Members rhythminmind Posted September 19, 2005 Members Share Posted September 19, 2005 Who are your favorite mixing/engineers? What albums highlight there work that we all should have in are collection? Don't confuse this with your favorite artists/bands... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rhythminmind Posted September 19, 2005 Author Members Share Posted September 19, 2005 For myself i'd have to say Mark Hawley. I've heard everything from heavily produced to raw and clean. Also a great live mixer. All around amazing work... latest known album would be "the beekeeper" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TonyCrazyMan Posted September 19, 2005 Members Share Posted September 19, 2005 My favorite engineer of all time so far is Jeff Balding, especially in Trisha Yearwood's album Real Live Woman, which I think sounds fantastic! Trisha Yearwood's latest album is fantastic sounding too! He has contributed on many well famous artists' albums, artists like Trisha Yearwood, LeAnn Rimes, Celine Dion, Faith Hill and Lonestar. This year he has mixed albums for Trisha Yearwood, LeAnn Rimes, Trace Adkins, Sawyer Brown among others. Steve Marcantonio is another of my favorites, but right now Jeff Balding is the engineer that scores the highest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members geek_usa Posted September 20, 2005 Members Share Posted September 20, 2005 ANYTHING from Brendan O'Brien. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Spencer Crewe Posted September 20, 2005 Members Share Posted September 20, 2005 For more roots-ier, organic sounding stuff: No question; Chuck Ainlay - more specifically, the astonishingly good job he's done on the last three Mark Knopfler CDs. Also, Alison Krauss & Union Station's engineer, but his name escapes me at the moment (stoopid Spencer). For hard-edged stuff: 1) Randy Staub, that guy knows how to makes things sound aggressive and huge. I've bought CDs just because I've seen him listed in the credits. And he's originally a Canadian! 2) Andy Wallace, what I've heard from him lately has convinced me of this guy's abilities. For example, the difference between his mixes and that of TLA's on Sum 41's latest CD is night and day: TLA can't hold a candle to AW. Andy's have depth, impact and clarity whilst TLA's sound like compressed mash. There's others - but the coffee hasn't hit my brain, yet. Great thread! Cheers! Spencer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members CN Fletcher Posted September 20, 2005 Members Share Posted September 20, 2005 Rick Parashar - Temple of the DogTom Dowd - LaylaAndy Johns - Exile on Main St.John Travis - Devil Without a CauseJoe Blaney - Combat Rock Good lord... the more I type the more I think of... the list is endless... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EngineGuitarist Posted September 20, 2005 Members Share Posted September 20, 2005 Originally posted by Fletcher@mercenary.com Joe Blaney - Combat Rock combat rock {censored}ing rules. I like Bill Price alot. Steve Albini. one guy i've recently noticed is Rich Costey, i've been perusing credits on my CD's and have been noticing his name appearing on a good number of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted September 20, 2005 Share Posted September 20, 2005 Brendan O'Brien - Matthew Sweet "100% Fun" Tom Dowd - too many to list, but Layla is a good place to start... follow that up with some Aretha, and some Allman Brothers, and some... Geoff Emerick - Can you say "Revolver?" How about Sgt Pepper? Or Abbey Road? How about Elvis Costello's "Imperial Bedroom"? Good topic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members seaneldon Posted September 20, 2005 Members Share Posted September 20, 2005 to add to the "imperial bedroom" note, i'd like to say that Roger Bechirian made recording magic when he recorded "My Aim Is True"...the drum and guitar sounds on "Watching The Detectives" in particular. Gives me chills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted September 20, 2005 Share Posted September 20, 2005 the drum and guitar sounds on "Watching The Detectives" in particular. Gives me chills. Distortion is your friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BLUElightCory Posted September 20, 2005 Members Share Posted September 20, 2005 Off the top of my head... Terry Date - Deftones "Around the Fur," Handsome "S/T" Brendan O'Brien - Incubus "A Crow Left of the Murder" Ben Grosse (mixing) - Sevendust "Animosity", Vertical Horizon "Go" Rick Parashar - Pearl Jam "Ten", Temple of the Dog "S/T" Nigel Godrich - Radiohead "OK Computer," Beck "Sea Change" Rich Costey - The Mars Volta "De-Loused...," Cave In "Antenna" Dave Sardy - Far "Water and Solutions" Ken Andrews - Year of the Rabbit "S/T," Failure "Fantastic Planet" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members the russ Posted September 20, 2005 Members Share Posted September 20, 2005 i think jerry finn is great. any of his punk or indie sounding stuff rules. