REQ: PUREMIX - F. Reid Shippen Mixing Dierks Bentley
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
Exercise files
Chapters
Equipment & Software
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
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
Exercise files
Chapters
Equipment & Software
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