Jaime Parada Dear Chris I am inspired by you and what you do and learn everything what you do cause I practice mixing music production and techniques I have on my you tube Playlist of sound samples and mixes
(Sharing my Notes) 1. Eq before compression depending on what your trying to accomplish 2. CLA Master buss on the Master Buss with an Aux (pre master ch) feeding the Master Buss to hit Vu meter at -3 of reduction 3. CLA 76 blue is more gritty Black is cleaner choose the one that your tasting 4. Gain Staging use a meter and stage accordingly 5. Mono to stereo is useful to add efexcts like in CLA effects sections of the plug-ins 6. Color Code your tracks before you start so you can mix not search . 7. Parallel Compression is more used by CLA in the analog world because it's harder to get that extra 5% vs in the digital world. Parallel is sending the group or what ever element you want to add top or bottom feel to it, and sending it to an Aux with a compressor that is compresing hard and re adding that signal back in to taste. 8. The trick to add depth and demention and with, is don't compress everything and if you do, do it so it's un noticed, Eq to serve the song, put affects while the track is playing not in solo, 9. LCR 10. To create interesting sections in a mix you fool the listener to focus on subtle things before the next section comes in. 11. CLA unplugged uses a lot on Pianos by CLA it has two reverbs and it's sexy on Vocals and creates huge image 12. Dancing while mixing is a must when your having fun like CLA Recap - set your self up for success, have a vision, have great gain structure, CLA plugins can get you there faster.
The tone of virtually every statement he makes seems to suggest this is actually obvious. That positively amuses me. Thanks, Chris. You do your part to get us going.
Chris has helped me take my mixes from just awful and falling apart on different stereos to very listenable, especially with drums. His mixdown plug i got on sale for 30 bucks and its worth so much more. Between him and steven slate drilling 'there's no wrong way to make a sound' a record i have been working on for years with frustration has become enjoyable, fun and better sounding. Chris is my basement and i build from there. I'm no longer overwhelmed and lost. Thanks Chris for making music fun again.
Legend! I love how he’s sorta pissed off through the whole video like before he came, his dogs pooped all over his carpets but didn’t have time to clean it all up to get to the session on time, so in the back of his mind he’s thinking about how he’s gotta go back home to clean it all up while the situation is coloring his temperament.
To think im watching this legend for free giving a mix class blows my mind. This guy is the god of mixing, be grateful he takes time to do this for us starting. Thank u CLA !!!
Awesome as always! CLA rules. As for the ppl who are complaining: 1. this is free, 2. waves wants to promote their plugins and the cla bundle is quite powerful anyways, 3.it's not about how you use the plugins, its about the end sound, cla has a sound he wants to achieve and this is what he tries to explain, this is the useful stuff.
The difference between mixing professionally recorded tracks and amateur tends to be big enough that many "rules" change. For example, if I'm mixing a song that was tracked here or another pro/commercial quality studio by a professional engineer, I use solo as I'm loading and prepping each track just to know what I'm labeling amd get an idea of what's going on. After that, I probably won't push the solo button much if at all. Sometimes I only have to process the busses and very little, if anything, to any of the tracks. Amateur recordings sent in to the studio are a different story. Most of the time I need to go through each track 1 at a time before I start and correct issues with editing/automation/processing before I can begin mixing.
Maybe he is not the greatest teacher, or a perfect man, but he proved so many times, that he is a great mixing engineer. I am always glad to watch him working, or hear some of his tips, because I always learn something new. And to all the nobodies, who just have their big mouth and nothing else : CLA doesn't give a shit about you, or your comment. Peace.
Why so much hate? Every mixer is different. Chris goes on instinct. He didn't finish pedagogy. He just mixes awesome music and tries to show us how. Try to learn something from anybody that comes into your path instead of judging. Judging takes RAM and buffer up. Just sayin'.
