Andrew Scheps Unplugged: Decoding the Mix

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Andrew Scheps, today I'm Having a GAS with one of the most respected and well-reputed mix engineers in the music industry. Andrew Scheps returns to the podcast and is IRL and 'unplugged' for the first time!

We discuss his Grammy Nomination for mixing 'The Blue Hour'; his mix bus processing, his collaboration with Waves on Scheps Omni Channel 2, distortion, reverb, parallel processing, his preferred headphones for mixing and why mix engineers choose to mix in the box, Red Hot Chili Peppers, fame, AI and much more!

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0:00 Welcome to Having a GAS with Andrew Scheps
0:31 Ashore
0:55 Andrew Scheps Grammy Nomination
4:36 Mixing The Blue Hour: Andrew Scheps Discusses
18:20 Switching off the "visual cortex"
24:03 Group and Mix Bus Processing
39:30 Focusing on Individual Elements
43:16 Sampled vs Live Drums
44:47 Scheps Omni Channel 2
50:07 Analog vs Digital Distortion
54:18 Sculpting reverbs for The Blue Hour
1:01:34 Sonic Artefacts
1:05:00 Parallel Processing
1:10:20 Outboard Gear vs 'In the box'
1:11:35 Mixing on Headphones
1:13:46 Red Hot Chili Peppers
1:21:12 Andrew Scheps Musical Taste
1:25:05 Andrew Scheps on Fame
1:31:30 Andrews Scheps Responds to YouTube comments
1:34:08 Andrew Scheps on AI

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Andrew Scheps returns to Having a GAS and is IRL and 'unplugged' for the first time!

HavingaGAS
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Sir Andrew Scheps is the Gandalf of Mixing

demodeiowa
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I met Andrew at NAMM in 2020. He was as kind and as genuine as can be; sometimes his daughter was with him. He always acknowledged me whenever we bumped into or walked past each other.

stupendousmusic
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When I hear something that resonates with me I put it in my notes, this is what I wrote down;
“ Know your tools well so you can use them without thinking too much about them so you don’t loose the perspective of what you’re achieving to do. The hardest part about mixing is staying creative all the time as soon as you dive in a rabbit hole you loose that. You need to be always listen as a listener to not loose perspective .”

Great conversation 👌🏼

Studiomix
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Even Andrew Scheps is not immune to the slow sag of a boom mic stand...Love this great talk fellas!

nathanaelnicol
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11 years mixing, my biggest tips:

Learn compression for consistent dynamics.
Learn EQ for removing masking.
Treat esses, but find the best way to control it (Sometimes a dynamic eq is better)
Find a reference track and listen to their bass, snare og vocal level.
Don't add vocal effects until you have finished processing the vocal (dynamics, timing, tuning)
Manually tune a vocal first, take your time with this, before adding echoes etc.
Understand when to clip peaks, limit peaks, control resonanse, and volume automate.
Investing in plugins is fine, but only purchase a plugin if you are missing that tool or your tool isn't doing the job well enough.
Eq you reverb highs and resonances.
I discovered that when you get a new plugin you will overdo it for the 15 first songs you use it on, and then you will learn to use it subtly and at the right times.
Most important of all before mixing, organise your project.
I use analog 1176 and analog la2a when compressing vocals, over plugins and find this helps me get the vocals 70% of the way.
Why these two? 1176 is faster and helps catch vocal transients, while la2a transparently levels out the the remaining dynamics.
Fast attack pushes vocals back, slow attack makes it punchy.
Fast release will increase the low level content, slow release can reduce this if not desirable.

Let me know if you want a video on this!

mpstudionorway
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The interviewer learned so much on this interview

this_is_jmdub
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Ok, I've just invented Beard Mic, that Andrew Scheps' next update should incorporate. I love listening to Andrew because he is so, so genuine.

adambradley
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I do miss his interviews! Got me through the pandemic!!!

OldManandtheGHome
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As a jack-of-all trades audio engineer I spend a lot of time listening to various engineers and producers talk about their process, but Andrew is another animal. When I was in audio school I absolutely adored the album Neptune by The Duke Spirit. Gandaldore here worked on that shit.

jerrywemhoff
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“Cheating” is when somebody else does something I hadn’t thought of and it sounds better and/or achieves results faster than what I’m doing. 😂

mrdavies
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Always a pleasure listening to Andrew Sheps. Thx for that!

felixdorn
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Al Schmitt, once said when your recording in the worlds best rooms, with the best artist and best instruments, best equipment it gets easier.

tracyeaves
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Wow, Andrew is really cool, I like the way he talks so softly yet assertively

saifpilot
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Heres what I learned atfet 15 years of mixing: The professionals know which probelms need fixing and fix them. Masters find bigger picture problems and solve them with simpler solutions. Just my two cents and what I aspire to become... edit: a lovely reaction was Andrews reaction to a new tip on transient lengh implying different distances. His first question: "Does that work?".

GingerDrums
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Recently Ive heard a couple ppl say 'I want my drums to be different, the 909, 808, etc. are just so boring." I just shake my head and I think "They are drums, they serve everything that you layer on top of them" I totally feel validated after hearing Andrew basically confirming the same as my thoughts.

donnydarko
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Ha! Just found this a little late. But I subscribed when I heard, "I don't like the Beach Boys". Finally, there's someone else in this world...Great interview though, I learned quite a bit! Thanks!

BrianAnthony-hz
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52:36 LMAO. Sometimes the only way to avoid steering people in the wrong direction is to stop the car completely. I hear you, Mr Scheps.

deviantmultimedia
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I’m an indie artist, self taught and I make everything by myself : composing, recording, mixing, artwork .. but it’s not by choice, I was born before the internet, so I started with bands, live experience. I had to take the less traveled road because the chemistry didn’t work, but it’s when you hear Andrew talk that you realize how important vision is a part of audition 😬😉… always a pleasure to hear experience talk 🙏
Thank you

frenchthomasmusic
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I have a HUGE tip when trying to avoid the screen. Get a Fighter Twister and map the controls to the plugins to it. It changed my (studio) life. Using studio one which is amazingly easy to map, but no matter how hard it is worth it. I just look down on the knobs instead of the screen. Magic right there.

theswedishmusicstudio