@@MaestrroMusician Depends on if they remixed/remastered it. You can upcode audio which won't change the sound at all, even at a higher sample rate and bit depth. I agree with Really Nice Audio though, his mix with the SSL puts a lot more life into it than the original version.
everything about this is so.. right. I love mixing on an SSL, I love the 33609, the fatso, the eventide, the distressors on bass and guitar. I can relate to your method of working.
you have an incredible sound, very good material, and a fantastic maestria !!! very good job, and thanks a lot for the vidéo and all the details you give here ! it's precious ! best mixing pro video of the net !
Wearing a great quality headphones and listening in ((Stereo)) is a must. This is a class mixing pro at work! Very pleasant to hear and see the process of this true art!
just found your channel. I'm an audio engineer and I absolutely love your process. organic and flowing. these mixes sound fantastic. what an amazing console as well. beautiful.
That was so stupidly fun. I was grinning from ear to ear for the entirety. Feel like this was made for me... And 8 thousand others just happen to agree
This is mind blowing! Such a great job on the mix. You young guys in recording school, start with great sounding instruments, good mics and a solid performance and you'll end up with this.
Nice mix. love those SSl's great mix desk...love the Neve more for tracking but an SSL is a treat to mix on. We have all heard the term polishing a turd, but with such a great song its got to be a joy!
Got a little motion sickness watching. The superior quality of the music and the mix kept me from tipping over. Thank god this was not Drake or Niki Minaj...I would have had to have been hospitalized.
Dan make it happens...Nice to see those notes upper screen corner, what happening. Its amazing that fast you mix - did you run the song many time before you done the finally mix? Do you switch between monitors? Do you ever use a subbass?
Great video! Would you mind telling us how you brought your fx returns back into the desk? Because I counted at least 4 fx processors but only two FX return faders. Were the returns pre-mixed externally? Or were the eventide and lexicon used as channel inserts?
I never understood in this cases if the tracks you are working with were already processed and you have them just all isolated out or did you have access to the raw unprocessed tracks. In other words if you just put all the faders are up are we gonna hear the song as always heard minus any mastering and you are just adding additional processing?
Hi Jan, thanks for the question! The question is actually more complicated than it seems, but I can quickly answer the question in the way I think you are asking it. In the case of this mix, it is recorded directly from the multi-track master tape, so no additional processing was done. The reason it sounds like a finished mix with the faders in the same position has a lot to do with the fact that before the days of digital, the signal-to-noise ratio of analog tape forced the recording process to have everything recorded at a very specific level, so when you place everything at that level everything is usually pretty balanced with the faders in the same position. Additionally, because the signal-to-noise ratio issues of analog tape made it preferable to keep levels so even, it was common to compress the signal during recording, so often some processing was done during recording before the signal was even recorded to the tape machine. I hope that helps answer your question.
Thank you! That was very informative and I totally get it! The tracks back then would have some processing that they would commit to on tape. Then the mixing you are doing would be similar to what they would do during the mix to get the tracks to play well together. This was helpful to know because I am getting into audio engineering and it’s nice to hear examples of properly recorded raw tracks and amazing to hear how close to done the mix sounds when the tracks are properly recorded.
I've heard this song so many times over the past four decades but never knew there were so many subtle overlays in the mix (clean/dirty guitars, organ, shaker etc.). Love how you brought them all together in this bright mix. Was interesting to see that you boosted so many frequencies but hardly cut any. I guess it's all about a sprinkle here and a sprinkle there make it come alive. Killer gear and killer engineering.
Adding the notes really brings this production to the next level! I’ve been able to follow along for the most part before, but man this really showcases what your doing, as your doing it! Really great job!
This song has never sounded better - and I've probably listened to it a couple of hundred times over the last 45 years. 😊 What I like best is how bright this mix sounds. The original mix can seem a bit dull in places, especially in regards to all of the percussion tracks, many of which I didn't even know were there until now. Well done!
I wonder if the SSL console doesn't bring some of that brightness which is indicative to the SSL console, if my memory serves me right. Obviously all of which can be controlled (+ -) via EQ etc. I personally love the SSL 4000 radio-ready "sound".
