Mixing Masterclass with Jacquire King [MixCon 2020]

recorded everything in Pro Tools, but exported everything (printing some stems with things that were only available in PT, such as a Sansamp plugin), then did all the mixing in Luna
record as close to the finished sound as possible, this means committing to some compression, EQ, distortion
important to establish the sonic context and landscape that you’re building that informs the journey and the next steps
took a mono source (space echo), added Valhalla shimmer plugin to seteroize it
printing these FX from the beginning make it more fun to listen to on repeat when mixing, and also makes it sound more like a record right from the start
if you’re producing a project, make rough mixes as you go

Studer Tape Emulation on all channels (built into Luna)
pictured the 3 singers on stage when panning and balancing
uses Studer tape emulation as a tone box and compressor on background vocals, before going to the mix bus
bump in EQ at 2.3K in the bass to give the notes more definition, but that freq chosen while playing the whole mix, not in solo
fader volume is logarithmic, so likes to keep things as close to 0 as possible to preserve the ability to be as subtle as possible
on the drum bus, starts with an EQ there first, before trying to target any of the individual kits pieces
on acoustic guitar, slight wide EQ low-mid boost, followed by a compressor with slow attack and long release so the compressor sits on that sound for a while, and the result of this compressed low end makes the top feel brighter
overall, start mix at mix bus, then the groups, and the individual elements last, “start at the end and work your way back”