Exactly, people saying that he can't teach or that this was garbage are completely missing the point here. He isn't trying to sell us on these plug ins, he just simply states that he uses them because he's familiar with what they do. The questions he is being asked are pretty stupid for the most part and the big point here is that none of that even matters, and that's what I learn the most from CLA. It's not about overthinking and worrying about stuff that ultimately doesn't matter. CLA has nothing to teach, he just simply knows how to EQ and balance extremely well, shit he can hardly even use Pro Tools and yet, his ITB mix is still better than yours :)
It’s not hate, it’s called teaching and if you feel insulted maybe you’re guilty of what he’s trying to preach. There’s absolutely no reason to have a ton of tracks. All the old records sounds amazing and they had limits.... big time compared to today. He’s just trying to preach the bridge between the days of tape and the present of infinity.
My gosh. I watched this a few months ago, and his trick: EQ into compression is amazing. I started doing that and then all of a sudden I didn’t need to de-ess anymore haha.
I'm a big fan of his. Humility. For me he is the Steve Jobs of audio. His entire family did everything good that our generation heard. Waves is to be congratulated for trusting its brand in the genius hands of this great talent. I have this plugin package in my home studio and I'm very happy. Thanks Criss for the lessons! And WAVES for its product. My Dream meet Califórnia one day and Studios and Criss. 😅 Greetins from RJ Brasil. 💘🇺🇲💘🙏 GOD Bless. 🎸🎶
Young people used to clean toilets just to catch a glimpse of what engineers were doing and to hopefully hear words of wisdom. Many here are quick to make snark, rude, and condescending comments...but you watched and listened to what he shared didn't you? No appreciation. No respect. Now I understand why engineers only passed down knowledge to the kids willing to make them coffee and clean toilets. Those kind of people deserve to have a master share their knowledge.
Many of us "old guys' only came from the "Big Room" era and had to adapt to ITB. But music is music. Studios with rooms and guys like CLA who came in knocked that shit out and kept it moving. If you were lucky and doing your job all you got to do is watch them work you didn't ask questions mostly unless you wanted to piss them off. when they got done check out their mix notes hope you were paying attention after you printed mixes maybe you picked up on how the mix came together it took time repetition and a thick skin. A lot of people bitching here would never have made it past interns at places like Unique or Hit Factory or Quad. You couldn't be a whiny bitch about what the big guy engineer did or didn't do for you. You came in on your off hours while rooms were down and "practiced". If you were lucky and these guys came in and asked for you to assist in time you're doing the work they couldn't and then BAM you are first chair and doing it on your own. These days everybody wants quick fast emasculated solutions to music. Fuck creativity and talent even for mixing! I never got a chance to work with him or his brothers but thanks to the likes of Bob Power Frank Filipetti Charles Alexander Ron Banks Mike Barbiero Thom Panunzio Phil Ramone Gerry Brown Mark Harder and many many more thank you for letting me know how records are really done. And yes I know times have indeed changed but talent and creativity requirements are the same hard work on your craft no shortcuts.
Hey - Y-O!! YES!!!!!!!!! Is the only answer to if I want more from CLA. I learn more from CLA in 15 min than I do from hours of watching pretty much anyone else. And, Im from Jersey too, so I get his no BS attitude. Thanks, great stuff. SUPER helpful!
Thank you, CLA! I was told that you have to "solo" every clip and mix like that but when I did it, it sounded awesome in solo but horrible in the mix. I like your simple, yet powerful tools that can transform our mixes to another level.
Victoria Villanueva I started thinking of the whole mix as a single instrument. So when I try to solo, I just hit solo on the master buss and nothing changes lol. But here’s the thing: That means that every change I make sounds great in the song. Eq, compress, effects, all with the whole mix going. I had a bass that sounded great, and a vocal that sounded great, and a guitar that sounded great, and a drum set that sounded great. Okay, fine, but I played them all together and it all sounded washy and gross. After an hour of fiddling with crap I realised that the bass was interfering with the vocal at about 2k. So I low-passed the bass at 1.5 for so, and the whole mix just bloomed. BECAUSE: I made the correct eq move for the overall track. That one low-pass that one day changed everything for me.
@@zachary963 these big masters don't know any secret. The experience "tells them" more than "what is wrong", it shows "how to fix it". Let's say "oh my vocals sound so muddy, idk why". It happened so many times to CLA for example. He hears it "well, needs boosting here at the mid high range". For some of us (like me) still learning the craft, I would probably spend days going in and out. He fixes that in 10 seconds
I have so much respect for this guy - he's mixed so many of my favorite albums growing up - but sometimes the guy just sounds very boomer with how he talks about computer technology. It has come a long way since the 1990s.
