Rival Sons 'Do Your Worst'

In 2018, The Rival Sons topped the US and Canadian Rock charts with their epic single "Do Your Worst," produced by Dave Cobb.

 

In this Puremix exclusive, watch as Andrew Scheps deconstructs his massive mix of the epic "Do Your Worst" by The Rival Sons.

Part 1:

• Explains how the production was done with producer Dave Cobb
• Discusses how the mixes were sent to him
• Explains how he decided the approach for the mix after hearing the rough
• Breaks down the layout of the mix
• Demonstrates how he created consistency across two separate kick drums between the verse and chorus
• Explains the overall processing on the drums

Part 2:

 

Continuing with the deconstruction of "Do Your Worst" by the Rival sons, award-winning mixing engineer, Andrew Scheps, explains his processing on the individual drum tracks, as well as his parallel compression busses.

Watch as Andrew Scheps:

• Explains the individual processing on the drum tracks
• Discusses how he uses a de-esser on the Scheps Omnichannel to shorten the length of the kick drum
• Breaks down how he creates glue between the attack and sustain of a drum by using saturation
• Explains how he approaches the Glyn Johns overhead micing technique
• Adds the Phaser drum track
• Explains the importance of working in the context of the mix
• Breaks down each of his parallel drum compression busses

Part 3:

With a massive foundation laid with the drums, Andrew Scheps continues deconstructing his mix of the chart-topping single "Do Your Worst" by The Rival Sons.

See how Andrew Scheps:

• Adds a sans amp to the tambourine
• Explains how the sans amp works
• Discusses how the parallel compression busses work to tighten the groove between the percussion and drum kit
• Discusses the history of the 1176 Anniversary edition that he uses as his rear bus compressor
• Breaks down his processing on the main guitar riff
• Demonstrates how he treated the doubled acoustic guitars on the choruses
• Gives a level matched example of the rear bus
• Deconstructs the synth and piano tracks

Part 4:

To wrap up his mix of The Rival Son's "Do Your Worst," Andrew deconstructs the individual processing effects and parallel compression he used on the vocals before wrapping up with a detailed breakdown of his mix bus.

See how Andrew Scheps:

• Explains how he approached the lead vocal compression
• Breaks down his parallel processing on the Lead Vocals
• Deconstructs his Pultec LA2A process
• Demonstrates the effect of the rear bus in context with the lead vocal
• Explains why too much cleanup work can be a bad thing
• Shows the vocal effect chains he used to emphasize the scene changes in the song
• Discusses how the parallel vocal bus compression makes the Lead vocals and background vocals feel more like a complete package, then separate tracks
• Breaks down his stereo bus chain piece by piece

Watch Andrew Scheps mix "Do Your Worst" from The Rival Sons. Only on Puremix.