Workshop – UnMixing
The culmination of the recording process, mixing and mastering are often shrouded in mystery, even for established audio engineers. Accomlished local producers Stephen Bartlett and Cam Smith, along with mastering engineer Dom McGlinn, will pull back the curtain and discuss the processes and approaches they bring to these dark arts
Cam Smith explains that
my approach to mixing is, in the best case scenario, to let every instrument sound as natural as possible - the perfect recording should sound as close to standing in the room with the band as possible. Get the band in the room sounding as good and balanced as they can and your mixing is already half done. I'll be discussing how this approach applies to Ghost Notes' By Cover Of Night (streaming below), which is probably the most naturalistic recording I've produced. Recorded at The Old Museum in October 2010, it features a rock lineup performing decidedly non-rock music, augmented by piano, trumpet, whistling and bowed cymbals.
Stephen Bartlett will be discussing his approach to mixing 'out-of-the-box' on his Neve console at the Docking Station and Dom McGlinn will chat about the technical and creative processes of mastering with reference to tracks by UnConvention presenters Sam Grace and Dot.AY.
This workshop will be a great session for aspiring, and established, recordists. To be involved grab yourself a ticket to UnConvention + the UnMixing workshop.