Love this guy. Watched him work on the Slate stuff before I recorded my band and it was a huge eye opener. To the point, no nonsense and in plain English. Great methodology esp for hard rock.
I really enjoy the video, clarify some curiosity about his sound and way he works. There is no secret, it's experience that gives the concept and sound of each one.
I love all hater comments, I feel like they wish they could do 1% of what he has done. For me Chris is the best!!! I can’t believe I am having all his wisdom for free! Thanks always!
I do love Chris’s work he’s a master if not the king, he says not to over compress but that Piano at 55mins is squashed to the max. It’s actually the glue to the whole song.
Thank you so much, that was Good! I guess it's pretty pleasent when after years of release people still say thank you for your work. Once again, it was an educational pleasure.
Been watching CLA all week... caught myself saying "wham-O, Zipp-O" during my sessions... This brought me here....Now I will keep saying "Northpole to the Southpole"...and "Okay"... - CLA is definitely interesting - even just the way he speaks....
I guess the more you know, the more you can learn from a master engineer/ producer/mixer like CLA. I found this entertaining, informative AND inspiring. It's true that half the battle to getting a professional-sounding mix is... (drum roll) MAKE A PROFESSIONAL RECORDING!! Since the early days of audio, mixing was the icing on the cake - not the meat in the sandwich. That said, CLA mixes, as he said, mix to the song, not to your damn plugins!!
Awesome.. Guys get the others come in that have made signature series as well and have them discuss the plugins in a mix session just like this one. Thanks..
Thanks Waves. Love these. Looking forward to more. I hope the concepts can be better articulated and questions more thoroughly answered in the future, but still a pleasure to watch a legend at work!!
There are a lot of disappointed people here due to the fact that they are being confronted with the truth. Chis has no magic trick to teach you that will make your mixes sound pro, none exist, the recording process boils down to this: CRAP IN CRAP OUT, You MUST record radio ready performances by radio-ready artists radio ready songwriters, with a....this is really important..RADIO READY ARRANGEMENTS. Your song is mixed when it is written performed and arranged period......you want better sounding mixes? Go master THOSE THREE TASKS and every mix will be gold. If corners are cut on any of those three, not even Chris can help you. Once you admit you are not qualified to be a producer THEN you have a fighting chance because now you know where the magic happens, if you are truly passionate you will go back and learn the necessary skills in the 10,000 hours necessary to master them. Lastly the most important thing Chris says here is "USE YOUR DAMN EARS" take that advice to heart, now go start your 10,000 hours
I was super guilty in the beginning .... but the SECRET is TRIAL and ERROR + EXPERIENCE. You need to grind yourself and get to the point where you become ONE with what you are trying to do. The ones who have the right attitude will go the furthest !
Thats what i thought too.. but the sexond time i see this video i realize that he is actualy calm.. and has this teacher feel that feels like that hahahaa
The questions pissed me off too. They were so dumb. The pan the guitars and switch phase he was even generous because the actual question was too stupid to even answer.
I use parallel compression on drums in the box all the time. It works great. Gives me that extra attack without bringing up the cymbals. And because it's parallel, it still sounds natural enough.
Awesome tutorial! love your section about mixing vocals. You did a few small things to bring that vocal to life with the reverb, EQ, and delay and it improved so much. Just goes to show how you don't need to do crazy things to make it sounds good.
Love CLA's attitude to everything. To paraphrase JS Bach: 'there's nothing hard about playing an instrument: you just play the right notes at the right time and the instrument plays itself...' It can seem dismissive but it's simply true. If you record your stuff perfectly from the get-go you will have a pretty good mix just by setting the volume levels right. Anything else you do will polish it to perfection. This is what CLA is trying to instill in your way of working. People think they can just throw anything down and make it sound great with a load of fancy plug-ins. Well.... Good luck with that philosophy.
