Episode 1
Grammy Award Winning Engineer, Mixer, and Producer, F. Reid Shippen, has made a name for himself in the mixing world through working with some of the world’s most respected artists across a wide variety of genres.
You can hear his work on records from Death Cab For Cutie, Cage The Elephant, Neil Young, The Jonas Brothers, Backstreet Boys, Eric Church, Johnny Lang, Chris Tomlin, Dierks Bentley, and the list goes on.
In this pureMix.net Exclusive, F. Reid Shippen opens the multitrack of Dierks Bentley’s “Drunk On A Plane” to dissect the choices he and the producers made during the production and remixes the song in front of you to explain his thought process, workflow, and techniques that have helped him achieve success as a first call mixing engineer.
Learn how Reid:
- Sets up his sessions before he starts mixing
- Engineered the drum session
- Turns a single shout vocal into a crowd chant
- Adds multiple layers of drum samples to create powerful tones that cut through the mix
- Uses the Haas effect and spatial processors like Crystalizer and the Cooper Time Cube to extend guitar elements outside of the speakers
- Creates Ambience using Drum Room Mics and Drum Samples
- Sidechains Background vocal effects to the dry send to avoid masking the dry signal.
And learn his philosophies on work hours and working with assistants.
Watch F. Reid Shippen mix Dierks Bentley’s “Drunk On A Plane”. Only on pureMix.net
Software
- Avid Dyn3 Compressor/Limiter
- Avid Mod Delay III
- Crowd Chamber
- DMG Audio Essence
- Eiosis AirEQ
- Eventide Ultra Channel
- Fabfilter Pro-Q2
- Fabfilter Timeless 2
- Massey DeEsser
- Oek-Sound Soothe
- PSP MixGate 2
- PSP Mixtreble 2
- PSP Spring Box
- PSP Vintage Warmer
- SPL DrumXChanger
- SPL Transient Designer
- SansAmp PSA-1
- Softube Focusing Equalizer
- Sound Toys Crystallizer
- Sound Toys Decapitator
- Sound Toys Devil-loc
- Sound Toys Radiator
- Sound Toys echoboy
- UAD 1073
- UAD Cooper Time Cube
- UAD EP-34 Tape Echo
- UAD Fatso Jr
- UAD Helios 69
- UAD LA-2A
- UAD Neve 88RS
- UAD Shadow Hills Mastering Compressor
- UAD Trident A-Range
- Waves C1 Compressor
- Waves CLA Drums
- Waves L1 Limiter
- Waves Ouigtex EQP1A
- Waves RVox
- Waves s1 Imager
- iZotope Alloy 2
Hardware
- Ampex Mixer
- Aphex 204
- BASE Bedini Audio Spacial Enviroment
- Cooper Time Cube
- D.A.V. Electronics S.I.P.P.
- DBX "Disco" Boom Box
- DBX 160
- Dangerous BAX
- Dangerous Compressor
- Dangerous Liaison
- Distressor
- Dolby Model 365
- Electrodyne Compressor
- Focusrite Red 3 Compressor
- Maag EQ4
- Millennia STT-1
- Mo-FX
- PIE Limiters
- Pultec EQP-1A3
- Retro 1176
- Retro EQ
- Roland Dimension D
- SSL 4K
- Sony DRE 2000
- Teletronix LA-2A
- Teletronix LA-3A
- Universal Audio 1176
- VP28 Classic Preamp

Dierks Bentley is an American country music singer and songwriter. In 2003, he signed to Capitol Nashville and released his eponymous debut album. Both it and its follow-up, 2005's Modern Day