Your favourite mixing engineer - Page 2

Don Srygley · 8th January 2007, 06:46 AM

Well, looks like a good list of the usual names so far, but I would have to add Steve MacMillan and Jack Joseph Puig. If only because these 2 have mixed at least 3 or 4 of my favorite sounding albums in the past 20 years. Still, some of the very best stuff I've ever heard is unreleased and mixed by unknowns. Plus, I don't exactly suck. I just ain't got no hits. But then again, I don't get out much.

rcm · 8th January 2007, 07:45 AM

David Botrill.

Steve MacMillan · 8th January 2007, 08:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Don Srygley

Well, looks like a good list of the usual names so far, but I would have to add Steve MacMillan and Jack Joseph Puig.

Thanks, that made my day. Especially being mentioned along side Jack.

I really like Jack, Andy Wallace, Mike Shipley, Dave Pensado, Brendan O'Brien, Steve Hodge, & CLA

STeve

5down1up · 8th January 2007, 09:03 AM

too many to mention

another vote for SteveMacMillan & O´Brien & all the OTHERS

thank YOU for the music

knightsy · 8th January 2007, 09:18 AM

Andy Wallace... yeah. That's about it. I absolutely LOVED his A Perfect Circle mixes.

doorknocker · 8th January 2007, 09:20 AM

Geoff Emerick :

I listened to the Zombies 'Odeseey and Oracle' yesterday and there it was on the first track: The exact same sound that Paul got on 'Sgt. Pepper'! ('Oddesey' was done right after Sgt. Pepper and mostly at Abbey Road') 'it's the player' 'It's the song', etc.....all true but in the end it only works if somebody is able to translate and glorify it.

Geoff Emerick = Innovation and craft in splendid synergy.

Bruce Swedien:

A while ago, I listened to Herbie Hancock's excellent 'Gershwin's Word' record and thought to myself 'My god, this is a great sounding mix'. Checked the credits then.....

Glyn Johns / Andy Johns / Eddie Kramer / Ken Scott:

That amazing rock and roll attitude. Stones/Zep/Who/Traffic/Hendrix/Mahavishnu/Supertramp!

- Andy Wallace:

If 'Grace' was the only record he ever did it would be enough for a spot on the Mix Olymp! I wish he would produce more but then again, where do you go after Jeff Buckley?

- Chuck Ainley:

Everything I ever heard that he mixed was sounding great.

.....and so many others........

LaLaFaV · 8th January 2007, 09:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rcm

David Botrill.

I agree...

Andy Wallace is my favorite, though.

pixelhead · 8th January 2007, 10:16 AM

Andy Sneap
Collin Richardson
Andy Wallace
Terry Date
Lord-Alge Brothers
Bob Rock

FreaQuency · 8th January 2007, 10:38 AM

[quote=burst;1056481]Mark "Spike" Stent, for his rules-breaking creativity and total diversity (as if I need a reason other than Massive Attack's Mezzanine).

I´m totally blown away by Mark as well!! Hes da man!!!

Also always listening to:

Niklas Flyckt
Dave Pensado
Russell Elevado

licopin · 8th January 2007, 03:22 PM

Phill Brown
Steve Nye
Callum Malcolm

PhilE · 8th January 2007, 03:41 PM

Me.

or Cenzo Townsend

Ravian · 8th January 2007, 03:55 PM

Dave Pensado
Russell Elevado
John Gass
Tony Maserati
Manny Marroquin
Bruce Swedien
Dexter Simmons

lblstudio · 8th January 2007, 03:59 PM

Joe Chiccarelli.

w2w · 8th January 2007, 04:02 PM

Glyn Johns

Ethan Johns

Jack Joseph Puig

Phil Spector

Bob Ross · 8th January 2007, 06:47 PM

Can't say that I have a "favourite" per se, but nearly everytime I've been listening to a record and found myself thinking "Damn, this sounds really good!" invariably the engineer was Ron St. Germain.

channelcat · 8th January 2007, 07:12 PM

Tom Dowd
Eddie Kramer
Glyn Johns
Andy Johns

six_wax · 8th January 2007, 07:19 PM

How about including your favorite example (record) of their work with your favorite mixers?

[Yes, you're just helping me build my reference mix library :]

Bob Clearmountain - Jonatha Brooke '10 Cent Wings'

Andy Wallace - Nirvana 'Nevermind'
Chevelle's 'This Type of Thinking'

Brendan O'Brian - Soundgarden 'Superunknown'

Mark 'Spike' Stent - Massive Attack 'Mezzanine',
(the latest Goldfrapp is killer for synthy stuff)

Andy Johns - Ray LaMontagne 'Until the sun'

...

More please!

I'm in the bad habit of buying CDs just for the mixers these days...

luctellier · 8th January 2007, 07:27 PM

Randy Staub

Chris Lord-Alge

Andy Wallace

Barish · 8th January 2007, 07:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by six_wax

How about including your favorite example (record) of their work with your favorite mixers?

