Andrew Scheps SOS Interview

[schust]

Great watch if you've got 15 minutes.

I'm really interested in what people think about his comment that he only does parallel compression. Anybody else just do that here? If so, why? I have some ideas why it might make sense, but curious to hear what others think.

 

[EOC]

awesome interview!

I have two conclusions after watching it:
A) ITB is slowly being accepted by big "analogue" producers that a few years ago would have sell their wifes for an ssl (this could be becouse they actually feel it is better, at least in the workflow aspect, or becouse software companies are giving them money haha)
B) These guys work way more by intuition that one might think. I keep seeing guys like this talking about how a sound is cool, or interesting, or that they dont really care what gear they are using instead of thinking about frequencies,ratios and the technicalities of gear.

Cool share. Thanks!

 

[Machinated]

the bit i liked most was him saying that the stage the project should be at before mix is "as good as they can get it". its kind of accepted a lot of the time that tracks should be completely raw when they're sent off for mixing which really doesn't make a lot of sense.

the idea of making decisions and committing to sounds is so important. deciding on FX, all that kind of stuff. so much of mixing now is organising and making decisions rather than actually mixing. he seems like such a nice guy, although as I'm sure he's aware, theres a lot of people who think his mixes get ruined from distortion.....

 

[HOFX]

That was a good interview, thanks for posting. I feel even more sorry for his namesake Waves EQ.

RE "as good as they can get it", there's a mix with the masters with Chris Lord Alge, and he has Green Day's Holiday, and he plays the raw tracks. It's 90 % on it's way to the final mix.

I always think about this when approaching re-amping. It's not a mix decision per se, it's a song decision. What kind of guitars suit the energy of the song, print it, lock it in. Then mix it. Choosing microphones, caps, speakers, amps as mix decisions is not productive.

 

[Machinated]

absolutely. check this (awesome) video of Yoad Nevo mixing. everything he's doing is a mix decision, no fixing things up or making decisions. the speed he can work at is massively helped by that, and also shows the speed of working on a console like an SSL where you can grab 90% of what you need in an instant.

if a band wants something a certain way, its best to commit to it and steer it in the direction they want. takes out a hell of a lot of second guessing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUCx5J8LcsA

 

[crillemannen]

I feel that many things these old timers say can't be applied to the modern metal scene although I like their mindset. People are just way to bad these days especially in the "core" scene to make a record based on feel.

Cool video though and always inspiring, but makes me wish i did allot more rock/pop stuff haha!

 

[Winston Wolf]

I Looked him up just now,He's credited for mixing Bon jovi 's - what about now.
There's article in SOS of June '13 where Jeff Rothschild describes the mixing process and says he took the gig over from unnamed mixer.Same story with last Lana Del Rey album,both of them are listed as mixers.
Some sketchy info on his (Scheps) involvement in Death magnetic mixing as well.
What's going on there?

 

[Machinated]

rick rubin has a pool of engineers he likes to use, its most likely to do with that....

 

[mva801]

I Looked him up just now,He's credited for mixing Bon jovi 's - what about now.
There's article in SOS of June '13 where Jeff Rothschild describes the mixing process and says he took the gig over from unnamed mixer.Same story with last Lana Del Rey album,both of them are listed as mixers.
Some sketchy info on his (Scheps) involvement in Death magnetic mixing as well.
What's going on there?

In a lot of bigger projects, they'll have a ton of different people involved. It's quite possible he only did certain parts of songs or mixed a couple songs for whatever reason.

Some bands will work with 2-3 different producers or mixers just depending on which songs they want a certain touch on. I don't think that happens a lot in the metal world but for other styles, people can be all over the place.

I worked on a record for Anoushka Shankar last year that was recorded in London, San Diego, India and New York. I think I'm one of like 6 engineers with credit on it.

 

[Winston Wolf]

I understand that it is normal practice in pop music.
It's just that article is misleading.