In this Puremix exclusive, you'll join Snarky Puppy, Nic Hard, and his team of audio ninjas as they record the performances, travel to Spain for the stereo mixing sessions, and New York City for the Dolby Atmos mixing sessions.

In part one of this series, watch as Nic Hard and the crew:

Create a game-plan for the eight days of recorded live shows

Walk through the separate stations, including the AVID S6L consoles and drum, keyboard, percussion, horn, and string worlds

Discuss the challenges of recording so many musicians in an open room with little to no isolation

Mic up the three drum sets, massive percussion stations, horns, and strings, and set up the three guitar players and keyboard stations, featuring some of history's most sought-after synths and electric pianos

Explain the microphone choices and placement on each instrument

Manage separate headphone mixes for nineteen musicians

Ensure that soundcheck goes off without delay when the musicians arrive

Capture the live recording

You will also hear from the Snarky Puppy crew, including:

Drum tech Mason Davis, who explains each drum set and the intricacies of their complementary tuning, and relation to the three world percussionists.

Production manager Rosanna Freedman, who discusses the complicated logistical planning necessary to make such a massive project happen

Monitor engineer Matthew Recchia, who explains how he can manage monitor mixes for one of the complex touring bands of its kind, and how his touring experience has set him up for success on the recording of empire central

Touring Front Of House Engineer, Michael Harrison, who ensures that channel management, console organization, and execution goes off without a hitch.

This is your chance to see how the iconic record "Empire Central" was captured, and how the team accomplished a true feat of mastery in audio production, from Start to Finish.

snarky-puppy-from-live-to-atmos.part1.rar - 3.0 GB

snarky-puppy-from-live-to-atmos.part2.rar - 3.0 GB

snarky-puppy-from-live-to-atmos.part3.rar - 3.0 GB

snarky-puppy-from-live-to-atmos.part4.rar - 2.3 GB