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members geek_usa Posted September 21, 2005 Members Share Posted September 21, 2005 Originally posted by Fletcher@mercenary.com Rick Parashar - Temple of the Dog I thought Terry Date did that one... maybe I'm confusing him working with Temple AND Soundgarden when he really only worked with Soundgarden (Badmotorfinger). I don't know. I'm flirting with sobriety and drunken-ness right now, so don't mind me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members seaneldon Posted September 21, 2005 Members Share Posted September 21, 2005 Originally posted by Phil O'Keefe the drum and guitar sounds on "Watching The Detectives" in particular. Gives me chills. Distortion is your friend. haha, no seriously that's one of the recordings that got me interested in this business. if someone could take a regular damn song and make it sound so sonically perfect (it's one of the few elvis songs where i wouldn't change something about the recording), that's a talent i needed to have. funny little tidbit, more than once i've completely ripped off those drum/guitar tones without even realizing it. i'd just kind of hand the guitar player a telecaster and pull out my blackface twin that is permanently on 10, and put that delicious overdriven reverb on all of the drums, and not notice it until i realize that they're playing bad long island emo and not awesome white guy reggae. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members CN Fletcher Posted September 21, 2005 Members Share Posted September 21, 2005 Originally posted by geek_usa I thought Terry Date did that one... Nope, Rick Parashar maybe I'm confusing him working with Temple AND Soundgarden when he really only worked with Soundgarden (Badmotorfinger). I don't know. I'm flirting with sobriety and drunken-ness right now, so don't mind me. I've heard rough mixes from "Superunknown" before it was "mixed for release"... no offense to Mr. O'brien, but they buried the final product... I mean ate it for breakfast and {censored} it out before lunch kind of buried. Jason Corsaro did a really excellent job on that record... even if he and Mr. Beinhorn got along a little worse than oil and water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted September 26, 2005 Share Posted September 26, 2005 Does B O'B ever do any tracking? All I ever see him getting credited for is as a producer and a mixer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Lee Flier Posted September 26, 2005 Members Share Posted September 26, 2005 I don't know about nowadays, Phil, but back when he was just recording lots of cool local bands here in Atlanta, he did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members geek_usa Posted September 26, 2005 Members Share Posted September 26, 2005 Brendan O' Brien also used to be in the band "Georgia Satellites". Pretty cool to know that. "She said don't gimme no lines and keep your hands to yo selllf..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted September 26, 2005 Share Posted September 26, 2005 I figured he knew how to Lee, but I find it interesting that he apparently chooses not to on albums he produces. I imagine that is because it allows him to focus more on the production aspects, but that's just an assumption on my part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members CN Fletcher Posted September 27, 2005 Members Share Posted September 27, 2005 Nick Dadia [not sure if I spelled the last name correctly or not] does the lion's share of the tracking on Brendan projects... his stuff generally sounds great... and he's a very cool guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members UstadKhanAli Posted September 27, 2005 Members Share Posted September 27, 2005 Daniel Lanois and Malcolm Burn engineering "Wrecking Ball" by EmmyLou Harris. Led Zeppelin's stuff from the first album through "Physical Graffiti", early Stones stuff like "Exile", and whoever did "Glow" by The Innocence Mission. Early ZZ Top sounds gorgeous - dunno who engineered that stuff either, but the guitar tones are amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mdog114 Posted September 27, 2005 Members Share Posted September 27, 2005 I like Tchad Blake very much. He's done tons of stuff, but I really dig that Soul Coughing band. Bill Bottrell gets some great sounds too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members scapier Posted September 27, 2005 Members Share Posted September 27, 2005 This guy is my almost favorite engineer, who Mr. Crewe was trying to remember a few posts back. He uses only Mastering Lab mic pre's and for the love of mic, can anyone tell what they are and and how to get one? Are they $$$$$$$$? Spencer Capier:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted September 27, 2005 Share Posted September 27, 2005 Tchad Blake rawks. :cool: Good call! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EngineGuitarist Posted September 27, 2005 Members Share Posted September 27, 2005 there was a soul coughing record he did that opened my eyes, or ears rather. El oso, (i think thats the name, had a yellow cover). The reels for that record are (maybe 'were' now, who knows) at the studio i worked at. I remember talking someone into letting me put it up and listen to the individual tracks. holy jesus. i was an intern at the time and knew even less then i do now, but the drums....man. three pairs of mics, and they were labeled really weird, cant rmember what but it wasnt, room, or oh or something. the rest of it sounded great too, but the drums just blew me away. especially since using 1 or 2 pairs did not give you anything close the drum sound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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