In this MF exclusive, producer and mixing engineer, Anthony Navarro opens up the Pro Tools session for Space Is The Place’s Cover Song of ‘’If The World Was Ending” by JP Saxe and Julia Michaels (prod. by Finneas), and shares his thought process and workflow from producing, recording, and mixing this apocalyptically vibey cover song.
Watch, listen, and learn Part 1 of this exclusive behind the scenes studio production, as he breaks down the vocal chain on Dyandra’s lead and background vocals.
You’ll learn how he shapes the sound of the vocals to cut through the mix while enhancing the natural tone, adding texture, and coloring the vocal tracks to fit perfectly in the mix while working with his favorite compression, eq, saturation, reverb, and space techniques.
He sets up transitions and scene changes between the verses and choruses using different effects chains on the vocals to keep the listener engaged with new new while enhancing the emotion of the song by “lifting” and “dropping” the energy, flow and vibe of the song using mixing techniques acquired from over a decades worth of studio experience.
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Some of the equipment and software used to produce this song include: Slate ML-1 Telefunken 251 Mic, Heritage 1073 Preamp/EQ, 1176 Blue Stripe FET compressor, SSL 9000J Channel Strip, AVID Pro Compresser, Fab Filter Pro Q3, Decapitator, The Sauce, Ovox, Studer A800, Manny Marroquin Verb, LA2A Limiter, UA 610B EQ/Preamp, Waves NLS Summing, Sound Toys Microshift, EMT 140 Plate Verb and more!
This song was produced and mixed at Modus Flow’s recording studio in Pensacola, FL.
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