Inside my mix of "Everlong" by Emery (Foo Fighters Cover)

I'm walking you through how I mixed Emery's cover of the Foo Fighters' 'Everlong,'
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Song in this Video: Everlong by Emery open.spotify.c...
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MY FAVORITE GEAR:
Computer / Interface:
Mac M1 Studio Max sweetwater.sjv...
Avid Carbon sweetwater.sjv...
Apogee Duet 3 sweetwater.sjv...
Monitors / Headphones:
Avantone CLA-10a sweetwater.sjv...
Audio Technica ATH-M50 sweetwater.sjv...
Microphones:
Shure SM57 sweetwater.sjv...
AKG D112 sweetwater.sjv...
Sennheiser e604 sweetwater.sjv...
Shure SM7b sweetwater.sjv...
AKG C451b sweetwater.sjv...
Shure SM81 sweetwater.sjv...
Audio Technica AT4050 sweetwater.sjv...
Preamps/Outboard:
API 3124 sweetwater.sjv...
EL8 Distressor sweetwater.sjv...
Favorite Plugins:
BSA Clipper blacksaltaudio...
Escalator blacksaltaudio...
Low Control blacksaltaudio...
Silencer blacksaltaudio...
DSR blacksaltaudio...
Waves SSL Bundle waves.alzt.net...
Waves CLA Compressors waves.alzt.net...
Waves Platinum waves.alzt.net...
Slate Trigger 2 sweetwater.sjv...
SoundToys Rack sweetwater.sjv...
Auto-tune Pro sweetwater.sjv...
Vocalign Project sweetwater.sjv...
Cranesong Phoenix II sweetwater.sjv...
Instruments / Amps:
Ludwig Black Beauty Snare sweetwater.sjv...
Gibson Les Paul sweetwater.sjv...
Evertune Guitars sweetwater.sjv...
Fender Jazz Bass sweetwater.sjv...
Sansamp Bass Driver DI sweetwater.sjv...
EVH 5150 sweetwater.sjv...
Mesa 2x12 cab sweetwater.sjv...

[@GrandNebSmada]

I really appreciate that you pan your drums from the drummers perspective. People who aren't drummers don't usually care, but those who are find it jarring when its not.

[@huberttorzewski]

I'm left-handed drummer but I always pan the hihat to the left and toms from left to right in all mixes. Just sounds right to me

[@christofferb435]

I'm not a drummer and that's why audience perspective makes more sense to me.

[@wereallthinkingit9389]

I'm not a drummer But I'm used to having one behind me, so audience perspective hurts my brain

[@huberttorzewski]

@@christofferb435 audience hear the drums from a distance, there's almost zero stereo spread there and everything except venue reverb is coming from the phantom center from the PA. No one from the audience is hearing drums standing one meter in front of them. That's why panning drummer's perspective makes more sense as the drummer is behind the kit and is hearing a wide stereo spread of each element of the drum kit

[@SecretMetalFromAbyss]

I prefer drummers perspective too. I like it because fills go "forward" from left to right like when one's reading text. I'm not sure if that makes any sense but that's my way of thinking it. I'm also a noob drummer so air drumming feels more right with drummers perspective. :D

[@sunshinesunshine3784]

Loving this style of content. So much appreciated

[@canhoto2836]

This is one of my favorite covers ever. Great mix! Thanks for sharing it with us. ❤

[@hardcoremusicstudio]

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[@LeChapeauMusic]

maybe pin?

[@RunWolfmanRun]

Gosh Emery? It's like a double-throwback

[@Tallstreehouse]

I was thinking the same thing, I'm back in middle school haha

[@BorisBarroso]

That is a killer version and the mix is amazing. Great ears

[@zachtoom]

The transient you're working on smoothing in the background vox around 35:45 is known as a glottal stop. Good stuff, Jordan!

[@kevinbatchelor9566]

Feels kind of like a Dear Hunter rendition of Everlong.

[@vatsalismusic]

i just love watching these videos of yours, this just helps me with the thinking that goes behind a record!

[@paulkit-]

I listened to it on Spotify, it turned out really cool, and the track is awesome.

[@tigredejadeec]

That LA3A on guitars made them sound pro! Gonna try it on those type of guitars. 🤙

[@kelvinfunkner]

excited to see Slate's VTM plugin and Phoenix 2 getting some space on the mix! Two of my all time favorite plugins!!!

