The Revivalists "Wish I knew you"

Formed in 2007, the Revivalists started an eight-year trek to the release of their record "Men Amongst Monsters", which landed them on Rolling Stone's list of "10 Bands You Need to Know".

Ten years after forming, their single "Wish I Knew You" reached #1 on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart and was certified Platinum by the R.I.A.A.

In this Puremix exclusive, Vance Powell revisits the multitrack and creates a fresh mix on his SSL console, breaking down every mix decision he makes while telling stories from the original production and mix.

See how Vance Powell:

• Listens to the track to refamiliarize himself with the multitrack
• Begins with the rhythm section of the mix to get a solid foundation
• Patches in his Distressors across the kick and snare tracks
• Adds a snare drum sample
• Adds an Unfairchild as a parallel drum compressor
• Adds the steel guitar and explains the importance of it's role in the band
• Adds movement to the organ using the Strymon Volante pedal
• Adds a Rat Pedal and Boss DM-100 Delay to the snare to create depth and rhythmic ambience
• Adds his Strymon El Capistan delays to the lead vocal and sends them to the reverb
• Explains his Burl converter I/O setup
• Compresses the background vocal bus using an 1176 Rev A and
• Fabfilter Multiband Compressor
• Adds the B.A.S.E. Spatializer to the keyboard and background vocal loop
• Inserts the intro edit they did to the original mix
• Adds his two Bricasti M7 reverb units to the mix on various elements
• Auditions the SSL bus compressor in addition to the API 2500 across the mix bus
• Does passes of automation on his SSL console
• Adds a transient designer parallel bus to the snare to extend the length
• Creates a vocal delay throw with his Moog analog delays feeding a PCM42 reverb
• Reviews the mix at low volume before sending it off to the band and does final tweaks
• Experiments with adding the Burl BAD1M transformers to the print

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