In this episode, we bring you Joshua Riley, Manchester-based Mixing Engineer, to talk about mixing, content creation, and social media.

Joshua is an experienced mixer, lecturer, and public speaker, with a Bachelor’s Degree in Sound Production from SAE Institute South Africa.

Today, you’ll hear about Joshua’s newly built mixing setup, his to-do list after getting a mix, filtering and clipping, mixing vocals, using automation, getting into content creation, the power of social media, convincing artists about the importance of a mixing engineer, and the three things that Josh wishes he’d known sooner.

Episode Timestamps

• [00:38] A bit about Josh.
• [04:17] Josh’s mixing setup.
• [09:10] Josh’s workflow.
• [14:13] Mix bus processing.
• [17:07] Filtering and clipping.
• [19:54] Mixing backing vocals.
• [22:45] Automation.
• [27:33] VCAs vs buses.
• [29:41] Content creation.
• [52:25] Mixing and mastering.
• [55:29] Solving problems with RX.
• [59:58] The importance of having a mixing engineer on the team.
• [65:02] Three things Josh wishes he knew sooner.

Notable Quotes

• “There’s no right or wrong way to do these things.”
• “If you just sit all day waiting for that phone to ring, it isn’t going to happen.”
• “It’s not an easy industry to be in.”

Connect with Joshua

Website:www.mixedbyjoshua.com.

Instagram:@joshjriley.

TikTok:@mixedbyjoshua.

In this episode, we bring you Matthew Weiss, Grammy-nominated audio engineer, to talk about his mixing setup and process.

Matthew Weiss is a Grammy nominated engineer and audio mentor who has worked with countless chart-topping artists, such as Dizzee Rascal, Juicy J, MURS, and Royce Da 5’9″. In addition to his engineering, Matthew has appeared as a guest speaker at Cornell University, ProStudio Live, SXSW, and SUNY Fredonia. His audio education tutorials are among the most highly regarded resources in the field of music production.

Today, you’ll hear about Matt’s approach to vocals, how he maintains an efficient workflow, his use of autotune, the importance of getting the timing right, gain staging and plugins, how Matt approaches the mix bus, and the three things Matt wishes he’d known earlier.

Episode Timestamps

• [01:16] A bit about Matt.
• [02:19] How Matt approaches vocals.
• [10:24] How to be more efficient.
• [12:50] Tracking with or without autotune.
• [18:45] Getting the timing right.
• [21:52] Matt’s session workflow.
• [29:52] Gain staging.
• [35:10] Matt’s approach to the mix bus.
• [37:17] Matt’s go-to vocal plugin chain.
• [41:27] Using reverbs.
• [47:44] Delays and doublers.
• [49:31] Processing backing vocals.
• [53:42] Clipper plugins.
• [56:32] What three things Matt wishes he’d known sooner.
• [60:33] Matt’s advice to new engineers.

Notable Quotes

• “I’m not a fan of booths.”
• “It’s not just about being fast. It’s about being very transparent.”
• “Everybody’s job is to do the best they can with the skills that they have.”
• “There’s a difference between knowing something and truly understanding something.”
• “This business is a people business.”
• “It’s a marathon, not a sprint.”

Connect with Matt

Email:Matt@weiss-sound.com.

Website:weissadvice.com.

promixacademy.com/course/matthew-weiss-mixing-bundle.

Instagram:www.instagram.com/weisssound.

TikTok:www.tiktok.com/@weisssound.

YouTube:Weiss Advice.

In this episode, we bring you Jerome Renard, Belgian-Born Mixing Engineer, to talk about his mixing setup and process.

As a mixer he believes that every song deserves to have an engineer who understand the deepest needs and connections you have with your music.
As someone who has lived, experienced and engineered pop music internationally, he’s able to bring a multicultural perspective to each project, helping to emphasize with goals of every artist he works with.

His experience working alongside John Metcalfe brought him to Real World
Studio, Universal Music in Studio La Grande Armee in Paris, and his sessions with Simon Phillips were the catalyst for bringing him to Los-Angeles.

Today, you’ll hear about Jerome’s mixing process and setup, his use of parallel compression and gain-staging, his views on vocal tuning, automation, what an average mixing week looks like for Jerome, getting more work in the industry, and hear the three things Jerome wishes he’d known earlier.

Episode Timestamps

• [00:45] A bit about Jerome.
• [02:55] Jerome’s mixing process.
• [07:41] Mixing acoustic drums.
• [09:20] Parallel compression.
• [10:34] Gain-staging.
• [13:09] Jerome’s mix bus.
• [19:31] In the box mixing.
• [23:43] Vocal tuning.
• [26:05] Jerome’s day-to-day.
• [29:52] Automation.
• [34:43] Jerome’s monitoring setup.
• [37:34] Mixing in a studio vs at home.
• [41:42] Jerome’s advice for getting more work.
• [48:06] Three things Jerome wishes he’d known earlier.

Notable Quotes

• “Being comfortable is more important than knowing your room.”
• “Mixing is all about feel.”
• “Reputation is everything.”

Connect with Jerome

• Website: jerome-renard.com.