Ep.1 Poducing a neo-soul song
Fab Dupont explains his creative decision making process as he transforms the Home Cookin’ song ‘Open Eyed’ from the demo to the version heard at the Universal Audio Apollo launch event.
Compare the two versions of the song along with the band and hear singer Liza Colby and producer John Burgos tell the story of how the original track came to fruition and their feelings on the new version.
Get inside the head of an award-winning producer and learn Fab’s decision making process when producing records. You’ll gain valuable new insights that you can use as inspiration in your own work as Fab explains changes of arrangement, tempo, key, performance, and feel of the song.
Click here to learn with Fab as he mixes this song from scratch using only UA plugins.
Universal Audio UAD Plugins used:
- 1176 LN
- Cambridge EQ
- EP-34 Tape Echo
- EMT 250
- Harrison 32C EQ
- LA2A
- Moog Filter
- MXR Flanger Doubler
- Neve 88RS
- Precision Enhancer Hz
- Precision Maximizer
- Precision Limiter
- Precision Bus Compressor
- Pultec Pro
- RS-1 Reflection Engine
- SPL Transient Designer

The Liza Colby Sound, out of NYC, is known for an aesthetic that harnesses the grit of garage rock, the anthemic power of classic arena rock, the sweat-soaked salvation of a soul revue, and the sneering defiance of punk rock. Part shaman, part seductress, Liza Colby was born to earn the Queen Of Rock N' Roll mantle.