Mixing Muse Guitars - Chris Lord-Alge

[@mixwiththemasters]

Full video available exclusively on mwtm.org/cla-survival

[@leonidmakogon3673]

... EVERYTHING YOU SAY - CAN BE THROWED INTO THE GASKET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU DON'T START WITH... FROM THE BEGINNING ... START WITH - WHAT THE FUCKING MONEY IS NEEDED !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YES ! EXACTLY ! WITHOUT MONEY AND OPPORTUNITIES - YOU WILL BE IN THE ASS! BE SURE TO BE OPEN... FROM THE BEGINNING... MAN NEED MONEY! TO BUY EVERYTHING YOU NEED! AND TO ALL THIS ... STILL NEED A GOOD ROOM !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AND ALL EQUIPMENT... AND EVERYTHING... ONLY ONE ! A GOOD MICROPHONE... COSTS ABOUT 7-8 THOUSAND EUROS! IF THIS IS A VINTAGE NEUTMANN... LIKE... AND ALSO... YOU NEED A WHOLE MICROPHONE PARK! WHAT IF I HAVE HUNDREDS OF TOOLS??? YOU ARE BLOWN!... I NEED HUNDREDS OF MICROPHONES! AND A PIANO... AND MICROPHONES TO IT... AND ANOTHER HUNDREDS OF SYNTHESIATORS... AND HUNDREDS OF DRUMS... AND WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THAT??? AND BECAUSE OF THIS... IT IS NECESSARY AND SOFT... AND ACOUSTICS OF THE ROOMS TO BE DONE... AND AUDIO INTERFACES... YES EKIBANA... - THIS COSTS MANY MILLIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AND THAT'S WHAT DEAR BABBIES... YOU SIT AND SAY SOMETHING THAT IT IS NOT COMPLETELY UNDERSTANDING... YES YOU SHOW ME - WHAT YOU DO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !! SHOW ME YOUR TOOLS... SHOW ME YOUR RESULTS... ! AND YOUR SOUND... BECAUSE THERE ARE PLENTY OF STUDIO THAT HAVE ALMOST EVERYTHING... BUT DO TOTAL SHIT! SHOW ME YOUR SOUND AND WHAT YOU HAVE ACHIEVED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHAT ARE YOU RECORDING - IDIOTIC JAZZ AND FUCK OR FUCKING ROCK WITH GUITARS ON OVERLOAD??? SHOW ME - PERSONALLY YOUR MUSIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I WANT TO HEAR - YOUR MELODIES AND YOUR MUSIC! AND YOUR SONGS! WHERE ARE THESE RESULTS????????????????????????????????????????????????? ????????????????????????????????????????????????? YOU PERSONALLY HAVE AT LEAST ONE BEAUTIFUL MELODY WHICH WOULD REMAIN IN THIS WORLD FOREVER ????????????????????????????????? ???????????????????????????????????????????????????? ?????????? OR ARE YOU RECORDING - THAT CRAZY JAZZMAN SHIT THAT PEOPLE WILL FORGET IN ONE MINUTE??? THIS IS ALL THE THING... THERE ARE A LOT OF FAKE MUSICIANS... AND THERE IS ALMOST NO REAL MUSIC...

[@thiagogueri]

2:17 he calibrates his ear

[@ludwigmack]

your comment is underrated xD

[@elAlienMexicano]

Hahaha

[@Dav3L]

Hahahahahahaha 😂😂😂

[@irongoron3190]

HAHAHAHAHAHA

[@willersandervan]

lol

[@aragusea]

This is very well shot and edited.

[@eddieademi]

Holy shit Adam its you!!! Long Live the Empire

[@nicovaldixd]

Hi adam!

[@marcschelz]

didnt expect to see you in the comment section :D

[@lequykhang9342]

I've seen you everywhere from drumming channels to this channel too? Is there a musical side hustle too that we don't know about? 😆

[@jpdelete]

For entertainment but it'd be better in a single shot to see his mixing without all the movement, zooming and closeups

[@Pulse2AM]

I like how fast he works, just make a decision and go - don't look back.

[@DefThrone]

You eventually do look back when you step back and see the whole picture again. It takes a lot of time and tweaking to get right.