Kevin Killen - PG "So".

Would that do?

B.

paultools · 8th January 2007, 07:38 PM

Some of my favorites are guys that you can identify right away when you listen to a song:

Jon Gass in his LaFace days (Don't Be Cruel- Bobby Brown)

Steve Hodge in his SOLAR days (2nd Time Around- Shalamar)

Michael Brauer in his Mediasound days (Never Too Much- Luther Vandross)

Dave Way in his Teddy Riley days (Remember the Time- MJ)

Bob Clearmountain in his Power Station days ( Summer of 69- Bryan Adams)

Andy Wallace/Arthur Baker days

George Massenburg/Earth Wind & Fire

Barney Perkins/Anita Baker

Rudy Van Gelder/CTI

Frank Heller, CLA, TLA/Unique NYC

audiomichael · 8th January 2007, 07:46 PM

Alan Meyerson - Soundtracks: Gladiator, Blood Diamond, Antz (and most everything by Hans Zimmer & family)
Dennis Sands - Soundtracks: Bourne Supremacy, Big Fish, Spiderman
Shawn Murphy - Soundtracks: StarWars, Nightmare Before Christmas
Casey Stone - Soundtracks: Elektra, Confidence

Gary Paczosa - Alison Kraus

Mike Shipley: - Hysteria
Michael Wagener: Extreme-Pornographiti, Ozzy-No More Tears, Testament-Low
Terry Date: Pantera - Far Beyond Driven
Bob Clearmountain: INXS kick
CLA & TLA - turn on the radio
Andy Wallace: ROCK!
Serban Genah: Justin Timberlake
Dave Way: Fiona Apple (all)
Manny Marroquin: John Mayer Continuum

Musiclab · 8th January 2007, 07:47 PM

For me in no particular order its
Bob Clearmountain
Andy Wallace
Tom Lord Alge
Kevin Killen for So although the Mr Mister record he did has great songs on it but doesnt sound great.
Elliott Scheiner for Richard Pages record "Shelter Me" which in my opinion is the best sounding record I've ever heard

PRobb · 8th January 2007, 08:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by w2w

Glyn Johns

Ethan Johns

Jack Joseph Puig

Phil Spector

Glad to see Ethan Johns get a mention. I love the production on Ryan Adam's "Heartbreaker".

pigpen · 8th January 2007, 09:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tuflek

Andy Wallace - his mixes sound great on everything,you can hear the band,not the mixer(RATM sounds like RATM,Sepultura sounds like Sepultura).
I liked the lot of albums he did before I got into recording and knew who he is.

Terry Date -I like the sound of the albums he did,loud but nice and rich

Brendan O'Brien - he mixed Soundgarden Superunknown and some other great sounding records

what this guy said

A guy I have not really seen his name on this board that did some albums in the late 90's, early 2000 that I really dug was Malcolm Springer. He rawks.

six_wax · 8th January 2007, 11:03 PM

Don't forget the "suggested listenings" for these guys!

not_so_new · 8th January 2007, 11:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by six_wax

Don't forget the "suggested listenings" for these guys!

I like that idea!

picksail · 9th January 2007, 12:02 AM

Aw dammit.

When I originally cast my vote it was with regard to "Your Favorite Mixing Engineer"-singular.

That required a bit more deliberation to arrive at 'one mixer'.

EduardoApolonia · 9th January 2007, 12:18 AM

Andy Sneap
Andy Wallace
Chris Lord-Alge
Collin Richardson
Brendan O' Brian
Randy Staub
Terry Date

delcosmos · 9th January 2007, 12:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by studjo

I also like Michael Brauer he's the guy for the ambient room stuff. I like the natural drums he gets. Also he gets wonderful result with girls (not what you guys think - did ya hear Aimee Mann? great stuff). And the stuff he did recently with Ben Folds: WOW. It's the best Rock mix I heard in a long time. Really upfront in a natural way - not that overcompressed edgy shit they sell as upfront nowadays

Jo

I agree, Ben Folds is one of my all time favorites, his "Rockin' the Suburbs" is great, mixed by Ben Grosse, but definetly "Songs for silverman" and the "Over the hedge" album has the MB style printed.

Obviously I'm a big time fan of TLA, AW, CLA, BC, MG, JJP, Mike Shipley and "Spike" Stent.. and Geoff Emerick.

Best regards.

Armando Avila

P.S. I also love the mixes by Mr. John Paterno on "Soraya" album.

taturana · 9th January 2007, 12:55 AM

bruce swedien, cla, tla, bob clearmountain, mick guzauski, geoff emerick, david bottril, eddie kramer ...and many others i am forgetting to mention... you know, the heavyweights...