That was amazing Chris! thx for sharing all these workflow ideas and tips, I have seen every second of video that you've appeared in that I can find on youtube and it has payed huge dividends in my productions. the plugins are all great I've got pretty much all of them. /Jacob / Quickness
I'm the same as CLA when it comes to tracks. I started on 24 track analog. A session going to mix shouldn't have more than 32 tracks unless there is a specific reason. It doesn't help a mixer to have 12 stereo tracks of a guitar recorded with the same mic setup playing in different parts of the song. One of the producers jobs is to bounce those 12 tracks down into something meaningful and with the purpose to make the song complete. Delaying those decisions and just handing it off to someone else to deal with is what's called doing a half-assed job.
Hi Chris, Laurence Here, From Century One Records..on your demo plugins I would recommend putting a hiss on the sound every 10 seconds. or there could be a low end demo with low end out put in terms of sound quality altough a hiss is a good way of getting some one to upgrade ..to the pro version with out the hiss and eliminates software fraud..or pirating.
Getting a vocal to sit in the mix is super simple in Left Center Right mixing. Lets say you have a vocal, guitars, drums and bass.. Keep the kick snare and bass in the middle, pan your guitars left and right, then you have all that space in the center for the vocal. It can't get lost in the mix.
Legend! When I'm watching how simple but productive his workflow is (just a couple of plugins united with good source material) I feel very uncomfortable when I open my projects and see that I'm using too much plugins on every track :(
if we gonna be honest... i'm new to CLA's ideas, but all those "takes" are bounced. He talks a lot about old school, but this whole session is made pretty for youtube. i'd love to see what is more accurate in a real world setting
Awesome! Simple teaching, but very useful. Thanks for sharing.
Common sense is so underrated
Jaime Parada Dear Chris I am inspired by you and what you do and learn everything what you do cause I practice mixing music production and techniques I have on my you tube Playlist of sound samples and mixes
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(Sharing my Notes)
1. Eq before compression depending on what your trying to accomplish
2. CLA Master buss on the Master Buss with an Aux (pre master ch) feeding the Master Buss to hit Vu meter at -3 of reduction
3. CLA 76 blue is more gritty Black is cleaner choose the one that your tasting
4. Gain Staging use a meter and stage accordingly
5. Mono to stereo is useful to add efexcts like in CLA effects sections of the plug-ins
6. Color Code your tracks before you start so you can mix not search .
7. Parallel Compression is more used by CLA in the analog world because it's harder to get that extra 5% vs in the digital world. Parallel is sending the group or what ever element you want to add top or bottom feel to it, and sending it to an Aux with a compressor that is compresing hard and re adding that signal back in to taste.
8. The trick to add depth and demention and with, is don't compress everything and if you do, do it so it's un noticed, Eq to serve the song, put affects while the track is playing not in solo,
9. LCR
10. To create interesting sections in a mix you fool the listener to focus on subtle things before the next section comes in.
11. CLA unplugged uses a lot on Pianos by CLA it has two reverbs and it's sexy on Vocals and creates huge image
12. Dancing while mixing is a must when your having fun like CLA
Recap - set your self up for success, have a vision, have great gain structure, CLA plugins can get you there faster.
Jozay Balance Thanks 🙏💕
ahahahahhaahahaa 100%
EQ AFTER compression, he says that all the time, the first time he said BEFORE but then all the time AFTER compressor, i can't understand that...
i feel like im in school copying the homework of the start student... Thank You
Thank you for sharing your notes! This is so helpful!
The tone of virtually every statement he makes seems to suggest this is actually obvious. That positively amuses me.
Thanks, Chris. You do your part to get us going.
most stuff is actually pretty obvious... if you're experienced. Your eyes and your hears will learn it
Chris has helped me take my mixes from just awful and falling apart on different stereos to very listenable, especially with drums. His mixdown plug i got on sale for 30 bucks and its worth so much more. Between him and steven slate drilling 'there's no wrong way to make a sound' a record i have been working on for years with frustration has become enjoyable, fun and better sounding. Chris is my basement and i build from there. I'm no longer overwhelmed and lost. Thanks Chris for making music fun again.
@Epic Terry so you didn't understand shit? It's not jyat one plugin that makes the song sound professional...
@@parentedivino5466 Bruh, relax.