[@donnybristol]

Love Emery! Solid band!

[@justinhoffman1111]

this cover they did was really good! and the mix to ;)

[@matiasbeckerle]

Thanks for sharing! Appreciate your work and wisdom.

[@Simula77]

Really interesting content and a great video. In this genre of music I would personally expect a bit less punchy and scooped drums but that's of course a matter of taste and it seems the drummer is actually playing pretty loud.

[@minorchordstudio]

Sounds killer, man!

[@bobbyweezer]

Fantastic video, thankyou.

[@scottlerner2240]

This is super informative, thanks Jordan!

[@eweesplace]

Very excited to see this one! ❤

[@philippgrunert8776]

Nice performance

[@aaronthomas7790]

Super helpful approach to mixing. Thanks. Do you have any recommendations for heat alternatives for those of us not on pro tools? Something like sonimus maybe or slate or just skip?

[@askacullman]

Hi Jordan. Love your videos and the drum mixing workshop was great. Thanks for the excellent content you provide. What are the sample rates and bit rates you work with?

[@SecretMetalFromAbyss]

Tape saturation plugings tend be too aggressive if the input is around zero imo. Waves kramer tape has this nice mild saturation and compression going on when you put input to -18 and output to +18 if I remember those numbers correctly. Waves Abbeyroad tape works pretty much the same but there's way more variables to deal with. I'm pretty sure there's a reason why they link input and output volume. :D

[@jerryrichardson5545]

Subtle is the key.

[@danymalsound]

This is so good!

[@Kynect2Hymn]

It's funny, I can definitely hear your hard rock mixing chops in play. In my opinion, it feels very compressed for a chill lounge cover, other than that the balance and eq decisions sound good; compressed just a bit too much IMHO.

[@MariJu1ce]

Yea doesnt feel that chill and mellow like he said he went for

[@juliantcach2712]

Amazing!!

[@SilvioGazquez]

Cool video! snare and kick samples are Alessis D4, right?

[@Rhuggins]

I would LOVE to mix this. Id be happy to pay for the multitracks. Any chance?

[@ILoveTelecasters]

Can hear that Logic Drummer from a mile away

[@nicok5630]

Chillaxing...

[@twaltmusic]

Emery's version sounds like an early Radiohead approach

[@BukanIbuMu]

How can the Waves SSL E Channel be hated so much on audio forums? I think it sounds pretty good here. I try to like the BX SSL E Channel (praised so much on every audio forum ever) and I really can't. I ended up uninstalling it after a few days.

[@MariJu1ce]

Digital eq is digital eq. Just different gui’s and slight almost imperciveable harmonics if not pushed hard. The compressors may sound a bit different though

[@JoeyFTL]

I like both for different things but Waves have the controls down pat for sure. I always have to hold shift with the bx version cause it's way too fiddly. The comp is truer to life on the W version too. The bx rocks on guitars though.

[@BrofUJu]

I love the new Waves one but it's a bit of a CPU hog. I have like 5 SSL plugins it's stupid, lol

[@JoeyFTL]

@@BrofUJu I have an INSATIABLE appetite for SSL and I ain't afraid to say it

[@BrofUJu]

@@JoeyFTL I have the Waves SSL, new SSL, CLA SSL, Bx SSL and the official SSL plugin, lmao. I actually probably use all 4 of them except the Bx one depending on what I'm looking for, largely CPU usage or the project

[@drumcoverer]

The hi hat is on the right in the overheads (audience perspective) but you pulled the hi hat mic to the left 😬

[@guitarplayer5932]

you never do that? i always do that on every track all the time and i have won 27 grammys

[@lebcaleb8692]

Well done. Thank you for your time and effort. Please, mixing start with static mix at least. People don't know how to properly balance their tracks. So by skipping that step, newbies get confused on what to focus on. Don't get me wrong, what you're sharing is valuable. Therefore, it creates that illusion that Eq, compression and other fun stuff are more important, that is what content about mixng tend to focus on.

[@marekvoosen]

And I'm also not sure if these are the raw tracks?! Some assistant already did some cleaning stuff? But I like the mix. Thanks

[@justinhayes3434]

That's the wrong kick sound for this arrangement. Too much click and not enough resonance.

[@paulkit-]

Thank you, very interesting and useful!🤘🤘🤘