In part 1 of this addition to the Lifeboats series, Award Winning Engineer, Tony Maserati, opens the multitrack for the Will Knox song, "Lifeboats", and takes us all the way from hearing the song for the first time, to a completed powerful and energetic mix with his signature sound imprinted upon it.
Watch as Tony:
Discusses his process starting with his vision of the song.
Sets up the session with his template and workflow
Listens to the song for the first time to gather ideas
Experiments with drum sounds
Discusses the importance of ear training
Mixes the song in sections to flush out his ideas
Dials in the lead vocal sound early in the process
Watch legendary engineer, Tony Maserati mix his version of Lifeboats. Only on puremix.net
WILL KNOX is a singer-songwriter from London. At 18 he moved to the US where he studied at Berklee College of Music, and spent several years in New York City.
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Highlands Recording Arts •Monday, April 18, 2022
I've been using Melodyne to de-ess - It is tedious to be sure, but to my ear sounds very natural. Thoughts? Thank you Tony. ~ Cindy
wallace.ba •Wednesday, December 29, 2021
Muito bom, sempre na ideia de "fazer o melhor para a musica".
Assis •Sunday, July 18, 2021
Thanks! É maravilhoso acompanhar; como o Tony constrói sua arte.
socratiliv •Monday, April 26, 2021
Hello, it's possible to have the subtitles in French. Thank you. Merci.
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eduguitar •Monday, April 19, 2021
Spanish subtitles please!!! :)
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Clayenginr •Friday, April 16, 2021
I really didn’t understand why he left the saturation in the vox so high in the bridge. I could understand adding more saturation there but not bringing it over the top like he did. It made my ears cringe a bit every time I heard it, even in the final print. I thought maybe he would soften it a bit before that final print, but no.
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jessrho •Wednesday, April 7, 2021
Haha that outta tune ARP killin me :\
Pearlpassionstudio •Friday, April 2, 2021
Excellent tutorial, details will really make or break the song. Many don't even care on what you stated but cricical listener will here it every time..Especially mixers and when you pointed them out . Well done, thanks
Denis Boucher •Thursday, April 1, 2021
Not just a couple of hits, all this guitar track is too loud.
jose_antonio.g •Monday, March 29, 2021
Podéis subtitular en Español por favor!?
lucas.med •Wednesday, March 24, 2021
Maserati is a Class Man. I wanted to have half of his style
zarboa •Sunday, March 21, 2021
Best job with this track to my taste ! Great tutorial, thank's
rcmiller127 •Saturday, March 20, 2021
Tony's videos are excellent.
iamryanparker •Thursday, March 18, 2021
Of the many mixers who've worked on the Lifeboats series, only 2-3 have noticed & fixed that out of tune synth early on. The rest continue to torture our ears by looping it over and over without ever seeming to notice how painful the tuning is
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Edouard Philippe •Thursday, March 18, 2021
watching Tony video always give me all the confidence and inspired me to be better. His vids taught me to be patient and get my idea done and figured out later the challenging parts.
Message to the Pro, let us see your challenges and hear your thought process sometime is the best gift to us because we know how to face ours; When a mix challenge us it's not because we are that bad but instead it's just a part of the mix process. "inside the mix " to me, sucks, and that's why Puremix is the Best.
