In this Puremix exclusive video, the Foo Fighters veteran engineer, Darrell Thorp, breaks down the recording and mix of "Tragedy", his favorite from the record.

See how Darrell Thorp:
- Aligns the phase correlation of multiple microphones on a drum kit using Sound Radix Auto Align
- Dials in the sound of the individual drum microphones in the context of the mix
- Adds two drum parallel compression processes
- Adjusts the phase relationship of the Bass DI and Bass Amp
- Talks about the importance of guitars being clear while maintaining size and gives his go-to approach
- Adds the Cytomic Glue bus compressor across the mix and dials in his favorite settings
- Explains his workflow with fader depth and the trim plugin in Pro Tools
- Tells the story of tracking the lead and background vocals
- Explains Dave Grohl's standard approach to stacking vocals
- Dials in the sound of the vocals with EQ, compression, and effects
- Sets up his stereo bus processing to add glue and overall size to the mix
- Adds an Eventide Instant Flanger to the verse vocals to emulate the Bee Gees original vocal sound
- Discusses when he uses compression versus automation on vocals
- Explains how he uses headphones to feel comfortable when he is in unfamiliar environments and check the final details of the mix

CHAPTERS
Part 1 - 32 min
• The history
• Workflow
• Align the drum mics
• Drums
• Parallel drum processing
• Bass

Part 2 - 27 min
• Guitars
• The mix bus
• Guitar riff
• Stereo bus
• Keyboards
• Using trim plugins
• Distortion on the bass
• More keyboards

Part 3 - 20 min
• Vocals
• Background Vocals

Part 4 - 29 min
• Back to the mix bus
• Bringing up the drum rooms
• Verse Vocals
• Back to guitars
• Adding a limiter
• More guitar

Part 5 - 27 min
• Vocal Automation
• Compression vs automation
• Headphone check
• The print setup
• Print the mix

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