begins with the instrumental, revealing how the energy and attitude of a song can be completely transformed with balance, demasking, and bass management. Using just a few strategic EQ moves, Stu seamlessly glues the mix together and creates a powerful, polished low end.
Next, he zooms in on Beyoncé’s showstopping vocals and discusses how he engineers complex vocal sessions under pressure. From his vocal tracking workflow to his custom effect chains, he unveils the cheat codes that enable him to dial in radio-ready mixes on the fly. The series concludes with a look at Stu’s pre-mastering techniques, as he demonstrates how to optimize compressors and limiters to achieve loud, exciting mixes that keep the dancefloor moving.
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01 min
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11 min
Instrumental, drums, low end
Waves SSL Channel, Avid EQ3 7-band, Sonnox Oxford Envolution, Soundtoys Decapitator -
11 min
Samples, vocals, ear candy
Brainworx bx_digital V3, Waves DeEsser, Fabfilter Pro-Q3, Waves RCompressor, Massenburg DesignWorks MDWEQ6, Waves CLA-76, Waves C6, Wavid EQ3 7-Band, Waves RDeEsser -
10 min
Sound design, FX chains, backing vocals
McDSP EC-300, Fabfilter Pro-Q3, Waves RCompressor, Avid Lo-Fi, Universal Audio EMT 250, Waves REQ, Waves DeEsser, Waves SSL Channel, Soundtoys Little Microshift, Waves REQ6, Waves MetaFlanger, Brainworx ADA Flanger, Avid Mod Delay 3, Soundtoys Little PrimalTap, Waves RVerb -
08 min
Special effects, reverbs, filter sweeps
Air Vintage Filter -
10 min
Automation, adlibs, vocal tracking
Air Vintage Filter, Valhalla VintageVerb, Fabfilter Pro-Q3 -
11 min
Vocal tracking, mix bus processing, limiting, mastering
Soundtoys Little Alterboy, Waves S1, Massenburg DesignWorks MDWEQ6, A.O.M. Invisible Limiter, Waves WLM Plus
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,...