Deconstructing A Mix 29 TUTORiAL
TUTORiAL | 4.80 GB
Join us at Tarquin studios in Conneticut, home of the revered indie music producer and engineer Peter Katis! In this series, we focus on the song ‘Low Rising’ by The Swell Season. With the original mix session open, Katis recounts the process behind the production, engineering, and mixing of the record. Alongside referral to recording techniques, instrument preparation, and more on tracking and production, his main focus is on how it was mixed and how he can remix. Peter shares his ITB processing from 2009, applied before analog summing and his master chain. Referencing the original mix, he challenges himself to achieving a superior result, then prints two versions – one with his elaborate summing chain and one purely digital. He compares the new mixes to one another and the original, and discusses a variety of topics including analog vs. digital sonics, loudness, acoustics, and much more!
PART 1
00:20:18
Arrangement, instrumentation, kit setup & processing, summing chain, gain staging, monitoring
PART 2
00:10:53
Plate reverb, gain-matching, enhancing high end without EQ, amplifier & tape emulation
PART 3
00:09:17
Mixing vs. mastering, drum buss, phase, thickening snare, compression, distortion, breaks
PART 4
00:19:03
Drum tracks, ‘underheads’ recording technique, bass tones, vocal tracking, snare sample
PART 5
00:12:26
Adding ‘air’ to horns, bass compression, lead vocal chain, de-essing, tape saturation, EQ
PART 6
00:16:26
Bit crushing, transient design, excitement, limiting, microphone discussion
PART 7
00:11:06
Further microphone commentary, multi-band compression, mix limiting, first print, listen
PART 8
00:09:24
Taming low end, room acoustics, second print, fully ITB mix, comparison, analog vs. digital
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