Printing stems through analog equipment with Marcella Araica
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- Опубліковано 16 чер 2021
- Full video available exclusively on mwtm.org/ma-go-girl
A sneak peek of Marcella Araica's 'Deconstructing A Mix' series in which she illustrates how to print stems when mixing with a hybrid analog/in the box set up.
Join us at Dream Asylum Studios in Miami for our second instalment on hybrid mixing with Marcella Araica! In this series, the acclaimed engineer gives you an insight into the creation of 'Go Girl' by Luke James. She recounts the various stages of tracking, discusses production by Danja, and demonstrates her techniques by remixing the multi-track! You'll see how Marcella groups certain parts, runs audio through hardware, and further enhances the signals 'in the box'. She explains why she incorporates certain equipment into a workflow that combines the power of both analog and digital tools. Using plug-ins, outboard gear, and a SSL 9000J console, Araica shows you how she processes drums, percussion, 808, synth bass, guitars, and vocals!
Full video available exclusively on mwtm.org/ma-go-girl
For those who don't know what board she's using, that's an SSL J board. If you couldn't already tell by the saturation of it, it's really nice on the top end.
Hybrid Mixing all the way baby!!!! Marcella! Go Girl!!!!
i really love how Marcella explains why she mixes things the way she does
Great balance and sound
I love this - no gain staging - things clipping all over - no labelling of busses - Really well organised and great knowledge to share ! Excellent stuff !
Learned so much here. Thanks Marcella! 🙏
Love her videos
Makes all the sense in the world!
This is solid 💯
2:25 that I'm not able to get...... IN THE BOX. I'm guessing they cut this off because they didn't want to make plugin companies mad. Plugins are great but having a nice preamp, compressor, eq and other outboard gear going into the computer initIally for your source makes a HUGE difference.
So fricken true. I hate it that heaps of people think just because they don’t hear the difference, then there isn’t one.
@@domdraper3221 I'm using the neve shelford channel strip and MAN, that makes a world of difference compared to the preamps on the Audient id44. I know the truth now. Plugins help if you have a good source and signal chain for sure.
Sure, but its not that plugins are inferior . If you know how to use em then you can mix better than even manny marroquin. There are no limits to something and that "warmth" crap isnt required everywhere not every track requires that crap 'warmth" .😑 like duh bro! Wtf?? So much analog obsession! Im myself an ssl board guy , but i wouldnt say that plugins are crap or limited. Old things doesnt mean that they are superior to every freakin thing in the whole world! This biased attitude and intolerability is fake a&^. If you want "warmth" or some crap , then get warm sounds first! Whats so neccessary for mixing to take care of that.
@@yakshrajsingh8121 Thanks for you reply. Plugins are tools. I find some work best after you record a great take. And having front-end gear that suits the source is key. Of course old things aren't automatically better. If it works it works. Happy creating!
But they have a plugin version of her board and its sonically a solid match. Many plugins do miss the mark, but some do nail the sound if you know which ones that actually do, and you use it like they would. The sound she is getting is totally achievable in the box. 100%. But you're really just recreating her studio in the box is what it is. You won't get her sound with stock plugins.
Thanks Marcella!
Love Hybrid. Great Knowledge ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Thanks for sharing
Marcella is definitely in my top 5 mix engineers, sonically shes amazing!!! Timbo n Danja knooooooow this
danger hands
She really brings samples to another realm sonically. Much more 3D!
Beautiful queen!
oh you did that joint with j#@_&es bros... Smiling that harmony in the middle of the song took me back to.Devante and Dalvin days .... Really slick work smiling!
Crazy how much I learned from this in just 7 min
Nice video. I don't know if you remember me but I was your instructor at Full Sail. I go by Stix. Either I'm proud of your success. Peace
PRO STUFF !BRAVO MARCELLA!
Dopeness! 👊🏾💯🔥
Very good
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Wow nice.
Lit 🔥
That’s right kids, those boards are meant to actually be used. Lol. They aren’t just a laptop stand.😆
Tables turnin
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I be watching these beat making videos people making dope beats that sound great, but they're in a niiiice studio and I'm like I would at the least print my mixed beat or whatev and then run it thru the board or something , I guess that's just me 🤷🏾♀️🤷🏼♂️🎙🎶🔥🎤
Thank you…Well said
While some large format analog consoles may still be in use, they are actually starting to become a thing of the past that's starting phase out in favorite of Hybrid Mixing in the box. Very few Mix Engineers mixes on an analog console much anymore these days as most of them have moved to a digital system . You see a lot Argosy Console and Sterling Modular desks these days in professional control rooms, mixing and Mastering rooms that are replacing the larger footprint consoles. All the new analog consoles are getting smaller cut done designed for hybrid mixing and analog summing these days.
