￥Inside The Track #5 – EDDIE KRAMER
SHINEDOWN – “STONE FREE”

 

Join us at LAFX studios in Hollywood for a look inside the track with Eddie Kramer! In this series, the rock ‘n’ roll super-producer guides you through the mixing process of ‘Stone Free’, a Jimi Hendrix cover by the band Shinedown. Summing through a vintage API console and processing with both outboard gear and plug-ins, Kramer harnesses the best of analog and digital capabilities. You’ll see how he manages, treats and blends a large number of drum and percussion tracks with intricate acoustic guitar parts to create a textured yet punchy rhythm section. He also demonstrates his hybrid approach to processing acoustic bass and a number of vocal tracks. Aside from demonstrating his mix techniques, Kramer comments on various recording and production aspects of the project.

 

ABOUT EDDIE KRAMER
Eddie Kramer has such an astonishing pedigree that his career description reads almost like the history of rock’n’roll itself During the sixties and early seventies he was at the heart of the birth of rock, when he worked with the likes of The Kinks, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Traffic, John Mayall, The Small Faces, and most of all, Jimi Hendrix – Kramer engineered all four albums released during the guitarist’s life, as well as five Led Zeppelin studio albums.

 

Part 1
Live drums & percussion, samples, acoustic bass & guitars, EQ, effects, subharmonic synthesis

 

Part 2
BV, lead vocal, crowd sounds, kick, snare, transient design, EQ, compression, blending

 

Part 3
Acoustic bass hybrid compression, guitar solo, balance tweaks, automation, track commentary