Legend! I love how he’s sorta pissed off through the whole video like before he came, his dogs pooped all over his carpets but didn’t have time to clean it all up to get to the session on time, so in the back of his mind he’s thinking about how he’s gotta go back home to clean it all up while the situation is coloring his temperament.
To think im watching this legend for free giving a mix class blows my mind. This guy is the god of mixing, be grateful he takes time to do this for us starting. Thank u CLA !!!
Awesome as always! CLA rules. As for the ppl who are complaining: 1. this is free, 2. waves wants to promote their plugins and the cla bundle is quite powerful anyways, 3.it's not about how you use the plugins, its about the end sound, cla has a sound he wants to achieve and this is what he tries to explain, this is the useful stuff.
CLA delivering pure heat on messy producers.
"Nobody is going to listen to it in solo" - probably the best advice i needed to hear lol
I have music contents check me out
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The difference between mixing professionally recorded tracks and amateur tends to be big enough that many "rules" change. For example, if I'm mixing a song that was tracked here or another pro/commercial quality studio by a professional engineer, I use solo as I'm loading and prepping each track just to know what I'm labeling amd get an idea of what's going on. After that, I probably won't push the solo button much if at all. Sometimes I only have to process the busses and very little, if anything, to any of the tracks.
Amateur recordings sent in to the studio are a different story. Most of the time I need to go through each track 1 at a time before I start and correct issues with editing/automation/processing before I can begin mixing.
Maybe he is not the greatest teacher, or a perfect man, but he proved so many times, that he is a great mixing engineer. I am always glad to watch him working, or hear some of his tips, because I always learn something new. And to all the nobodies, who just have their big mouth and nothing else : CLA doesn't give a shit about you, or your comment. Peace.
Whatever you say about his teaching methods he is a top level mixer for a reason, I think his volume balance and eq are on the money.
Why so much hate? Every mixer is different. Chris goes on instinct. He didn't finish pedagogy. He just mixes awesome music and tries to show us how. Try to learn something from anybody that comes into your path instead of judging. Judging takes RAM and buffer up. Just sayin'.
great comment
Exactly, people saying that he can't teach or that this was garbage are completely missing the point here. He isn't trying to sell us on these plug ins, he just simply states that he uses them because he's familiar with what they do. The questions he is being asked are pretty stupid for the most part and the big point here is that none of that even matters, and that's what I learn the most from CLA. It's not about overthinking and worrying about stuff that ultimately doesn't matter. CLA has nothing to teach, he just simply knows how to EQ and balance extremely well, shit he can hardly even use Pro Tools and yet, his ITB mix is still better than yours :)
As with all lessons in life. Take and use what you want, and leave the rest. No biggie.
+ 1! :-)
It’s not hate, it’s called teaching and if you feel insulted maybe you’re guilty of what he’s trying to preach. There’s absolutely no reason to have a ton of tracks. All the old records sounds amazing and they had limits.... big time compared to today. He’s just trying to preach the bridge between the days of tape and the present of infinity.
Best of both worlds, the best engineer and the best plugin sound in the world
Perfect combination
My gosh. I watched this a few months ago, and his trick: EQ into compression is amazing. I started doing that and then all of a sudden I didn’t need to de-ess anymore haha.
I'm a big fan of his. Humility. For me he is the Steve Jobs of audio. His entire family did everything good that our generation heard. Waves is to be congratulated for trusting its brand in the genius hands of this great talent. I have this plugin package in my home studio and I'm very happy. Thanks Criss for the lessons! And WAVES for its product. My Dream meet Califórnia one day and Studios and Criss. 😅 Greetins from RJ Brasil. 💘🇺🇲💘🙏 GOD Bless. 🎸🎶
"Time for peace and freedom". Bold lyrics. Everybody wins.
This mixer really knows his stuff, I learn a lot just by listening to him explain things.
Young people used to clean toilets just to catch a glimpse of what engineers were doing and to hopefully hear words of wisdom. Many here are quick to make snark, rude, and condescending comments...but you watched and listened to what he shared didn't you? No appreciation. No respect. Now I understand why engineers only passed down knowledge to the kids willing to make them coffee and clean toilets. Those kind of people deserve to have a master share their knowledge.
