Mixing Jazz Fusion
Multi-Platinum Engineer and Producer Kenny Gioia returns with an all-new mixing series, this time showing you how to mix a Jazz Fusion song. Watch Kenny mold the mix from a raw rough mix into a release-ready diamond.
Videos
• Introduction (06:06) - In this opening tutorial, Kenny sets the stage for properly mixing a Jazz Fusion song. Kenny goes over what this will entail and preview the before and after results.
• Organizing the Session (13:16) - Next we dive in and talk about the key to mixing quickly and all of it's advantages. We begin to organize the session by re-naming and coloring tracks, cleaning up our audio and adding markers to the session.
• Rough Mix (12:41) - Next, Kenny begins to get a rough mix while applying master buss fx and EQ to continually speed up the mixing process.
• Basic Drum Sound & Overheads (05:31) - Kenny works on the drum tracks both globally and gets some close to final sounds for the Overhead Mics.
• Drum Room Mics (06:35) - As we move on with the drum mics, we begin to work on the Room Mic and what it adds to the kit while dealing with the phase issues that it may add.
• Kick Drum (13:01) - In this video, Kenny moves on to the close mic'ed drums. Focusing on the Kick Drum and adding some neat tricks to give it more low end and add sustain.
• Snare Drum (05:14) - Kenny moves on to the close mic'ed Snare Drum and what it adds to the general drum kit sound. Compression and EQ are all discussed along with phase issues.
• Drum Buss Parallel Compression (06:22) - To finalize our drum sound, we buss all the drums to a few different aux tracks and treat each of them differently using Buss or NY style Compression. This technique provides maximum flexibility in retaining the drum transients along with crushing compression possibilities.
• The Bass Sound (10:53) - Next we move on to the Bass. Working with EQ, Compression and multying it to many tracks to create a unique sound while adding clarity.
• Guitar Rhythm (09:05) - Kenny moves on to the guitar tracks focusing on the intro guitar and adding amp and cabinet simulators to re-create and sculpt the sound of a real amp.
• Guitar Head (08:02) - Next we move on to the main lead melody guitar which plays off the Sax as we find a unique place for each of them while also creating a sound.
• Sax (12:28) - Kenny tackles the Saxophone which plays in a few different sections. Not only do we treat each on with different processing but we also see the easiest way of accomplishing it.
• Guitar Chords (06:39) - During the Sax solo sections, an interesting guitar chord section appears with a slight chorus effect. We re-pan this part along with adding EQ and Compression.
• Guitar Solo (10:02) - Next we tackle the main guitar solo. Also adding guitar amp simulators but doing a bit differently this time while employing the direct sound along with EQ as well.
• Fender Rhodes (Roland Space Echo) (11:57) - Throughout the whole song, we have a staccato Fender Rhodes tracks that stabs out the chords. We find a unique effect for this while also creating some psychedelic tape echo effects for the ending of the song.
• Automation - Master FX (12:50) - Once all the tracks are working nicely together, we re-think our approach, make adjustments based on it and begin to automate all the tracks so they fit nicely in the mix and create interesting moments for the transitions.
• Final Mix (02:59) - And finally, in this video we simply play the finished mix down so you can hear the final results.