Event Description

May 19,2015

Watch Bob Horn, a Grammy Award winning mixing engineer who's worked with artists such as, Usher, Timbaland, Akon, Ne-Yo, Brian Culbertson, Macy Gray, Michael Jackson, Jay-Z, and many more, mix a song from the band Mayfield from start to finish. You'll see the whole mixing process from drums, bass, guitars vocals, automation and much more. 

First, Bob will show you the tracks that he is working on and the edits he made in order to facilitate his mixing style. This session was recorded by Bob Horn at Signature Sound, which you can find in our archives if you want to see how this was tracked more in depth. This is a pop rock song that has traditional elements like drums, bass, acoustic and electric guitars and vocals. Bob Horn will pick out details in each element he adds to the mix and will address them with his own techniques. Not only does he demonstrate his favorite gear, but he will also explain why and in which cases it’s useful. He will mix mostly in the box but he will also use some of his outboard gear. By watching every move Bob Horn makes, you will get to see and hear why his decisions are so effective and his mixing workflow so efficient.

Topics include:

Episode 1
Getting familiar with tracks
Session set up and bus routing
Drum processing
Enhancing drums with samples

Episode 2
Parallel drum compression
Bass compression and eq
Side chain compression
Black Box HG-2 on master bus
Electric guitar processing
Mixing through guitar pedals
Slap delay on guitars

Episode 3
Miscellaneous mixing decisions he took while we were on break
More details on the HG-2
Master bus processing
Mixing in a guitar solo
Vocal effects
Mixing in claps
Mixing in main vocals
Slap delay on vocals

Episode 4 
Widening a guitar track with Ozone imager
Vocal processing
Locomotive compressor on vocals
Final adjustments and automation
Final questions