I mixed this song in the box with all stock and waves plugins. I used a Macbook Pro, Pro Tools 9 and a Digi 002.

I started with the drums and first duplicated the kick, because to me it sounded really weak. On the original kick track I used  the Waves SSL Channel and took out a lot of low end as well as boosted a ton of highs around 3k. On The duplicated kick track I used a Waves EQP1A and boosted 60hz. I then bussed both track together and added a Bomb Factory BF76 to get the kick to sound tight.

On the snare I used a Waves SSL Channel and boosted 200hz, 3k and 8k. I also bussed the snare to a Digidesign's D-Verb.

For the toms I duplicated the overheads edited just the toms out, so I had a little more control over them. I used a Bomb Factory BF76 to get some punch and a Waves API-550A EQ. On the EQ I boosted 50hz and 5k and cut 400hz. I also parallel compressed the toms with a Waves API-2500 and slammed them to make them almost pulse.

On the overheads I just used a Waves SSL Channel and boosted 8k.

The entire drum set was then parallel compressed with an Waves API-2500.

On the bass I added a Bomb Factory PSA-1 and automated it to give a bit of drive when needed. Both the bass di and the bass amp was bussed together and a Waves EQP1A was added with a small cut at 60hz and boost at 3k.

The guitar bussed to a mono delay with 10ms and panned hard left and right. Both tracks were then bussed together and a Bomb Factory BF76 and Waves SSL Channel was added with a boost at 5k and around 100hz. The panning and mute on the guitar tracks were automated.

The vocals had a Bomb Factory BF76 and Waves API-550A with a boost at 800hz and 10k. They were three busses for the vocals one had Digidesign D-Verb, the other had Digidesign Long Dly II and the last had Bomb Factory PSA-1 to give some grit to the vocals.

On my mix bus I had a SSL Comp. I wanted it to have more of a laid back, live bar feeling, so almost every track throughout the song was automated for feeling. 

I hope you enjoy the mix! Thank You!

Joshua Ellis


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