[@desjungmusic]

Amazing huh. It takes a lot of experience to be able to do so. Trial and errors.

[@BrandonChaunceyOfficial]

DeftZeppelin As far aa EQing goes you'll end up going back most of the time if you're a good mixing engineer. however, I'm sure he has plenty of slap ons and 1,2,3 tricks he gets on his first draft

[@razzanator06]

He will definitely look back at times and make adjustments, but CLA Is one of few engineers that does work ridiculously fast compared to most. Definitely didn't always work like this, but god damn he's fast now.

[@Obicere]

I'm constantly 'paralysed by intent', there is such a thing as too much choice. 'Broad strokes' to begin?

[@heitkilian]

i have no idea what he is talking about, but i like watching the video

[@IdunGOOFEd]

Xerø this isn’t music theory, it’s audio engineering

[@TheJTK123]

This guy knows his shit

[@exiles_dot_tv]

@Xerø The guitarist did do his job here. That doesn't mean he's going to magically sit perfectly in the mix when all the other instruments and voices are added, that's where the mix engineer comes in.

[@Juan-zr2hx]

Lmao for real i know he is equing and adding effects but Im used to the digital visual equalizers so I'm lost

[@gipetuberine]

@@IdunGOOFEd Teaching how to mix! Once you record tracks u need to glue em all...is art!

[@Achase4u]

Dude EQs in an aweomse guitar sound in 3 seconds on several tracks. Insane.

[@jordankrecek5947]

I mean, you've got a worldclass guitar player that recorded a part with an elite engineer, using elite instruments and mics, with like 15 guitar tracks with different tones. It sounds like it would be pretty easy.

[@waawaaweewaa2045]

Yeah real easy lol. That audio engineer has a golden ear man, all of his mixes sound frigging huge. The best gear will only get you halfway there with an average engineer; there arent that many elite guys that know how to mix like this.

[@Snazzydash]

#edgy

[@JUNK_ZONE]

I mean, I guess. When a pro mics up a guitar cab, it's hard to tell it's not mixed already. So he's doing subtle enhancements.

[@waawaaweewaa2045]

not true at all. if u were to stack well miced tracks without equing or compressing them, the track would sound like complete ass, especially with formats like this where just the guitar has a gazillion tracks alone.

[@aaronaustin7760]

The speed of his decision making is astonishing! What he did in 6 minutes would take me hours of trial and error. I believe it all comes down to the philosophy that he has an absolute vision of what he wants and he already know how to achieve it. I'm always curious as to the artist's take on his decisions or if they just trust his judgment, and just let him do his job.

[@wingracer1614]

Do it all day, everyday for 20 years and there wont be much trial and error. You've heard it all a thousand times before and done the same things with it a thousand times before.

[@jamescater66]

It's scripted for the camera, he's already spent hours on this mix

[@ryanf2029]

James Cater this is still likely how he works. He’s a master. I actually studied audio engineering under Drew Mazurek (spelling) a decade ago and he was like this. He could spot and fix trouble spots in a mix in seconds. I learned a lot. Biggest most impactful thing he taught me was to compress the living shit out of the overheads for a huge snare sound. Tight drums brings the whole mix together.

[@soleonsaleid439]

So what's the name of the channel?

[@andrewrosene7732]

James Cater I love that people actually think he spent 6 mins dialing in that elec lol

[@thechannelitrollwith1645]

everything is done so quickly and matter-of-factly. you go along listening and you're like "yeah, you're right!" then you try it out and realize you don't have his instincts nor his experienced decision making ability. absolute legend.

[@dantei.9661]

In my humble opinion, the most important thing we should notice and ideally - remember - is how Chris always has an idea before starting to make his moves. He knows what he wants to hear there, and that's, of course, experience and years of mixing, but I think it's a priceless idea! It doesn't matter where in your mixing-game you are right now, try it and just simply tell yourself "Hm, let's go for a clean/bright/boomy/snappy/saturated/distorted sound with delay/reverb/etc." (Or whatever it is you call the sounds you hear). Then just go for it! It doesn't matter how it will turn out in the end. If you accomplished what you were looking for, then it's points for you, don't overthink it and go rough and trust your ears and instinct! If you kinda like some chain you made, save or remember it! Use it more often - with time you'll elaborate on this idea and refine with experience you gathered along the way. Perhaps it could become an unique tool in your arsenal.

