DJ Ali and Mike Dean - Pensado's Place

Mixer/Engineer DJ Ali (Kendrick Lamar) and and Producer Mike Dean (Kanye West) sit down with Dave and Herb at the Avid booth at NAMM 2016 to talk about their recent work with their respective artists and what is in store for them in 2016.
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[@marcxhugh]

If your speakers can't handle it, get some bigger speakers - Mike Dean

[@RedRosamond]

I want a t shirt

[@momnt2]

Ali is the best engineer in hip hop right now his mixes are incredible!

[@olLOYALTYlo]

U have obviously never heard a Jason joshua mix.....I would say he's #1 rt now.......

[@momnt2]

I've heard a lot of Jason's work from Earl sweatshirt to beach is better (even Miley smh) dude's a beast but talking hip hop I just prefer Ali's style.

[@pillzbe]

+{ADDICTED_TO_THE_MIX} has Jason been nominated for more than 11 Grammys based on his work? nope? convo over.

[@olLOYALTYlo]

lmao recognition has nothing to do with quality... Just to make a point Ali is my fav engineer. his story alone inspires me...but Jasons' bass and kick technique is genius and his over all sound is flawless. Not to take anything away from Ali its just my opinion. look him up and compare mixes...Then get back to me.

[@olLOYALTYlo]

bubsbeats ohhhhh ok I agree with you I miss understood your statement...I apologize....That miley song was flawless tho from an engineers prospective.......But, I do have a valid point....my apologies.....Ali is the best in Hiphop.......

[@AlexNiedt]

I love Ali's interviews on this show.

[@ErikGiovani]

TPAB is an incredible mix

[@pedder123]

mike dean is hilarious!

[@matthewmurphy3893]

PLEASE get ALEX TUMAY on the show!!!

[@PintoSound]

Mike Dean is a legend (hands down !!!

[@AntonioGProductions]

wow what a treat,thanks pensado

[@VictorVFLOYDFloyd]

Mike Dean Be crackin me up man

[@Whynotdudemusic]

love these chats I always learn so much

[@andresesqueda1424]

my 2 biggest production influences in one video. wow.

[@supersquare]

43:52 "Do we get pro tools?" - Mike Dean classic haha

[@mickey8217]

So great! thanks guys love these dudes

[@jonburrellschannel]

they really don't want to share there secrets, do they lol

[@manpost18]

No that would be to easy... But Fr you just have to jump in

[@supersquare]

Mike Dean did on one of his interviews. He shared a bunch of chains

[@malccs]

SquareB0t got a link?

[@theinfamousches1258]

​@@malccs @squareB0t commenting cause I wanna know too lol

[@darkskinwhite]

thats why theyre called secrets lol and you gotta respect it.

[@GRILLARECORDS]

Classic one 🙏🏽

[@SrLean-kb4mv]

Great Episode!

[@mitchio83]

Herbs Polo game always on point.

[@slopaxo]

Will be on this level one day

[@MOSHAEMUSIC]

BEEN A FAN FOR A LONG TIME!! --Moshae Music

[@exseymusic6637]

An episode with Dj Quik would be nice!!

[@AARONKAYE]

dope interview

[@GARZA_ICMG]

WOO

[@KingLeslie1]

21:00 is huge.

[@manpost18]

Who the fuck dislike this??? Free Game!!!

[@jfrosavage]

Nigga said I got the real shit right here lmfaoooo

[@MadACeTeeMack]

Analog 2 Bus summing with gain, AD/DA conversion with an antelope word clock, then run it through your master bus with a transparent limiter plugin or a hardware limiter. Thats the secret chain. I dont know why all of this has to be such a big secret lol

[@TheWeaponzzz]

+tj mack I wish I was past the basics of audio engineering to understand what you just said. :/

[@AdamFiregate]

+TJ Mack I know several electronic producers with a 400 dollars speakers mixed and mastered all in the box creating great music. Also Andrew Scheps mobile setup has a 99 dollar Sony 7506 and an Apollo doing excellent stuff. No need for gold gear. If you got the ears and experience. So it CAN be done without winning the lottery. www.redbullmusicacademy.com/lectures/andrew-scheps-lecture therecordingrevolution.com/2016/02/08/the-day-iconic-mixer-andrew-scheps-ditched-his-console-for-a-laptop/

[@MadACeTeeMack]

+AdamFiregate so you are trying to tell me that you do not need a word clock for a final mixdown? you do not need a word clock and DA AD conversion for mastering. No transformers from SSL board mixing back into pro tools either? Explain please because all the hit makers I know do this.

[@MadACeTeeMack]

+AdamFiregate the only way to achieve 3D track separation is from ADAT word clock technology. To achieve true analog punch you would need a mixing board with great transformers such as an SSl. These are the facts. Most EDM music is not up to par mix and mastering wise versus mainstream professional commercial tracks. All you have to do is an A/B comparison. if it was that easy, all the equipment that I discussed would have been thrown in the trash. You can't replace 1 and 0s with real time recording. real time recording will win every time, just ask any pro Grammy winning and hit making engineer.