@@ovnilab - most folks have heard this song off of the mix that is available off of the Doob's greatest hits. I've also listened to the original mix off of an original pressing of The Captain and Me. The original mix is almost as good as what you hear here, but not quite. But it was either the mix or the transfer process that dulled this song considerably on their greatest hits, which is sadly what most everyone has heard 😔
Thanks for the heart! You should start someday an online class where you explain in detail everything you do when you're mixing. I could use some of your tips and experience.
What I love is that he hardly has to touch the EQ's because the source mics and initial recordings were so spot on, all he needs to work on are levels, panning, compression and basic effects (reverb, delay/echo).
@@AceMyHigh You obviously don't have experience in professional music production. The production, mixing, and mastering techniques now a days are very much more complex than analog mixing was back then. There are so much more factors (and channels) to be concerned about.
This is what mixing should be like, very impressed with this Daniel. Preserving dynimcs not smashing music with compression or printing hot signals! There are many engineers who only get coloration from their fancy gear and don't know how to mix properly.
This was the first video I've seen of yours, and I have to say, as a 57-year-old Producer/Engineer, with one of my favorite songs as a kid, this video was as exciting to watch as Jaws Was when I was 13 years old! I don't know how else to explain it. I could tell what you were doing every step of the way, Thinking NO NO NO or YES YES YES!!! WHAT a GREAT video! THANKS! *SUBSCRIBED*
Had to mix this song for a project in audio school. We had that exact SSL. I never wanted to leave the studio. Some wonderful memories sitting at that console.
How funny. Your list of bands makes up about 65% of my cover band's set list. Seriously. Gig a week from today at a winery ... we're playing most of these ..
70's band, playing 70's music. Sounding like they did in the 70's. Imagine that. The lighting rig is the same way. Bunch of par cans and lekos for specials on the band. Simple and straight forward. Let the music do the talking.
Cool concept your giving here. Great idea. Ive hears this tunefor 50 years or so......every little nuance adds or takes away and you showed that here really cool!! Thanks man.... The thing is.....99.8% of the whole listening crowd has no idea what all the parts they dont hear really does! It sweeter n sweeter with every knob twist..what started out as a seed blossomed into a mighty tree!
That actually made me tear up a little bit..in very manly way obviously....😬 So great to hear such a classic track getting the treatment..what you did with that snare was remarkable! And the Pultec moment, with the real analogue units, was magical. Thank you 😊👌
This sounds amazing and were all listening to this on RU-vid no less, even though, so transparent and open sounding I feel like I am at the mix session, even on my small monitors, all I can say is Wow! Thanks for sharing this amazing work of audio artistry.
This bears REPEATING" A REAL Engineer, a REAL console, mixing REAL instruments played by REAL musicians. enough WITH THE BEDROOM "mixers" lol Just because you have money to buy gear, does NOT make you talented! That takes YEARS of hard work. There are NO shortcuts.
The separation is freaking incredible. What a fantastic thing to watch and hear. The acoustic guitar parts can now really be heard. The hi hat stands out more without being too toppy. The kick and BG are just slammed together, but are both identifiable. And yet it all is glued together brilliantly. Reminds me of my days spent as a kid at Larabee Sound back in the 70's. What a joy! Thank you, sir.
Hi jim le reveilleur, Thanks for asking! For more information, you can check out my SoundBetter page here: soundbetter.com/profiles/150912-daniel-duskin
Lots of tiny things you could have done here, like ducking some reverb, to clear up chorus passages and that break down or side chaining the bass and kick, subbing those and chaining that to the acoustic guitar to duck those on the way out of the choruses but the video would have become 2 hours long and, I get it, you weren't going for the sound of the original mix. For 13 minutes, you did a great job. Seriously, this was like watching a triathlon in fast forward lol
Hi Tasteapiana! I often find myself doing more technical things like side-chain ducking on mixes I do for my clients. The only problem is that I personally find looking at a screen capture of the computer screen rather boring and I so I figure it wouldn't be very interesting to the viewer. I'm glad you enjoyed the video! :)
HOLY SHIT. Enough said. Honestly never heard this song sound this good. I’ve mixed some of my own covers and stuff on my tiny MacBook on GarageBand, but watching this makes me respect the craft so much. Very impressive. This is awesome