[@goodghan]

imagine your miserable life got mixed by this guy, its gonna be beautiful

[@noLeeblueski]

now that'd be useful. I guess

[@kristalskull]

Jajajaja, the best coment!! 🤣🤣

[@Vandeman84]

Hahahahaha

[@muse4clarice]

Grandios

[@KupalskiDziadok]

you made my day dude, can't stop laughing :D

[@jesse_cole]

Jesus, everytime he pushes up a fader I get a chill from how badass it's getting. I've spent so much time watching "how to mix x, y, and z" videos on KZbin that I almost forgot some people can actually make shit sound great.

[@dbottiaux88]

To be fair, he's working with Muse... wouldn't exactly call that "shit" lol. But watching a seasoned pro mix is something to behold.

[@akashboinpally9228]

I dont get it, what the faders were linked to?

[@jesse_cole]

@@dbottiaux88 I didn't mean "shit" in a negative context.

[@dbottiaux88]

@@jesse_cole lol got ya. Makes more sense now.

[@IOxyrinchus]

It's pretty cool to see a studio engineer doing what he does best at the controls. All those slides and knobs and switches confuse me just by looking at them, yet he makes it look easy and he's going from one end to the other, pressing and turning and sliding things all over the place, you can see the concentration in his face. He knows exactly what he's doing

[@Charlyfromthenuclearcity]

"The guy takes 12 faders, but never at the same time." CLA is teaching us arrangement :)

[@steamer2k319]

The CLA school of arrangement: if your keys and guitar keep in each other's lane, get rid of one of the players. If your guitar player *is* your keys player, then they're not gonna get played at the same time--problem solved. Just make sure your keyboarding guitarist is Matt Bellamy.

[@jockneyranger]

He had me at “deathflange” The rest was just a language I don’t understand, but I enjoyed watching him work.

[@harrymix]

"Hey Chris, I'm going to Starbucks quickly; just leave the dry guitar track as-is and I'll be right back to do some vocals" said Matt casually.

[@_Superb-AD]

Love this!!!

[@User-jk8wq]

Matt: *closes door behind him* Chris: *immediately patches in H3000 and sets it to DEATH FLANGE*

[@eliasarvidson-nordgard2230]

Those guys in Muse are the new Queen, cannot give a higher compliment than that.

[@khoivinh3402]

Its already sick! Shout out to the recording engineer.

[@asktomned]

"Basically, one section of the track he's playing rhythm -6 tracks, the other section he is playing a solo, the other section he's playing the piano; so the one guy takes up 12 faders, but they're never all really at the same time!!"GODDAMN YOU MATT BELLAMY! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙏😍😲😲🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@jluis459]

I still don't think people will understand how good of a guitarist Matt Bellamy is

[@SebHaarfagre]

Artist* He's just as good at piano and at composing... And singing. Let's not forget the singing.

[@clouds5]

One of the only top recent guitarists imho...

[@indoshakermaker]

Great song writer, but Bellamy's no buckethead. His guitar skills r okay n enough to do what he needs to do.

[@nostalgiajunkie]

Anton Basuki buckethead 😂 the most overrated shredder I swear to god lmao

[@indoshakermaker]

@@nostalgiajunkie shows how much you know about guitar music

[@tgrules565]

Guitarists, pay attention. No matter how good your 'tone' is the engineer will change it 99% of the time 😂

[@iganpparamarta8813]

Tone is in the fingers........of guitarists&engineers turning knobs.

[@McGuire40695]

And no matter how good you think it is, it sounds terrible through the mic

[@iganpparamarta8813]

Billy McGuire but..but.....it’s 1 piece bodied premium tonewood...

[@rusinjeff5959]

Exactly it’s their interpretation of what they think the guitar should sound like not the artist and then they mix it so it sounds great on an album but then when you see them live it’s like WTF

[@AspenTruth]

Camp Blanchard because they clearly don’t know how to mix, being mix engineers, and all. This is the Achilles heal of musicians, not being able to separate themselves from a single track (always the one they played) and “hear” the bigger picture. Try it sometime, put on a different hat - it’s an education.

[@BenOnuMuDiyorum]

It's mind blowing how precise he plays.