[@AdamFiregate]

Andrew Scheps also said that on commercial stuff not just me :) and he is fully in the box

[@Parmoss1640]

Yeahhh! That Pensado dose. Ahhhhhhhhhhhh....

[@MrBUGS713]

get dj quik on the show!!!

[@imBQL]

did they mention that mastering plugin and I just missed it?

[@tdyeas]

what is the scale they are referring for the chronic etc?

[@ahmeddahab9961]

anybody know the plugin mike used on the Travi$ scott masters???

[@xday32x]

Slate FG-X, FabFilter Pro-L, Massey L2007, an EQ and some other Slate thing

[@topofthemornintoya]

This should have been an Ali and Mike convo

[@AveMalo]

28:05 bro predicts Kendricks next album title

[@prod.antongxldn5164]

Should Get J Cole Or Nineteen85

[@jamaln9056]

does J Cole mix?

[@elijahriley1773]

+Firstname Surname I would love to see Nineteen85 Cole is a Good producer but hes never been an AMAZING producer in my opinion theres many other producers I would prefer to see before him from Toro Y Moi too Boi1da.

[@tweakhead303]

Hoping to see Jeff Bhasker on Pensado's Place

[@darkskinwhite]

Thats crazy when he asked what music they listened to as a kid I started thinking about mine & lynyrd skynyrd and was thinking I dont even know about their mixes and then they mentioned em and now I gotta go back and try to listen to the mixes on some of my favorite songs that I never thought about in that light.

[@demontehester9775]

Notification Gang ✊

[@alexwilcoxx]

Do y'all know of any mixes that don't use delays? Or at least the vast majority of spacing exists due to delays?

[@PsychedelicSocialist]

maybe

[@burrrge2656]

42:40 secret chain LOL

[@BlackExcellenceProductions]

Funny. notice how Dave chuckles after Ali said how it was easy to mix Mary j vocals in Now or Never because of the tracking engineer. I remember when he first had Ali for Gkmc he bragged about how he was the best engineer to mix her vocals. You guys need to get Juro Mez on here. J Coles engineer. He literally mixed every project

[@cybermike8732]

+Black Excellence Productions What's your point?

[@realone2445]

+Black Excellence Productions j coles mixes arentcrazy

[@9kyorgyoti3]

for a mix like mike deans you can use Fabfilters Pro L limter PLUS slate digitals FG-X limter. yes both of them just like mike threw in there on the sly. 2 Limiters on the master chain. Most likely why he barely needs mastering after his mixes. I've studied mikes mixes and im always referencing them. The fabfilter Pro L limter is great with controlling transients and the FG-X limter from slate is very great with volume boosting without losing clarity. use the pro L right before the FG-X in the master chain. shits beast. its the closest I get to a mike dean sound. @9KDN9 on instagram. kyor gyoti on soundcloud

[@savielhell33]

appreciate the info fam 👊

[@balancecooper]

cheers!

[@earlrobinson42]

Fgx is the loudest shit I've ever heard lol

[@joebrown8207]

is audio school worth the investment?

[@jonasparsson6721]

what plugin 9:39

[@MatthewBall1]

DragZB

[@elchacal658]

WHY DOES HE KEEP BRINGING UP THE SAME STORY EVERY TIME MIKE IS ON

[@thecollective5074]

From their perspective, they probably don't remember all the tiny details of each conversation. So imagine it as when you see an old friend, you might chuckle about the same old memory lol

[@willp2877]

do this again but next time invite kanye and kendrick too 8)

[@KublaCarn]

:D

[@multibeats1229]

WHAT PLUG IN !?? mike dean keeping it a secrete :( the one he said he used on travis album

[@brimdog]

mcdsp ml8000 i think

[@bluesboyking1987]

without Herb I could easily see these videos being HOURS long lol

[@JokerP5T]

DJ Ali looks like Dave East

[@dennman37]

Mike is not much of a talker, is he?

[@elijahriley1773]

+Dennis Brugman I thought I was the only one thinking that man! I wasn't fulfilled by his answers at all.

[@manpost18]

He's probably high

[@doncarrera601]

Right...i rerally didnt get anything out of him....Ali is always a great interview tho

[@808mike]

Yes but he does try but sometimes he gets cut off by the black guy (not Ali)

[@monkeyxx]

nope

[@kick4273]

Mike Dean distord Travis new album so bad, this distortion sound exacly like FG x, so shame becouse this album its strong in artistic site... please people do stuff loud buy not distort! Ali is the person you should lead...

[@Saientific]

I think Travis' album is just not good. Can't shine a turd.

[@jkwithag1384]

It was purposely loud. He said thats how travis likes it

[@baebladee2673]

Foolish Desperado Rodeo is easily top 3 most efluential hip hop albums of the last decade so your opinion dont mean shit.

[@TyCarr]

Music 45 his username is appropriate.

[@808mike]

Mike is a great engineer take it from the Yeezus album. Was amazing