Mixed questions...

G-Spot · 1st February 2007, 03:57 PM

First of all thanks for spending some of your precious time with us!

1. Which is your "essential" equipment for recording drums? and Bass?

2. In your productions how much work is done in the digital world and how much is made in analog?

3. What is your workflow when you star a mix? "Bottom-Up" (meaning , Drums, then Bass, then Guit, etc), "Up-Bottom" or "all faders up in Chorus" and take it from there?

4. To which average/peak levels are you "aiming" your final mixes for? and for bass and drums?

5. Which is your favorite Mastering Engineer?

6. How much "energy" is on the bottom end of your mixes? I mean, do you somewhere at some point cut everything below a certain frequency?

Thanks in advance

Kevin Killen · 2nd February 2007, 07:45 PM

G-spot , great questions.

Some of the answers are a tad more generic , each project is driven by that set of musicians and instuments.

For drums and bass i use my Neve rack of 1064A mic pre's and eq which I will place next to those instruments and run at line level into the control room, Depending on the requirements I may use compression or not but my Distressors often get a beating at this stage !

Digital 70%, Analog 30 %, but that can vary project to project.

I work from the top down, starting with the vocal.

This one is a little fuzzy because not all tracks are created equal. Overall on an analog console peaking at +1 VU, in the digital world 3-5 db below Zero to allow the mastering engineer some room to apply his craft !

There are a lot of very talented folks out there but Bob Ludwig, Greg Calbi, Ted Jensen are always excellent. Truly there are so many great choices......

I may elect to remove frequencies below 30Hz just to keep the energy focused. I do tend to push the bass in my mixes because it feels right to me. the 250-750hz range can be problematic but it all depends on the program material.

Kevin

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G-Spot Gear nut Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Germany Posts: 134	Mixed questions... First of all thanks for spending some of your precious time with us! 1. Which is your "essential" equipment for recording drums? and Bass? 2. In your productions how much work is done in the digital world and how much is made in analog? 3. What is your workflow when you star a mix? "Bottom-Up" (meaning , Drums, then Bass, then Guit, etc), "Up-Bottom" or "all faders up in Chorus" and take it from there? 4. To which average/peak levels are you "aiming" your final mixes for? and for bass and drums? 5. Which is your favorite Mastering Engineer? 6. How much "energy" is on the bottom end of your mixes? I mean, do you somewhere at some point cut everything below a certain frequency? Thanks in advance

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2nd February 2007, 07:45 PM	#2
Kevin Killen engineer / producer / mixer Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 312	G-spot , great questions. Some of the answers are a tad more generic , each project is driven by that set of musicians and instuments. For drums and bass i use my Neve rack of 1064A mic pre's and eq which I will place next to those instruments and run at line level into the control room, Depending on the requirements I may use compression or not but my Distressors often get a beating at this stage ! Digital 70%, Analog 30 %, but that can vary project to project. I work from the top down, starting with the vocal. This one is a little fuzzy because not all tracks are created equal. Overall on an analog console peaking at +1 VU, in the digital world 3-5 db below Zero to allow the mastering engineer some room to apply his craft ! There are a lot of very talented folks out there but Bob Ludwig, Greg Calbi, Ted Jensen are always excellent. Truly there are so many great choices...... I may elect to remove frequencies below 30Hz just to keep the energy focused. I do tend to push the bass in my mixes because it feels right to me. the 250-750hz range can be problematic but it all depends on the program material. Kevin