MIX BUS PROCESSING TRICKS w/ Dave Otero & Allegaeon

If you've ever wondered about top-down mixing, or you're just looking for some new tricks for your mix bus that can help everything come together, this one's for you! Dave Otero demonstrates with the raw multi-tracks for "Roundabout" by Allegaeon.
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[@kebras_pato]

9:19 - 9:22 is the personification of what Death Metal does to a person.

[@DeanLamb]

These two men ♥️

[@georgepelekoudis]

Cool tune. Sounds like YES, with an overdrive pedal in front 😅

[@Kyp031]

Nailed it lol

[@101silencio]

Loved it! And what a cool version of Roundabout👏👏👏

[@donowainos]

9:19 When your reference is so good you've got to headbang 🤣

[@coreyroberts47]

Dude that riff slammed

[@3101max]

well its impossibe to keep youre head still if anything from shadow of intent comes on

[@shizumaruofficial]

Exactly the song I'm using as the reference right now.

[@VladicD]

What's the song?

[@donowainos]

@@VladicD Shadow of Intent - Barren and Breathless Macrocosm

[@philippgrunert8776]

Roundabout?! Nice cover

[@TheDeedeeFiles]

Awesome lesson man

[@kylecalandrelle7209]

Dave is the man🤘

[@goodsirbanzo3684]

Big daddy otero! Hope he comes back for another session soon. We know hes got both new inferi and archspire cooking up. Insta signup if its either of those sessions... or both?! Since it seems like there's multiple sessions per month nowadays for NTM

[@nenofernando]

Great Job, hugs from Sao Paulo Brazil.

[@coreyroberts47]

I have so much to learn lol

[@assshakerstudios549]

Well if you have less than 10yrs so far....keep at it. If you've got less than that.....Good Luck!

[@coreyroberts47]

@@assshakerstudios549 lol wut

[@MediaBoy13]

hope you're still learning!

[@cristobalc5101]

What is the name of that “A/B” plugin for reference?

[@sammyloehnis3373]

It's from Plugin Alliance. I think it's called the Metric Audio AB

[@BrofUJu]

He mentioned the G Buss compressor, I assume that's a hardware unit? Anyone know how much gain reduction he's getting there?

[@savatomic2]

Gullfoss is sick

[@JJJacobsMusic]

Beards looking girthy, Nick

[@BrofUJu]

How many copyright strikes is this video going to have? LOL

[@Kyp031]

Enslaved!

[@federfuchsCh]

Even if the video is called mix bus processing, this is basically a mastering chain isn't it?

[@dubiousdaydream1695]

was getting that impression as well when he started doing all those eq moves and then slammed it with a limmeter too

[@mammothaudioengineering]

Yeah, the line between the two is kinda blurry. For me personally, I do all of that processing very close to the end of my mixes because I do think of them as mastering, even though I like to send out my mixes to be mastered by others. Some of that "mastering" that I do on the mix bus then stays on and it just becomes part of the mix before I send it off for the actual master. What I'm trying to say is: It's a bit of a philosophical question and how you think of it. Is it something you do to finalize the mix or is it already meant to be the actual master? Both is valid, depending on the situation.