[@the92project]

Wife: “so how much gear do you actually need” Me: plays “Mixing muse Guitars - Chris Lord” video on youtube

[@atticus999x]

The Cantrell Project 😂😂😂

[@waynesound]

Thank You Thank You Thank You, Needed to find a way to communicate that also!!!

[@jlborgesprojects]

I used to work in this studio a long time ago when it was called Can-Am. For 5 years I worked with many great engineers and artists on that very same SSL. Pretty trippy to watch all of these CLA videos.

[@JonnoRobinson]

thats awesome

[@LSCband]

This guy really knows what the fuck he is doing. You can really see his mind at work if you watch his eyes. Brilliant. I feel like I'm learning so much from this video lol

[@donaldduck2140]

this dude is so fucking good you can tell he has been doing it for a long time.

[@zeroman614]

Caution: GENIUS AT WORK

[@kiranbabu3426]

First time actually seeing someone mix with the mixer table. Most videos got thm on software... Kudos

[@mermaidman961]

Wow I can't imagine memorizing hundreds and hundreds of dials and switches, props to people who do this.

[@griffin8062]

You actually have to memorize a lot less than it looks. The sound console is a repeating pattern, so it is a lot of the same knobs just for different channels

[@aaronsmuseical]

Survival by Muse is my workout song 💪🏼 and my favorite track off the 2nd Law album!

[@RogerioValgode]

WOW, this is why CLA is the boss! Love the way he mixes and how he produces. So amazing...

[@hummarstraful]

22,000 mixes and counting. CLA is my favorite mixer to watch. I wish he had his own mixing channel (not the one he has now) or website where he charged a monthly fee to peer in on his studio as he is working. Lots of copyright issues, though. But, I can't get enough of watching this guy.

[@BlackenedNL]

These video's are amazing! And what a killer guitar player is Matt

[@ReachApp]

Matt Damon is amazing.

[@Luckzzz]

And you're more idiot than him because you don't get a irony or a joke ...

[@Luckzzz]

yep, the worst in history of mankind :D cheers!

[@benmaze3931]

Sarcasm is literally humorous irony.

[@229Clayton]

you all take yourselves way too seriously

[@angelzors]

I probably re-watched this at least 10 times. And it gets better each time.

[@hummarstraful]

me too. First time I watched it I didn't even know what he meant by "bark" or "rumble" or "shine" or know what effects he was naming. Understand all that now. CLA is my fav mixer to watch. Have seen everything except his MWTM stuff which I plan on doing soon.

[@syracuse6651]

That guitar fill at 5:50 is really cool . Nice Egyptian vibe too it . Adds some flavor

[@PhoenixFlight94]

Makes sense given it was a line in phrygian dominant

[@rudepets7257]

I think he has had that room for the last seven years. It is all set up they way he wants and he can work very fast. BUT it is true that he works those controls quickly and by instinct almost. I noticed he will bring up the FX such as death flange, try it several levels, then bring it way up, then all the way down, then back up to where it suits and then leaves it. DONE. Amazing.

[@pandanarkystudios5198]

Its amazing how he takes the raw sound (which is great to begin with, I mean its muse, come on) and makes it into what you hear on the record. I would love to see just how the heck they take that studio sound and translate it to the live shows. All Musers know they dont use tracks, except for orchestra, yet they always sound so good even on stage. The tremelo of Matt's voice paired with his screeching guitars, the driving force that is Dominic Howard's drums, and the formidable bass lines of Chris (insert impossibly pronounced last name here). They are 4 very distinct sounds all put together, and somehow this guy makes them perfect, and somehow someone else is able to replicate that. Amazing

[@christopherGS.]

I love how he pulls faders all the way down and back up, very meticulous about where he lands, that flange is supernatural too, really characterized the mids. Ohhh the quest for guitar tones can be daunting. Love it.

[@tomthomas2110]

I'd be very interested to see how they got the source sound, it's amazing even as it sits raw before CLA dives in. CLA certainly takes it to a magical place. Stunning.

