Puremix - The Foo Fighters ‘Tragedy’

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In late 2020, the Foo Fighters were in the middle of creating promotional content for their hit record "Medicine At Midnight" when on a day off, Dave Grohl watched a just-released documentary of The Bee Gees, "How Can You Mend A Broken Heart." The following day, Dave burst into the Foo Fighters "Studio 606" and had the band stop everything to record a batch of Bee Gees covers for the next week. Thrilled with the sound, the band released the record "Hail Satin" under the alias "The Dee Gees."

See how Darrell Thorp:

 

- Aligns the phase correlation of multiple microphones on a drum kit using Sound Radix Auto Align

- Dials in the sound of the individual drum microphones in the context of the mix

- Adds two drum parallel compression processes

- Adjusts the phase relationship of the Bass DI and Bass Amp

- Talks about the importance of guitars being clear while maintaining size and gives his go-to approach

- Adds the Cytomic Glue bus compressor across the mix and dials in his favorite settings

- Explains his workflow with fader depth and the trim plugin in Pro Tools

- Tells the story of tracking the lead and background vocals

- Explains Dave Grohl's standard approach to stacking vocals

- Dials in the sound of the vocals with EQ, compression, and effects

- Sets up his stereo bus processing to add glue and overall size to the mix

- Adds an Eventide Instant Flanger to the verse vocals to emulate the Bee Gees original vocal sound

- Discusses when he uses compression versus automation on vocals

- Explains how he uses headphones to feel comfortable when he is in unfamiliar environments and check the final details of the mix