Trailer
12 min

Part 1

Rhythm section balance, session management, drum triggers, leakage control, notch EQ
17 min

Part 2

Tom-tom edits and filtering, cymbal compression, shelf EQ, gain staging, phase coherency
10 min

Part 3

Electric bass and guitar focus, amplifier emulation, EQ, compression, distortion
16 min

Part 4

Vocal focus, console saturation, EQ, reverb, delay, flanging, automation, stereo modulation
07 min

Part 5

Console level calibration, VCA group trim, three-mix comparison (original, hybrid, ITB)

Mixing

Fat Lip

Sum 41

Tom Lord-Alge

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Song : Fat Lip

Duration:12 min / 1h02 Subtitles: English, Spanish, Portuguese

Description

Join the iconic rock engineer Tom Lord-Alge, mixer of alternative and punk anthems from Blink-182, Avril Lavigne, Hanson, and many more. In this series, we sit alongside Tom as he digs into the multi-track session of Sum 41's breakthrough release, 'Fat Lip'. At Studios La Fabrique, he overviews the original analog recording and mixing process, demonstrates how the audio can be enhanced in the digital realm, and reveals his tricks for effective drum separation, sample triggering, flanging, and more. Operating in the box with console summing, you'll see Tom's daring use of effects, heavy compression, clever editing and EQ within Pro Tools. He also covers the important subjects of session setup and management, phase coherency, and gain staging with faders versus plug-ins. To finish off, TLA compares his three mixes – the analog original, the new hybrid (ITB with analog summing and mix compression), and the new digital (100% ITB).

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Trailer
12 min

Part 1

Rhythm section balance, session management, drum triggers, leakage control, notch EQ
17 min

Part 2

Tom-tom edits and filtering, cymbal compression, shelf EQ, gain staging, phase coherency
10 min

Part 3

Electric bass and guitar focus, amplifier emulation, EQ, compression, distortion
16 min

Part 4

Vocal focus, console saturation, EQ, reverb, delay, flanging, automation, stereo modulation
07 min

Part 5

Console level calibration, VCA group trim, three-mix comparison (original, hybrid, ITB)

Comments

(23)

Bob D December 5, 2024 at 11:25 PM

Would be cool if those 3 different mixes could be available for download for comparison.
Robert Burgess June 26, 2024 at 10:49 AM

Amazing tips on workflow and keeping it simple. A lot learned-thank you!
Ricardo Bussey April 15, 2024 at 10:37 PM

yeah!!!!!
Phil Power January 20, 2023 at 12:16 AM

Legend.
Matt Gauthier October 14, 2022 at 7:46 PM

So good!
Rolando Soto Pastorino January 8, 2022 at 9:29 PM

I think the analog is the best, but the version in the box sound excelent too, thank you !!!
Blair Bondy December 3, 2021 at 10:07 AM

W
John Zwick August 26, 2019 at 8:15 AM

Fat Lip (along with the rest of "All Killer No Filler") defined the sound of my teenage years. This video gave some terrific insight into how that energy was crafted. Thank you, Tom!
Wolfgang Frank August 2, 2019 at 5:59 PM

Great video - got a lot of inspiration out of it!
Adrian Loera June 30, 2019 at 9:10 PM

I love this, he's just having fun. Wish there could have been more explanation about the chain and thought process behind the tones he shaped back in 2001, though I understand it's probably hard to remember at this point.
Byram Joseph June 16, 2019 at 12:26 AM

The Original mix is superior in many ways, but we all already knew that.
Kevin Schoenbohm May 17, 2019 at 6:29 PM

Are the trigger videos he mentioned linked somewhere?
Matt Yonker May 28, 2019 at 5:02 AM

Watch the one where he mixes the Weezer song "Back to the Shack"
Gerardo Aguilar May 13, 2019 at 4:42 AM

great video series. TLA makes is really fun ! thanks
Daniel Castro May 12, 2019 at 6:00 PM

Great! Loved to hear he differences between the mixes. As expected, the ITB is more open and has more transient fidelity, the analog has great punch and is very pleasant sounding. The ITB analog summed, for me, sounds like ITB with lost transients.
Bobby Debarbes April 15, 2021 at 1:49 PM

fully agree with you
Pat Mavromatis May 9, 2019 at 2:28 AM

Very interesting! Thanks for this great piece!! All three mixes sounded great with the analog winning it for me. The ITB mix sounded well, ITB, sterile and 2D. The cymbals have that harsh metallic tinge/ringing to them. But hey, convenience wins every time, right? Thanks again for the great content! Looking forward to some more!!!
NICOLAS NIETO May 23, 2019 at 7:45 PM

No match at all on my monitoring. In the few first seconds, only the analog mix got the rythm guitars right. On other mixes, it's just buried six feet under.

About Tom Lord-Alge

Tom Lord-Alge, the younger brother of mix engineer Chris Lord-Alge, is a 3 time Grammy Award winning producer and mix engineer. One of Tom’s first major projects was the Multi-Grammy Award winning album Back In The High Life by Steve Winwood, for which Tom earned his first of two Best Engineered Recording Grammy Awards. During this time Tom worked with such artists as Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins, Billy Joel, OMD, Jeff Beck, Chaka Kahn, Level 42, Peter Cetera, Go West, Michael McDonald and Rick Astley....

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