[@BenRicoMusic]

Hearing the source sounds would be great. I'm pretty sure CLA doesn't hear raw files that often. You can bet that his team/assistants are cleaning things up, like edits, comping, grouping tracks and setting up his Pro Tools session before he hears it. I genuinely​ believe in mixing fast and trusting instincts along the way. The only way for that to happen is to have that session mix prepped, and ready for the person mixing it. *** Oh, btw, I believe there's a Muse Documentary for "The 2nd Law" album. It's a fun watch for any Muse fans, or aspiring engineers to learn something.

[@imnrax]

Just by clicking the On button on the EQ at the beggining of the video already made the solo sound good.

[@antonquintus578]

I like the way you push up the effects faders so we get to hear what you are working with. Makes it much easier to hear what is going on, especially on a KZbin mp3 through my phone speaker while I'm supposed to be working, lol

[@voicians]

wow really amazing to see this guy mixing. He knows what he wants and what's needed

[@jibaroclothing]

High speed EQing!! Great electric guitar sound.

[@raynerrenoband]

Huge midrange lead sounds with outboard delays, reverb, stereo thickening, and flanger. Great combination of miking amps & DI'd fuzz sounds on rhythm tracking. Those fit really well with the band mix.

[@JoeAtClaricast]

Incredible studio. The mixes on the last few Muse albums have been great.

[@guvenckaplan]

The Micro Pitch Shift at 1:50, does it add +4 halftones on left and -4 halftones on right sides over the existing guitar?

[@TonalWorks]

No, not 4 semitones. That would be a big pitch shift (not micro) harmonizing a major third up and down. He says 4 cents, meaning 4/100 of a semitone.

[@hummarstraful]

Try this exercise: When he reaches for the EQ knobs, close your eyes and listen to the before and after of each sound. Try to hear what HE is hearing as he first pulls up the sound, then how he adjusts it. This will help you develop your engineers ear and make your own mixes better.

[@Hyzian]

kinda hard to hear when its aac compressed to 192kbps on youtube but thank you! :D

[@jordis4463]

@@Hyzian You can hear it anyway, the sound changes too. Don't put up excuses...

[@B13Rage]

The result is always magical when Severus Snape does your mix.

[@AdamAarts]

I wish we could just buy this one class. I don’t want to enroll in the entire program, but I really want to watch this particular one in its entirety

[@Chprodusom]

Esse cara é meu professor a distância. Thankyou CLA.

[@minke9561]

what is the most important tools in that room? Yeah right, His ears.

[@lemurianid5314]

Setuju

[@aaronsmuseical]

I dunno what he's doing but it doesn't matter this is beautiful !!! Long live MUSE!!!!!

[@Evenstar213]

I always remember how the doors managed to record LA Woman with "damn, we have multitracks ! what a huge technological jump !" And now there's this.

[@handofgiants5400]

LOVE this stuff! Just watched a multitude of these videos. One thing I have happily noticed in them ALL. They ALL make EQ "moves" while SOLO'd. I do this and had been taught NOT to do this because I wouldn't know what the effect for the "track". Clearly you micro-adjust while the whole track is playing but the majority is done quickly, smoothly and effortlessly.... FUCKING SOLO'D!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is really GREAT! Thanks CLA!

[@guitarans]

No wonder why it's hard to copy the muse tone to my GT-8 ☺️

[@hilmimuzzy91]

you can never copy a muse tone. Trust me, i tried

[@masterlifeandlove6757]

try line 6 pod hd

[@OmenAhead]

You can still get a pretty close result with a boss GT. Blending effects together and having reasonable dry/wet ratios on stuff can get you a great tone.

[@adictosinmotivacion8183]

Share it

[@Frst2nxt]

that would explain it.

[@OMGItsJimmyNash]

I couldn't agree more about the SSL EQ... I almost always use a combination of SSL and Pultec. The SSL can definitely be used surgically, and being as I am using the Softube Console and Fader system to emulate an SSL SL4000e, each channel gets a full SSL channel strip, so it's already loaded and at my fingertips. So then I just add a Pultec to the chain for flavor. Love it!

[@galleryofrogues]

Love the guitar playing, reminds me a bit of Brian May.

[@SpedSpedding]

CLA is insane. BIG love.

[@Sellouth]

"It's the ear, not the gear"

[@CoolUsername69]

@충라인 Somebody who had a million dollars worth of gear no doubt.

