Grammy Award Winning Mix Engineer and more Alvin Speights

[HeruFalcon]

i heard what he did on Nick Paul's Primetime, this guy is good!

[riccoutube2]

Always love Alvin's analogies. He is a true genius and master. Miss him.

[TheHelixSpirit]

Keep it in e.q. on the mix no compression. Masterer no e.q. on the mix enhance the dynamics. Good things to notice, your studio should not use compression on anything it add distortions to the e.q.. Even when using a pedal or a mic, all the sounds should be full, NO LIMITS MEANS NO LIMITERS!!! By the way it sounds like beauty when the e.q.'s all fit on mixdown and then the master is barely touching it and it sounds like he touched a fruity pebble and made it caviar.

[Bones808kingdom]

do u know any good mixing engineers that could hook me up with a good price?

[trinketmagebeatz]

PM me for rates

[FukuAzole]

yeh... it doesnt matter what order your plugins are in your rack... it matters which order you are "patching or chaining" them in....Dynamic(usually on an insert)Frequency(on the channel strip)Modulation(in the rack, gimmicky effects)Timebased(also in the rack, more gimmicks)...

and so we all arent Phil Spector or George Martin or David Foster, but digital still sounds good if you know how to put "treatment" to your tracks... that is, if the tracks dont suck....

right tools for the job...

[djrjofficial]

true true man, you really know your production well!

[bishopdante]

DOOOD don't hurt my head.

Phil Spector made his hit records on a very class A single ended 3 channel desk with valves the size of coke cans. And no EQ. Just big fat volume knobs. 3 of them. Recorded onto mono tape, with a speaker in the toilet for reverb.

George Martin got a bunch of MONO tape machines and hooked them up to jury rig... the world's first 4 track tape machine. They looped with sellotape.

K.I.S.S.

my ass.

[keyemup]

hey does anyone know what order your plugins should be in in your rack while mixing vocals?

[jrccrew]

DFMT

D=Dynamic (Compression,Gate) F=Frequency (Eq, De-essing) M=Modulation (Phaser, Flanger) T=Timebased (Reverb, Delay). There's no "set in stone" order but this is somewhat of the standard. Any variation of this order will simply change the sound. Just experiment and find what works best for the sound you are lookin for... Hope this helps.

[bishopdante]

whichever plugins you want, in whatever order you want.

It all depends how you want it to sound, and what was recorded.

Follow your ears.

Do it "wrong". Don't be boring. Make it spicy.

[mrhorn2001]

@bishopdante

great advice

do it "wrong" , hehehehe

i agree, well said bruh, i.e. don't be too predictable.

[JBproductionz]

i hate mixing my own tracks i need an engineer lol

[hotboii07]

i got you.hit me up

[cassou90]

they are not really engineers by the way...

[jaffijoe]

While he is definitely not elaborating on the skills of mixing and everything involved, he is still speaking the truth about the relationship between a mix engineer and a mastering engineer. Also, there are a few schools that claim to teach audio engineering (full sail, etc). But, engineering is not something that is taught in the classroom. It is learned in the real world.

[maltcus]

i agree with you. I think a place like full sail is a good start. I am a self taught. I like to give my heart and soul to my music then high price equip. and software.

[jaffijoe]

Skills and experience are first and foremost in engineering. Also, having a mental picture of what you want to achieve is extremely important. Otherwise, you end up chasing your tail around trying to get it to sound passable.  Hearing it in your head and making note before recording is very helpful. having good equip is great, but you need to hone your skills first. I can take a cheap 4 track and make a better production than guys who know nothing but have a ton of gear.

[Thet3]

Hey!! do you how to export audio to mp3 and cd and keep it sounding the same???

[jaffijoe]

You cannot get MP3 to sound like PCM. You just can't. All you can do is increase the bit rate. But, most people agree that going over 160 does not have any perceived benefits. Personally, I prefer AAC for compressed music if I must.

[Thet3]

LOl!!! dont understand all of that but i will learn

[djrjofficial]

without a doubt aac is the best quality for compressed music

[Zlaja16]

too bad there is no aac players...most people dont notice a difference between was and mp3 anyway

[djrjofficial]

true, its just that aac is the best quality, but mp3 is the best for songs in terms of its small size.

[edward892]

garble garble...wash a car again. What f'ing school is teaching this?

[PhuckHue]

time to go back to analog. everything is digital and its overcompressed. vocals dont sound natural anymore

[xms32]

Records sound warmer, cleaner, fuller today than they ever have.

[jaffijoe]

They are definitely not warmer or fuller than that of analog recordings. That is for sure. They may be cleaner (almost to the point of being sterile). But, digital has it's downfalls. And, that is usually in respect to the warmth and fullness of the percieved sound. Also, there is far too much compression being used in the mastering suite these days in order to compensate for this lack of warmth and fullness.

[jaffijoe]

The debate between digital and analog will never end anytime in the near future. But, one thing is for sure. As one of the few remaining engineer/producers that are proficient in both the operation and maintenance of multitrack analog tape recorders, I command a salary that is 5 to 10 times that of an engineer/producer that works in ProTools or equivelant. And, that really sums it up if you ask me.

[xms32]

You're right, the debate probably never will go away. I deal with acoustic instruments. Have done so for 33 years. I don't care for added effects. I want my violins to sound like violins. I consider tape bias an added effect. That's why I go digital. It captures what my violins sound like live.

[13crapa]

I just want to ask: If digital recording is better, why when a full big Classical orchestra go into the Teatro Regio Di Parma or at La Scala di Milano records with THREE ribbon mics and a 1 inch recorder?

maybe 50 music professors have less ear then all those knob twinklers?