Mike rules! Super grateful and lucky to have gotten to work with him on Chickenfoot at Bob Weir's TRI back in 2011! Dude knows how to make snares and guitars PUNCH! Wonderful human.
Great interview! I'm gonna love getting to know this channel. Very happy to hear the bit about listening to music (especially vocals) with your ears instead of seeing it with your eyes. I've been learning about the current music industry standard operating procedures of the undisclosed use of pitch correction and autotuning and lip-syncing and backing tracks with lead vocals on them being used at "live" performances and general lack of transparency etc. I noticed that there was no mention here of pitch-"correcting" the vocals. Which, if I may say, was music to my ears. My biggest concern now is that the vocals on my favourite album from 1977 will be pitch-"corrected" retroactively and posthumously upon its re-release to celebrate its 50th anniversary. Of course, I'm talking about the first debut album by a Canadian artist to achieve platinum status in Canada in less than a year from its August 1977 date of release!
@@djabthrash You're not telling me that pitch "correction" is happening as a matter of course, are you? I thought it was odd that the practice wasn't even mentioned here as it is SUCH a music industry standard practice and operating procedure these days. Which doesn't make it right when it is used on a great singer's voice.
@@elizabethmiller7291 I wasn't talking about the fact that pitch correction is happening or not, but just emphasizing the fact that it's normal they didn't talk about it because the interview is about MIXING, and pitch correction is not part of the mixing process. And also whether you like pitch correction or not (and i'm not saying i'm for it either, far from it), it has become a standard in the industry, and the debate about it has been done over and over (just like many other subjects), so i can't see why they would have talked about it here.
"My biggest concern now is that the vocals on my favourite album from 1977 will be pitch-"corrected" retroactively and posthumously upon its re-release to celebrate its 50th anniversary. Of course, I'm talking about the first debut album by a Canadian artist to achieve platinum status in Canada in less than a year from its August 1977 date of release!" If you're talking about Rush, i doubt that they use pitch correction on old albums when they re-release them (remix or not), because it wouldn't make sense nor work for many reasons. And even if they did so (which would suck imo), you can still listen to the old version if you want.
@@djabthrash Let me be the first to tell you, the debate over the undisclosed use of pitch correction is just beginning and is, indeed in its infancy. The powers that be in the music industry may have had their go at it and it definitely has become the music industry standard, but now we music lovers are in the room. We may be late to the party and many may think the party is long over but let this be a fair warning that it is not! :) We real music lovers are just getting started! We have been in the dark for too long. What concerns me the most is the retroactive and posthumous use of pitch correction on the voices of our favourite singers from decades ago when albums are re-released and songs uploaded anew. I understand the money game as well as anyone and THAT is what has fueled the standard use of pitch correction and Auto-Tune. But, I also understand all that these technologies take away from a great singer's voice - the unique personality, its expression and its emotional storytelling capacity, all of which live between the lines on a pitch monitoring graph - all of the qualities that allow us to connect with a song on a human emotional level. Essentially, we are being deprived of the pleasure and joy of listening to the real human voices of great singers because the powers that be in the music industry have determined that we should not be allowed to hear great, naturally pitch-accurate voices. The fight against the industry standard use of pitch correction and Auto-Tune may be a quixotic one, but it's a fight that real music lovers are poised to take on, full force with maximum passion. At least, as far as this music lover is concerned! :)
I often find people forget to talk about the speed in which to set a compressor and a reverb on and delays for that matter but The pumping of the compressor and calculating the timing of the reverbs with the BPM of the song so important nobody talks about this
Hi! I’m a recording, mixing engineer, and producer living between Los Angeles and Chile. I’ve been doing this for over 23 years and have had the chance to work with some of the amazing guests on this channel. Thanks for your interest!
Mike rules! Super grateful and lucky to have gotten to work with him on Chickenfoot at Bob Weir's TRI back in 2011! Dude knows how to make snares and guitars PUNCH! Wonderful human.
Man, I really like the straightforward/jump right in approach of your interviews!
Muchaa gracias for su trabajo en este entrevista y canal. Saludos de Tejas.
great interview !!
Great questions!!
One my favourite mix engineers. Found Mike on Coverdale Page
Mike Fraser being so forthcoming is really nice.
