REQ: PureMix Inside The Mix Andrew Scheps Deconstructing 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.net 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