He's a hell of a talented guy for sure. I was his studio bitch for a little less then a year, and it was a pretty amazing like. As I said in previous threads, I thank him everyday for the 100s of hours he let me log on his SSLs when they weren't booked. It was by no means an easy job (hellish at times for sure), but he was always respectful and pretty approachable.
Unfortunately I don't have any of his "tricks" at all. Even if I did I'm sure most of them have changed (it was 2003 when I worked for him).
But having said that, here's what I do remember....
Vocals- U47-Neve 1073-1176-la2a. Can't tell you any settings or anything, but I set up the same chain every time.
Guitars- Every time I saw guitars at the studio, he did his VH4 into a diezel cab with a tube screamer in front most times. 2 57's in a fredman kind of style...but a little different, hard to explain. a coles 4038 was also on the cab about a foot or 2 back.
Mixing- Not much to say here. Not much eq, I'd say most of the recalls I did he had like 2-3 db and that's about it. Ummm uses a neve 33609 on his masterbus unless the band has a budget, then he'd rent a fairchild 670. He used a fatso for his drumbuss, and did use the A/B/C/D busses on the SSL for groups, but I don't think it's like MHB style or anything ....Ummmm he has a boat load of gear (
www.themixroom.com )
Thats really about all I can say.
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