[@kevingregoire2764]

ya I've got 2 ears and no gear. What do you think of my mix ?? : )

[@-Roos97-]

@@CoolUsername69 Or somebody who had no money to buy gear :P So saying it's the ear not the gear made them feel better.

[@sublow916]

LOL

[@DiegoVelVill]

Yeaaaah sure

[@nicholas_james]

I saw Chris Lord-Alge and knew that my time could not be better spent.

[@glennnmurphy]

Matt is such a flawless player! His notes are so clear and crisp

[@degeneralist3.088]

Bizar! what a knowledge and also speed when you adjust all the parameters!!!

[@OmenAhead]

It's cool to see what happens behind their sound! A lot of the magic happens in the playing too. One thing to mention is that 95% of this can be achieved "in the box" with a few VST's and plugins!

[@davecheney8501]

This is just mind blowing.. amazing to see this guy work

[@intensedad2827]

The dry sound of Bellamy‘s guitar is so good.

[@intensedad2827]

@@BurningTheHeavens Like the sound the guitarist dialed in, the sound that is captured by the mixer‘s microphones.

[@arothmanmusic]

Chris and Tom are fabulous engineers. The speed he works at here is just blinding.

[@lflee]

How much does this room cost?

[@aleaallee]

more than your house probably xD

[@lflee]

Oh yeah, sure it does! xD But I just want to learn more. It would be great if someone can break it down device by device. Democratize knowledge! :D

[@pafa92]

more than my whole neighbourhood!

[@inkusaido]

you can do all that inexpensively, what is really outstanding here is his skill

[@radityaarya8316]

more than my soul worth

[@gslide06]

Learned a $20,000 console is what I need. That EQ is magic.

[@JohnWhitecs]

Great sound engineer

[@spiralstatic2773]

Oh my... I don't mind watching this all day..

[@mygetawayart]

man Survival is such a juicy song, i still can't believe it got so much hate 10 years ago

[@donniecastleman5701]

I could watch this guy mix all day!

[@kibadanghi]

4:44 I think it's a Zvex Fuzz Factory built into the guitar

[@BigMoeFo]

CLA is a master. Think how much learning experience this guy has. He's a freaking sculptor, check the phase...

[@whokilledzekeiddon]

What is this sorcery?

[@m.b.g.musicproduction9658]

Making mixing an art form...........Love your work Chris!

[@onzkicg]

Lol 😂 the way he slides the faders that quick, I know he’s really a pro. My first time to mix live using expensive mixer, my faders move like turtle under my fingers, buttons touched like a baby’s cheek.

[@run4buck]

Wow!! Insane how fast he's making his adjustments!! I got a whiplash just by looking!! Supscription here I come!

[@WillayG]

Little scary. I sat down last night with my gutair and bass determined to try and match Muse's tone as closely as possible. Then this shows up in my recommendations. Google knows too much. Anyway, now I understand why I failed miserably to match their tone. Watching this is akin to watching someone play Paganini. It feels effortless and virtuosic. Awesome.

[@datamasked623]

CLA is to mixing what Tommy Emmanuel is to playing guitar. The dude is so good AND makes it look easy. I think I could do 1,000 mixes and they still wouldn't touch what CLA is able to pull out of the raw audio. His confidence is impressive to watch. No bullshit. Listens for 2 seconds and makes a decision.

[@malamo9922]

Engineer: "How many guitar tracks do you want?" Matt Bellamy: "Yes"

[@wodenoftheangles3339]

You think that's a lot? lol Billy Corgan used to use 30+ tracks!

[@malamo9922]

@@wodenoftheangles3339 *looks for me saying I think that's a lot*. Nope, can't find it.

[@fromanDg]

Anyone else get an ASMR relaxation vibe from watching this...this is my third time. I don't know what's happening and honestly can't hear it because my speakers suck, but I love watching him work.

[@Nephilim-81]

Alright!! Yey!!! An audio engineer who actually knows what he is doing. :)

[@SpartanLaserCanon]

That fuzz mixing was so sick. Such a good fuzz tone I think.

[@NicolasGodon]

it's like this guy lives inside a habitable propeller head record/reason rack. watching this video you come to realise how accessible music production has become thanks to softwares.

[@toneman7258]

um.....except he's using hardware....