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8th January 2007, 06:46 AM	#31
Don Srygley Gear Head Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Muscle Shoals, AL Posts: 33	mixers Well, looks like a good list of the usual names so far, but I would have to add Steve MacMillan and Jack Joseph Puig. If only because these 2 have mixed at least 3 or 4 of my favorite sounding albums in the past 20 years. Still, some of the very best stuff I've ever heard is unreleased and mixed by unknowns. Plus, I don't exactly suck. I just ain't got no hits. But then again, I don't get out much.

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8th January 2007, 09:03 AM	#34
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8th January 2007, 09:18 AM	#35
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doorknocker Lives for gear Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Basel, Switzerland Posts: 3,616	Geoff Emerick : I listened to the Zombies 'Odeseey and Oracle' yesterday and there it was on the first track: The exact same sound that Paul got on 'Sgt. Pepper'! ('Oddesey' was done right after Sgt. Pepper and mostly at Abbey Road') 'it's the player' 'It's the song', etc.....all true but in the end it only works if somebody is able to translate and glorify it. Geoff Emerick = Innovation and craft in splendid synergy. Bruce Swedien: A while ago, I listened to Herbie Hancock's excellent 'Gershwin's Word' record and thought to myself 'My god, this is a great sounding mix'. Checked the credits then..... Glyn Johns / Andy Johns / Eddie Kramer / Ken Scott: That amazing rock and roll attitude. Stones/Zep/Who/Traffic/Hendrix/Mahavishnu/Supertramp! - Andy Wallace: If 'Grace' was the only record he ever did it would be enough for a spot on the Mix Olymp! I wish he would produce more but then again, where do you go after Jeff Buckley? - Chuck Ainley: Everything I ever heard that he mixed was sounding great. .....and so many others........ __________________ Andi www.doorknocker.ch 'You'd be surprised how much it costs to look this cheap! - Dolly Parton

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8th January 2007, 06:47 PM	#45
Bob Ross Lives for gear Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: NYC Posts: 1,615	Can't say that I have a "favourite" per se, but nearly everytime I've been listening to a record and found myself thinking "Damn, this sounds really good!" invariably the engineer was Ron St. Germain.

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8th January 2007, 07:19 PM	#47
six_wax Lives for gear Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 908	NEW TWIST How about including your favorite example (record) of their work with your favorite mixers? [Yes, you're just helping me build my reference mix library :] Bob Clearmountain - Jonatha Brooke '10 Cent Wings' Andy Wallace - Nirvana 'Nevermind' Chevelle's 'This Type of Thinking' Brendan O'Brian - Soundgarden 'Superunknown' Mark 'Spike' Stent - Massive Attack 'Mezzanine', (the latest Goldfrapp is killer for synthy stuff) Andy Johns - Ray LaMontagne 'Until the sun' ... More please! I'm in the bad habit of buying CDs just for the mixers these days...

8th January 2007, 07:38 PM	#50
paultools Lives for gear Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Virginia Beach Posts: 1,600	Some of my favorites are guys that you can identify right away when you listen to a song: Jon Gass in his LaFace days (Don't Be Cruel- Bobby Brown) Steve Hodge in his SOLAR days (2nd Time Around- Shalamar) Michael Brauer in his Mediasound days (Never Too Much- Luther Vandross) Dave Way in his Teddy Riley days (Remember the Time- MJ) Bob Clearmountain in his Power Station days ( Summer of 69- Bryan Adams) Andy Wallace/Arthur Baker days George Massenburg/Earth Wind & Fire Barney Perkins/Anita Baker Rudy Van Gelder/CTI Frank Heller, CLA, TLA/Unique NYC __________________ We are creating enemies faster than we can kill them.

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audiomichael Lives for gear Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: L. A.-ish Posts: 1,323	Alan Meyerson - Soundtracks: Gladiator, Blood Diamond, Antz (and most everything by Hans Zimmer & family) Dennis Sands - Soundtracks: Bourne Supremacy, Big Fish, Spiderman Shawn Murphy - Soundtracks: StarWars, Nightmare Before Christmas Casey Stone - Soundtracks: Elektra, Confidence Gary Paczosa - Alison Kraus Mike Shipley: - Hysteria Michael Wagener: Extreme-Pornographiti, Ozzy-No More Tears, Testament-Low Terry Date: Pantera - Far Beyond Driven Bob Clearmountain: INXS kick CLA & TLA - turn on the radio Andy Wallace: ROCK! Serban Genah: Justin Timberlake Dave Way: Fiona Apple (all) Manny Marroquin: John Mayer Continuum

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Musiclab Lives for gear Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Elmont NY Posts: 3,221	For me in no particular order its Bob Clearmountain Andy Wallace Tom Lord Alge Kevin Killen for So although the Mr Mister record he did has great songs on it but doesnt sound great. Elliott Scheiner for Richard Pages record "Shelter Me" which in my opinion is the best sounding record I've ever heard __________________ Lou Gimenez www.musiclabnyc.com

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taturana Lives for gear Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 2,526	bruce swedien, cla, tla, bob clearmountain, mick guzauski, geoff emerick, david bottril, eddie kramer ...and many others i am forgetting to mention... you know, the heavyweights...