Good Mix to GREAT Mix | “Fix My Mix” with Richard Chycki

Ever wondered how your song would sound if a Grammy-winning engineer mixed it? Watch as Richard Chycki (Rush, Aerosmith) takes a lucky Waves user’s production and turns a good mix into a great one. Watch more Fix My Mix Sessions: 02:26 The original mix: What’s good vs. What to fix 04:56 A/B the original mix vs. Richard Chycki’s mix 06:04 Re-shaping drum tonality with EQ and compression 12:52 Mixing drum samples with recorded drums 14:45 Re-mixing the drums: Adding attack; adding width; drum routing; rear bus compression 27:10 Subtractive EQ tips 30:04 Re-mixing the vocals: Changing chain order; stacking de-essers and compressors 36:03 Making the vocals bigger 44:07 How to get the right perspective when mixing your own music Plugins used in this video: API 2500: SSL E-Channel: PuigTec EQ: LoAir: L2 Ultramaximizer: https