￥We are proud to present our first ever series on tracking with star mixer Chris Lord-Alge! Hosted at studio B of the world-famous Capitol Studios in Los Angeles, CLA tackles a recording session with rock band Phil X & The Drills. Our detailed footage of the experience shows every step of the process – live space considerations, microphone choice and placement, instruments, amplifiers, DI boxes, Neve 8068 console setup, signal routing and processing, gain staging, phase correction, headphone mix creation, recording the band live, adding overdubs, production and arrangement, level metering, sample rate, bit depth, monitoring, and finishing the rough mix. Aside from sharing invaluable technical knowledge, Chris Lord-Alge imparts the reasoning behind his practical and efficient workflow, while advising on how this approach can be adapted to other environments and equipment.

 

PART 1
00:12:36
Drums – microphone choice & placement, alternative options, preferences, live room characteristics

 

PART 2
00:07:26
Guitar & bass – amp head & cabinet setup, microphone choice & placement, phasing, isolation, DI, signal blend

 

PART 3
00:10:09
Control room – Neve 8068 console, routing, outboard gear, sample rate, bit depth, metering, headphone mix

 

PART 4
00:15:56
Drum treatment – preamp levels, gain staging, phase, console & Pultec EQ, dbx, Fairchild, & SSL compression

 

PART 5
00:04:09
Bass – amp volume & tone, ribbon vs. dynamic microphones, DI signal chain, level blend

 

PART 6
00:03:32
Guitar – phase issues, headphone mix alteration, final microphone setup on amps, lack of processing, advice

 

PART 7
00:15:37
Live band recording – level blend, tempo change, mic signal leakage, production, arrangement, choice of take

 

PART 8
00:09:22
Guitar overdubs – instrument & setup change, mix buss parameters, bass EQ advice, solo alterations

 

PART 9
00:15:38
Vocals – microphone choice, processing, section takes, doubles, harmonies, vocal tracking workflow

 

PART 10
00:06:07
Rough mix – details of effects used, recording session recap, goal setting, next steps