Many of us "old guys' only came from the "Big Room" era and had to adapt to ITB. But music is music. Studios with rooms and guys like CLA who came in knocked that shit out and kept it moving. If you were lucky and doing your job all you got to do is watch them work you didn't ask questions mostly unless you wanted to piss them off. when they got done check out their mix notes hope you were paying attention after you printed mixes maybe you picked up on how the mix came together it took time repetition and a thick skin. A lot of people bitching here would never have made it past interns at places like Unique or Hit Factory or Quad. You couldn't be a whiny bitch about what the big guy engineer did or didn't do for you. You came in on your off hours while rooms were down and "practiced". If you were lucky and these guys came in and asked for you to assist in time you're doing the work they couldn't and then BAM you are first chair and doing it on your own. These days everybody wants quick fast emasculated solutions to music. Fuck creativity and talent even for mixing! I never got a chance to work with him or his brothers but thanks to the likes of Bob Power Frank Filipetti Charles Alexander Ron Banks Mike Barbiero Thom Panunzio Phil Ramone Gerry Brown Mark Harder and many many more thank you for letting me know how records are really done. And yes I know times have indeed changed but talent and creativity requirements are the same hard work on your craft no shortcuts.
Bravo, bravo
I dont think CLA is pissed off, I think he is being very focused so that he can deliver concise, helpful answers.
It’s amazing how much instrumentation is in the song and it all blends so well
Sometimes knowing what NOT to do is the whole key. And he dropped jewels for over an hour. Thanks Chris.
20 minutes in and I've already learned so much. This is something I'm going to have to listen to multiple times
Hey - Y-O!! YES!!!!!!!!! Is the only answer to if I want more from CLA. I learn more from CLA in 15 min than I do from hours of watching pretty much anyone else. And, Im from Jersey too, so I get his no BS attitude. Thanks, great stuff. SUPER helpful!
I like this guy, he's straight forward.He's also a genius
Thank you, CLA! I was told that you have to "solo" every clip and mix like that but when I did it, it sounded awesome in solo but horrible in the mix. I like your simple, yet powerful tools that can transform our mixes to another level.
Victoria Villanueva I started thinking of the whole mix as a single instrument. So when I try to solo, I just hit solo on the master buss and nothing changes lol. But here’s the thing: That means that every change I make sounds great in the song. Eq, compress, effects, all with the whole mix going.
I had a bass that sounded great, and a vocal that sounded great, and a guitar that sounded great, and a drum set that sounded great. Okay, fine, but I played them all together and it all sounded washy and gross. After an hour of fiddling with crap I realised that the bass was interfering with the vocal at about 2k. So I low-passed the bass at 1.5 for so, and the whole mix just bloomed. BECAUSE: I made the correct eq move for the overall track. That one low-pass that one day changed everything for me.
@@zachary963 these big masters don't know any secret. The experience "tells them" more than "what is wrong", it shows "how to fix it". Let's say "oh my vocals sound so muddy, idk why". It happened so many times to CLA for example. He hears it "well, needs boosting here at the mid high range". For some of us (like me) still learning the craft, I would probably spend days going in and out. He fixes that in 10 seconds
I have so much respect for this guy - he's mixed so many of my favorite albums growing up - but sometimes the guy just sounds very boomer with how he talks about computer technology. It has come a long way since the 1990s.
CLA always direct and to the point. Organization is key! Simplify.
Love this guy. Watched him work on the Slate stuff before I recorded my band and it was a huge eye opener. To the point, no nonsense and in plain English. Great methodology esp for hard rock.
I really enjoy the video, clarify some curiosity about his sound and way he works. There is no secret, it's experience that gives the concept and sound of each one.
I fell inlove with this mans explanations... He's always been so freaking good at mixing
I love all hater comments, I feel like they wish they could do 1% of what he has done. For me Chris is the best!!! I can’t believe I am having all his wisdom for free! Thanks always!
Fanastic people, thank you so much, you're always trying to show the whole picture and the great details of it too. Really appreciate.
it's all about Passion ... and 1: confidence 2: confidece 3 : confidence ...
I do love Chris’s work he’s a master if not the king, he says not to over compress but that Piano at 55mins is squashed to the max. It’s actually the glue to the whole song.
