Mixing Masterclass: Secrets of the Mix with Chris Lord-Alge

In this webinar, producer & mixing engineer Chris Lord-Alge (Green Day, Bruce Springsteen, Muse) opens up a session and shares some of his mixing secrets while taking questions from live viewers. Watch more from CLA:

0:00 Intro
2:26 Prepping your mix and ‘setting it up for success’
15:34 Mixing vocals; first 5 things to do to get the vocal to sit in the mix
32:34 Mixing drums; getting the drums and the bass to sit together
40:52 Gain staging: how to balance your tracks before processing

Song: IVO, “Peace & Freedom”

This masterclass originally streamed live Oct 28, 2017 as part of the Waves #OpenSessions series.

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Special thanks to White Noise Lab studios:

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