Printing stems through analog equipment with Marcella Araica

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!

[EPtheDreamer]

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.

[mikespink]

I love this - no gain staging - things clipping all over - no labelling of busses - Really well organised and great knowledge to share ! Excellent stuff !

[shestudiossheila]

Hybrid Mixing all the way baby!!!! Marcella! Go Girl!!!!

[-srg]

i really love how Marcella explains why she mixes things the way she does

[okcguitarbear]

2:25 that I'm not able to 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.

[supremeoftheartss.o.t.a]

Marcella is definitely in my top 5 mix engineers, sonically shes amazing!!! Timbo n Danja this

[traveldonanddiva]

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

[BruceKnouseMusic]

Crazy how much I learned from this in just 7 min

[Van_Verder]

Learned so much here. Thanks Marcella! 🙏

[anthemmakersmusic]

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!

[Yahoomediaclub]

Love Hybrid. Great Knowledge ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Thanks for sharing

[isabelharouny]

We need more female producers on this channel!!

[TTSs]

That’s right kids, those boards are meant to actually be used. Lol. They aren’t just a laptop stand.😆

[robertl.]

Are these all stereo tracks because they are samples ? I am from old school " I track the Drums myself" in the studio... ;-)

[kaznielflores]

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.

[bigbro]

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

[CjMoore]

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.

[scarvello]

It’s so refreshing seeing female engineers and producers 🔥

[svengali]

Where did you go dude? Oh there you are. Lool

[tomlarosa]

My pro tools sessions look nothing like that, she’s on another level