Cris I mean I love this song. It's a beautiful melody. Keep up the good work respect
re watching after years. Love the gain staging explanation on the waves ssl strip. Easy to dial in the 1st gain/comp stage
I've just learned a couple of new tricks. Thanks to Waves for bringing Da Man to show us how he would do it!
Thank you so much, that was Good!
I guess it's pretty pleasent when after years of release people still say thank you for your work.
Once again, it was an educational pleasure.
Thanks Waves for this and for the sales the last weeks!!! Cheers from The Netherlands, Jeroen Simons, Independent/ex-EPICA.
here you go Waves "One day we'll be able to take the GUI and make the GUI to fill the screen but right now we dont have that technology"
For real. Sort it out people.
Very helpful!I love Chris Lord-Alge!
Chris great show , thank you it is amazing what can be done today we never had it this easy in the past , all the best, thank you waves
Been watching CLA all week... caught myself saying "wham-O, Zipp-O" during my sessions... This brought me here....Now I will keep saying "Northpole to the Southpole"...and "Okay"... - CLA is definitely interesting - even just the way he speaks....
I guess the more you know, the more you can learn from a master engineer/ producer/mixer like CLA. I found this entertaining, informative AND inspiring. It's true that half the battle to getting a professional-sounding mix is... (drum roll) MAKE A PROFESSIONAL RECORDING!!
Since the early days of audio, mixing was the icing on the cake - not the meat in the sandwich. That said, CLA mixes, as he said, mix to the song, not to your damn plugins!!
Thank you CLA, I learned a lot! 👍
Awesome..
Guys get the others come in that have made signature series as well and have them discuss the plugins in a mix session just like this one.
Thanks..
What a great session! Two thumbs up!
Audio engineers do love their solid-black T's!
Such amazing content for FREE!
Welcome to 2019
"I've been transported to the cool place" haha best line in the whole thing
Goosebumps at the mention of Zimbabwe.
Thanks Waves. Love these. Looking forward to more. I hope the concepts can be better articulated and questions more thoroughly answered in the future, but still a pleasure to watch a legend at work!!
A truly jaded, seasoned professional. Man after my own heart. LOL
There are a lot of disappointed people here due to the fact that they are being confronted with the truth. Chis has no magic trick to teach you that will make your mixes sound pro, none exist, the recording process boils down to this: CRAP IN CRAP OUT, You MUST record radio ready performances by radio-ready artists radio ready songwriters, with a....this is really important..RADIO READY ARRANGEMENTS. Your song is mixed when it is written performed and arranged period......you want better sounding mixes? Go master THOSE THREE TASKS and every mix will be gold. If corners are cut on any of those three, not even Chris can help you. Once you admit you are not qualified to be a producer THEN you have a fighting chance because now you know where the magic happens, if you are truly passionate you will go back and learn the necessary skills in the 10,000 hours necessary to master them. Lastly the most important thing Chris says here is "USE YOUR DAMN EARS" take that advice to heart, now go start your 10,000 hours
Right!!
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Donal Finn Thank you, you’re right.
LOL true! :)
I was super guilty in the beginning .... but the SECRET is TRIAL and ERROR + EXPERIENCE. You need to grind yourself and get to the point where you become ONE with what you are trying to do.
The ones who have the right attitude will go the furthest !
Thanks Chris and Waves for such an inspiring webinar! Those CLA plugins are very powerful!
Very informative as usual! Thank you for taking the time Chris!
This masterclass was dope! Big UP CLA!
I feel like every question pissed him off.
@@GoldenProductions2019 That's because he knows everyone already knows the answer but just never do anything with the answer.
Not gonna lie , I am scared. ..I feel he will bite my head off!
@@GoldenProductions2019 He's spent a lifetime in Hollywood suffering fools. It's not personal, he's a solid guy.
Thats what i thought too.. but the sexond time i see this video i realize that he is actualy calm.. and has this teacher feel that feels like that hahahaa
The questions pissed me off too. They were so dumb. The pan the guitars and switch phase he was even generous because the actual question was too stupid to even answer.
I use parallel compression on drums in the box all the time. It works great. Gives me that extra attack without bringing up the cymbals. And because it's parallel, it still sounds natural enough.