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Nice Work. I still use my studer 2 inch Machine printing. and back to protools. and I Mix to Dat Then Digitally back. Analogue makes a big difference. If you know what you are listening to.
So let’s get this straight… dump the stems into the board , mix down the stems , dump back onto the box mix down to one track then add the vst more compressor, saturation, eq etc… onto the track/master channel. Correct??? Or naw. Because i plan on buying a mixing board for my small studio
I have an interface with 24 ins and outs with the option of adding up to 90 something channels. It’s a rack mounted beast. I also have a vintage Allen and heath 24 channel 8 bus desk, which I brought and painstakingly replaced all the capacitors and transistors in so it runs like new with no noise.
When I have the structure of my song finished, I run each channel through the desk and re record it back into the DAW. The desk adds colour and in my opinion opens the sounds up and adds depth.
I can also do the entire mix down through the desk and use the busses and master out to do the summing.
I also have a 16 channel tape machine which I will restore and use too. Then I can get some of that lovely tape compression.
Those large boards are phasing out. Not many mixers mix on them anymore. Almost everyone is mixing Hybrid in the box without a mixer these days eliminating the middle man analog console. The new standard is outboard gear going straight into a multi channel AD / DA converter like the Lynx Aurora or Apogee Symphony i/O.
@@seanmix2954 Woow you really have great knowledge ! Would you perhaps know by any chance the producer of the grammy-award winning song "Clarity" by Zedd ?
@@seanmix2954 Could you explain it to us please , what is this thing RECORD PRODUCER , what does that mean ?
@@seanmix2954 they most definitely are not phasing out.....
Good morning, I'm having trouble getting signal out while printing with hardware. I'm using a manley core with a distressor to a Apollo twin. I can hear the changes when I twist the knob but when is time to print the waves don't change. What am I doing wrong? I'm using pro tools as well.
My Boo ❤
Ms Lago 🙏🙏🙏🙏
We need more female producers on this channel!!
Are these all stereo tracks because they are samples ? I am from old school " I track the Drums myself" in the studio... ;-)
Stems are usually imported into stereo in Pro Tools. You can choose to stereo image everything during the mix. She is also printing in stereo which gives a wider overall sound from the board when it comes back in.
@@EPtheDreamer Hi EP... But are all those tracks " a real stereo source" as each source has been recorded with 2 mics in a stereo array or are premixed in a stereo fx like a room reverb ? I mean like the snare and kick ? OverHeads I get it but for the other " usually " mono tracks.. ?
In those case is the left track of the stereo stem sample the same as the right as 2 mono tracks joined together ?
If so there would be no use or benefit to keep them stereo... Just saying... From an 60 yo tech...😏
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What's with the color?
I guess to keep things organized so she knows what the drums are the instruments etc and it makes it easier work flow rise
Why one by one?
Where did you go dude? Oh there you are. Lool
Hey eman where are you? Lool
Genuine question. Since when you print the individual stems through the mix buss they won't sum to an exact copy of the mix, Wouldn't that be an issue when licensing to tv and film?
I saw a video where mick guzauski mentioned that some music supervisors actually hire 3rd parties to check if the the stems actually sum to the mix properly.
Marcella
Sweet Beautiful name
My pro tools sessions look nothing like that, she’s on another level
definitely, it looks beautifully organized.
She’s so gorgeous
The console? I agree
What’s that gotta do with anything?
Stfu
@@JRXOtheG mature response.
Though Marcella Araica is a refreshing member of the few female mixers we have compared to the males in the pantheon....making a plug for "the board" is like making a plug for oil powered automobiles....or ammonia laced cigarettes.....or more bottled water in plastic. If everyone felt they had to empty their pockets for those couple pieces of hardware to make the grade they would a. go broke and b. never release their song....leaving it once more to the music industry to handle their artists and collect their pay from none other than you or me.
Dude buying a small desk and interface is cheaper than buying new plug ins every week, which is what they want you to do. Plug ins can’t do what analog equipment can do and that’s just the facts. Also if you are really into the art then surely you can hear how much better analog equipment sounds.