Great interview! I'm gonna love getting to know this channel. Very happy to hear the bit about listening to music (especially vocals) with your ears instead of seeing it with your eyes. I've been learning about the current music industry standard operating procedures of the undisclosed use of pitch correction and autotuning and lip-syncing and backing tracks with lead vocals on them being used at "live" performances and general lack of transparency etc.
I noticed that there was no mention here of pitch-"correcting" the vocals. Which, if I may say, was music to my ears.
My biggest concern now is that the vocals on my favourite album from 1977 will be pitch-"corrected" retroactively and posthumously upon its re-release to celebrate its 50th anniversary. Of course, I'm talking about the first debut album by a Canadian artist to achieve platinum status in Canada in less than a year from its August 1977 date of release!
Pitch correction happens before mixing, during editing
@@djabthrash You're not telling me that pitch "correction" is happening as a matter of course, are you? I thought it was odd that the practice wasn't even mentioned here as it is SUCH a music industry standard practice and operating procedure these days. Which doesn't make it right when it is used on a great singer's voice.
@@elizabethmiller7291 I wasn't talking about the fact that pitch correction is happening or not, but just emphasizing the fact that it's normal they didn't talk about it because the interview is about MIXING, and pitch correction is not part of the mixing process.
And also whether you like pitch correction or not (and i'm not saying i'm for it either, far from it), it has become a standard in the industry, and the debate about it has been done over and over (just like many other subjects), so i can't see why they would have talked about it here.
"My biggest concern now is that the vocals on my favourite album from 1977 will be pitch-"corrected" retroactively and posthumously upon its re-release to celebrate its 50th anniversary. Of course, I'm talking about the first debut album by a Canadian artist to achieve platinum status in Canada in less than a year from its August 1977 date of release!"
If you're talking about Rush, i doubt that they use pitch correction on old albums when they re-release them (remix or not), because it wouldn't make sense nor work for many reasons.
And even if they did so (which would suck imo), you can still listen to the old version if you want.
@@djabthrash Let me be the first to tell you, the debate over the undisclosed use of pitch correction is just beginning and is, indeed in its infancy.
The powers that be in the music industry may have had their go at it and it definitely has become the music industry standard, but now we music lovers are in the room. We may be late to the party and many may think the party is long over but let this be a fair warning that it is not! :)
We real music lovers are just getting started! We have been in the dark for too long. What concerns me the most is the retroactive and posthumous use of pitch correction on the voices of our favourite singers from decades ago when albums are re-released and songs uploaded anew.
I understand the money game as well as anyone and THAT is what has fueled the standard use of pitch correction and Auto-Tune. But, I also understand all that these technologies take away from a great singer's voice - the unique personality, its expression and its emotional storytelling capacity, all of which live between the lines on a pitch monitoring graph - all of the qualities that allow us to connect with a song on a human emotional level.
Essentially, we are being deprived of the pleasure and joy of listening to the real human voices of great singers because the powers that be in the music industry have determined that we should not be allowed to hear great, naturally pitch-accurate voices.
The fight against the industry standard use of pitch correction and Auto-Tune may be a quixotic one, but it's a fight that real music lovers are poised to take on, full force with maximum passion. At least, as far as this music lover is concerned! :)
very good interview. informational and to the point
I often find people forget to talk about the speed in which to set a compressor and a reverb on and delays for that matter but The pumping of the compressor and calculating the timing of the reverbs with the BPM of the song so important nobody talks about this
Thank you guys! Great
what's jose's background? all these big names like to be on his podcast.
Hi! I’m a recording, mixing engineer, and producer living between Los Angeles and Chile. I’ve been doing this for over 23 years and have had the chance to work with some of the amazing guests on this channel. Thanks for your interest!
@@agarthapodcast great, thanks. i just now saw the link to your website, sorry about that lol.
@@agarthapodcastyou doing well..keep going...❤❤❤❤❤❤
07:15 or you can use multi velocity samples...
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I tend to undermix vocals too. Better for a lot of vocalists.........
Mike is amazing. Honored that he mixed our debut album ua-cam.com/play/OLAK5uy_kqlSAo6m9g3qGo8bYGXuaO5iHc4nyqj8E.html&si=_5hpVjTcIZ0roVQx
Mike Fraser, super LEGEND!
Thanks a lot. ❤