[@Igstefano]

@@toneman7258 That's OP's point. You don't need the hardware Lord-Alge has to do what he does anymore.

[@mrbungle3310]

their best mixed album for me

[@whokilledzekeiddon]

Assuming I'm not the only person who is mindblown by how much expertise and physical equipment (an entire room full!) is required to make what is essentially a digital file? It's weird that the industry has changed so dramatically and become so throwaway, yet we're still using techniques/equipment from the proper good old days. P.s: I'm glad this discipline still exists, and never once assumed that we'd gotten to the point that it was just "kid with Garage Band on his Macbook mixing shit", but I'm still puzzled as to why a room-sized, physical fader still exists. Already seems anachronistic.

[@wmpx34]

Because analog hardware adds subtle harmonic distortion to sound as it passes through its tubes, transformers, and optical components. That harmonic distortion is usually pleasing to us and helps with perceived imaging in the 3-D sound field. Only within the past few years have personal computers become powerful enough to run plugins that passably emulate that distortion, and they are getting better all the time, but they still don't sound like the real thing.

[@whokilledzekeiddon]

Wow, thanks for the informative reply! I still don't understand half of it, but that makes much more sense to me now.

[@johnnypunx8682]

That's a good question in respect, but truth is nothing beats analog, as much as I love Pro Tools and software

[@ClipofTheDayy]

mix with the masters, watching how they turn their knobs, really cool.

[@sunilramlochan5081]

When does he use the CLA plugins? = ]

[@davidroberts3262]

I really want CLA to make a trolly video about how to make music on a laptop with a two channel soundcard and try and talk with a straight face about how all you need is more waves plug-ins for that 'studio' sound! :) Hehe

[@beticuchomalo]

This proves that even excellent production does not make a bad album good.

[@petermcdonna4160]

I've seen enough to sign up for a monthly package myself but not to risk 329$. What if you get on the inside and it's shit? Why would someone want to pay for unlimited annual access to something with out really knowing what they're signing up for? Why don't you offer say 35$ month?

[@rayhoodoo847]

peter mcdonna you're right. Shitty marketing

[@daaaMook]

I wish I could pay for access to ONE series of videos, like this one. I'd pay for it happily. I know myself - I don't have time to watch all of the videos to make $329/yr worthwhile. But once or twice a year, I'd love to watch one entire song mixed like this.

[@emiljohnDR]

I signed up for the first year. It's worth more than $329 believe me.

[@NirShor]

agreed

[@summergrooverecords1293]

Watch your step! Waves is fucking with you! You get a 50% offer and buy. 4 days later the same product costs 20% less! If you ask why Waves does this, you will be treated like a stupid person. Over the years, we've bought Waves products worth over $10,000 and recommend them to friends. We will never do that again and we advise everyone to watch out if they buy from Waves. There are now better companies like IZotope or Plugin Alliance! Don't let Waves fool you! They are not worth a cent!!

[@nebukenazar]

i love to watch people who know what they do and also that is what meaning of professional.

[@djung9064]

Sgt Muse's Lonely Hearts Club Band

[@radiobikini6429]

Yea, it is all about deciding on what you like and going with it. I produced music all my life and it all comes down to the sound you like at the time. Technical issues (pops, ect) are another bag.

[@comand0Metalero1]

That snare tho sounds brutal

[@LaszloHarsanyi_SoundTube]

These behind the scene stuffs are the best!

[@endrizo]

where are the producer and the band to give their feedback and opinion??

[@DerekHartley]

This is just a demo you know. He mixed the album for real years ago...

[@chnacr2]

They probably trust him more than themselves when it comes to mixing. There's a reason why this series is called Mix With The 'Masters'.

[@MrKarmapolice97]

Wow it’s magic watching him mix, if you look in the credits of a lot of album Chris Lord Alge’s name is there!

[@АртёмМихайлюк-к6э]

SO I TOLD YOU SO I TOLD YOU

[@reeread]

CLA is a true talent

[@frigginj3478]

I wanna watch him mix this whole record haha

[@ivannio4783]

What a workshop :) Very inspiring to listen to CLA

[@MrRay168]

uh huh, I know some of these words

[@kevinbothwell8425]

Good burger reference 🙏🙏🙏