@@domdraper3221 100% The economics of owning timeless hardware that holds value anytime you wanna sell it v.s. buying constantly outdated/incompatibalised software that has no resale value........ especially if you either bought the nice gear way back when it was cheaper or purchased it during a successful year as a tax offset...... i also use plugins and theyre great but i try to invest in hardware as much as i can and use it to create more personalised sounds
@@m.o.n.d.e.g.r.e.e.n hareware sucks. Stop living in the past! 😂
It’s so refreshing seeing female engineers and producers 🔥
when ur wife is also ur mentor
When did engineers start using the terms "stems" & "printing"?
Its nice, Getting too technical tho
Hahahaha
creo que confundió la consola con la lavadora de platos. . . .
wow, very reductionist ...I get it ...ha, like my 4track Tech
Ummmm, I get your whole process but it seams a bit over kill. Why use plug-ins if you have a rack full of out board gear? Just side chain back into the box.
To get the colour and depth that analog gives which plugins can’t yet emulate. Totally worth it.
Lol
estos cursos son un fraude. . . . deberían ser gratuitos, por que los profesores parecen estar perdidos en el DAW, y nunca muestran una masterizaciòn desde cero. siempre hablan demasiado rapido y clikean en lugares que ni ellos saben para que funcion sirven.
Что кто-нибудь знает английский
Ну да
I'm just here waiting for Eman08 ( he is now called 87 SP because people have realized he's a troll ) to start randomly mentioning Ron Fair , Oak Felder , Quincy Jones , and talk about how modern producers aren't producers , the weeknd can't sing , Zedd didn't produce his SELF-PRODUCED "Clarity" song etc.
EDIT: Troll changed his name again , now called " - " and he changed his picture , now it's a white minus sign (like his name) inside a brown circle , his other account is "S. P"
EDIT 2 : This troll has even renamed one of his accounts to "Svengali" and posted my picture as well (and is now trolling the comments ) because I EXPOSED him as a troll on his real Eman 08 account. You can clearly see different dates of creating these accounts.
And if you go to his discussion tab , you can see I left a comment 3 months ago, but he's to dumb to realize this
Idk who this eman guy is,
But modern producers aren't producers and zedd didn't produce his songs like clarity and Middle cannot be put in the same sentence
If you still going by the 70s or 80s definition of "Producer" then Zedd not writing the instrumental shouldn't affect your view of a producer
@@RaviRomana You're Eman08 two point O ??
@@svengali5862 how?
@@svengali5862 I was commenting on this eman guy, that how can he say modern producers are not producers are not producers and say that zedd didn't produced his songs at the same time
print = recording stems
She was about she's trying to get the sound warm and that shit can't get it from plug....then she stopped lmao.
With all due respect to the engineer who I'm sure she's great at what she does but, what kind of content is this? Who manages the youtube account? What are you trying to show us here? We didn't see what gears she used, what settings, didn't explain why she chooses that specific gear etc. I see a lot of comments of people in awe for something non-existent. I guess 90% here are all amateurs or beginners. Again, I'm sure she's great, but you are not giving us any valuable content.
I agree 100%. For a site with prices that high for a masterclass with a "master" I espect a waaaay more organized content. Seems like all they sell are videos of masters doing their thing without going step by step. I mean, i have seen public and free channels on youtube with amazing engineers covering everything with a mindblowing quality.
@@sergio_grez Their paid content is amazing, my sub just lapsed and I already miss it. Certain ones are better than others, but some are really methodical and in-depth. And sure, you could learn off some random guy or you could learn from Marcella, Steve Albini, Tchad Blake etc.
“I want it to have a more warmer sounding sound”
Shiyyyeeeetttt😂
What the fuck should she have said according to you then sound isn't warm so warmer sounding is correct
@@BubtheBubble She should have said warmer sounding sound that's sounds warmer
So much misinformation here on this video as well as the comments.
Multi-Tracks = individual tracks in a session
Stems = a group of tracks printed down to a 2-Track
e.g.
Drum Multi-Tracks:
- Kick
- Snare
- Tom
- Overheads
- Room
- Hi-Hat
- Ride
Drums Stem:
- All of that shit listed above in a single 2-Track audio file.
Eyebrows
She still is a better engineer then you no matter her eyebrows
@@djallious1188 it was a compliment
@@Sk84Yah Ohh then my bad then usually people say it as trying to be mean I'm sorry then
@@djallious1188 no worries no worries
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