Great Tutorial. Thank you so much Mr. Lord-Alge!
I want more and more, please guys!!! Thanks Chris and thanks waves. ❤
The gain staging was amazing info.
Always precious to hear it and see it, notes taken.
Thanks for the tricks CLA.
Love Chris's insight and always appreciate being able to hear his ideas on mixing!!
FANTASTIC tutorial! Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us , Chris and waves! It means a lot.
These videos are really useful ,,,the way I mix now is because of your teaching
Awesome tutorial! love your section about mixing vocals. You did a few small things to bring that vocal to life with the reverb, EQ, and delay and it improved so much. Just goes to show how you don't need to do crazy things to make it sounds good.
i thought i am watching Al Pacino.the voice and style.yeah👍🏽👍🏽good lecture👏👏
Love CLA's attitude to everything. To paraphrase JS Bach: 'there's nothing hard about playing an instrument: you just play the right notes at the right time and the instrument plays itself...' It can seem dismissive but it's simply true. If you record your stuff perfectly from the get-go you will have a pretty good mix just by setting the volume levels right. Anything else you do will polish it to perfection. This is what CLA is trying to instill in your way of working. People think they can just throw anything down and make it sound great with a load of fancy plug-ins. Well.... Good luck with that philosophy.
Thanks Chris im from Zimbabwe btw !
Thank for sharing your expertise! Love from Iran!
That was amazing Chris! thx for sharing all these workflow ideas and tips, I have seen every second of video that you've appeared in that I can find on youtube and it has payed huge dividends in my productions. the plugins are all great I've got pretty much all of them. /Jacob / Quickness
love all the tips! Thanks CLA and Waves!
I'm the same as CLA when it comes to tracks. I started on 24 track analog. A session going to mix shouldn't have more than 32 tracks unless there is a specific reason. It doesn't help a mixer to have 12 stereo tracks of a guitar recorded with the same mic setup playing in different parts of the song. One of the producers jobs is to bounce those 12 tracks down into something meaningful and with the purpose to make the song complete. Delaying those decisions and just handing it off to someone else to deal with is what's called doing a half-assed job.
Awesome session guys, Thank you.
great session Chris, always a pleasure,
So Happy he mentioned Zim......
Really liked the song. Great vid.
i love those plugins! thanks for explaining them in such detail.
12:43 “the most important part to mixing is organizing once you can organize it you can manage it”
Hi Chris, Laurence Here, From Century One Records..on your demo plugins I would recommend putting a hiss on the sound every 10 seconds. or there could be a low end demo with low end out put in terms of sound quality altough a hiss is a good way of getting some one to upgrade ..to the pro version with out the hiss and eliminates software fraud..or pirating.
Loving your stream bro. What a gift you are sharing. Let it out bro!!! Let it ouuut!!!!
CLA keeps it real
Brethers and Methers will love this song.
Great to watch. Learned a lot. Hope more stuff is coming.
omg he just he mentioned Zimbabwe this made me view the whole vid
I"m also from Zim
Awesome master class! thanks Chris!!
This is an awesome Masterclass. Thank you 👍
Thank you for the session.
I like fokus with the reverb! Delay+Plate+Side Chain/ Simple and genius )
Thanks a lot. I learned (again) a lot more how to approach plugins. Going to try it right away :D
so glad im watching this right now
Getting a vocal to sit in the mix is super simple in Left Center Right mixing. Lets say you have a vocal, guitars, drums and bass.. Keep the kick snare and bass in the middle, pan your guitars left and right, then you have all that space in the center for the vocal. It can't get lost in the mix.
The Bass Wizard just materialised himself there! 😯
You are awesome Chris!
Legend! When I'm watching how simple but productive his workflow is (just a couple of plugins united with good source material) I feel very uncomfortable when I open my projects and see that I'm using too much plugins on every track :(
i'm a huge fan of this man!
if we gonna be honest... i'm new to CLA's ideas, but all those "takes" are bounced. He talks a lot about old school, but this whole session is made pretty for youtube. i'd love to see what is more accurate in a real world setting
A very useful and interesting video . Thanks
Great session! His is a Legend!