Chris Lord-Alge remixing ‘Welcome to the Black Parade’ by My Chemical Romance | Trailer

Step inside Chris Lord-Alge’s impressive studio ‘Mix L.A.’ to observe the legendary mix engineer at work! In this five-part instalment, CLA remixes the multiple award-winning rock anthem ‘Welcome to the Black Parade’ by My Chemical Romance. Despite his ability to achieve top-class results working ‘in the box’, Chris tackles this ambitious project in his favourite way – all analog! Making the most of his SSL 4000 console and enviable collection of gear, the Grammy winner demonstrates his workflow using only hardware processing. Throughout the course of this series, you’ll get an up-close view of CLA’s movements at the console, outboard units, and Pro Tools, which is used primarily for playback and print. Chris reveals his choice of equipment and settings to enhance the raw signals of voice, drums, bass, guitars, horns, organ, piano, and more. Enjoy a detailed look at how this true master takes the record from A to Z, conveying the efficient and impulsive approach he is so highly respected for!

[damianmaxwellorion]

This guy and his brother were my heroes 80’s & 90’s

[vgm_composer]

I'm never sure how forgiving to be with room ambience, that one clip cleared up a lot for me. CLA knows exactly what he wants to hear from start to finish

[dandan-ov]

He mixed it in 2:12 minutes, including the presentation

[RichardFriendartist]

such a great song...very excited for this one MWTM and Chris!! thank you.

[alf]

YES FINALLY. Been waiting for CLA to talk more about The Black Parade

[Chief]

Why does the CLA Vocals plug in have so much noise, even when the track isn't playing???

[boxculture]

One thing I notice in the album mix… where the hell are the cymbals?

[samxday]

It’s not very wet. But there are four reverbs on the drums 🧐

[ouirdoe]

Love the song, actually love the mix, but this is the one track I point my friends to when they ask "what's the worst mastered song you've ever heard?" This singular track is the absolute pinnacle of early 2000's over-compression. Smash it to death, then nuke it with a nasty limiter 15 or 20 times, then run it through another limiter just to be sure. - Put the original CD master through any meter on any sound board and you'll realize what genius is really in the mix because the meter will NOT MOVE for pretty much the whole song. I'd love to hear what it could've been if it was remastered to actually sound good instead of be loud.

[SoundFreqsOnline]

I just wonder: could someone have done this same exact remix in the box in a home project studio? It would be fascinating to find out and compare their mix with Chris's! Bc who has access to this kind of equipment? And do we even need all that equipment anymore? I just wonder

[firmans]

With joining MTM do i also got the multitracks?

[JamieDrumz]

Such a shame you can't buy this as a one-off video. I would pay to watch this, but I'm not involved in mixing enough to justify an entire membership fee. Regardless, awesome song, awesome mix!

[NikoFrederiko.]

How much money did this whole record make? anyone know?

[CFox.]

I just want to know about the guitars. Hope that is covered extensively.. but im guessing he didnt track it all those years ago ?

[martinheath]

Put the mix and all the tracks through a compressor and feed that compressor into another compressor et voila!

[rajkamaljangir]

Mix with the masters never do a full free master class on YouTube, so sad 😟

[RIPDavidBear]

'"Small" console' lol

[MRVIDEOMASTER-ywqw]

God loves you all! The Father sent the Son to die for you and your sins so that you could experience freedom to the fullest! Believe in Christ's death and resurrection (which sealed the work done on the cross) for your salvation and the forgiveness of sins! Amen! God loves you all! The Father sent the Son to die for you and your sins so that you could experience freedom to the fullest! Believe in Christ's death and resurrection (which sealed the work done on the cross) for your salvation and the forgiveness of sins! Amen!! God bless you, I will keep you in my prayers!

[ytnsanw]

At least there's (finally) no pretense of trying to be enthusiastic about plugins....

[michaelmyler]

Great to see him do his thing but after watching the full video. He doesn’t give any insight. He doesn’t explain why he does anything or give any A/B comparisons.
He is so efficient that he flies through what you want to hear in seconds and you don’t learn anything.
Also if he does a very rare comparison (say parallel compression) he talks over the comparison so you can’t hear it as his voice ducks the audio volume.
The Andy Wallace videos are the best so far IMO. He explains and shows you why he’s doing his thing……