PES 166: Chris Williams - Host of Badass Agile, Audio Engineer and Musician
My guest is Chris Williams - host of Badass Agile, audio engineer and musician! We discussed SO MUCH!.....including: Mics: Manley Reference Cardioid mic ---g UA Arrow (API Vision channel strip with no EQ or compression) Neumann U87, TLM103 RODE NTK Shure KSM32 Shure SM7B EV RE20 Various Handhelds - Shure Sm58, Beta58, Beta87, Neumann KMS105 Mixer - Behringer Eurorack, M-Audio Profire2826, UAD Console Virtual Mixer Preamplifiers: Neve Shelford Channel Great River me1nv Grace Design M101 UA Solo 610 Interfaces: UAD Apollo Twin Duo Twin Quad x6 Arrow Recorders: Tascam DR40 Sound Devices MixPre-3 Computer - Macbook Pro 15 (2019) Post-production: Recordings go from MixPre or Tascam, exported into logic or Reaper, or directly into Logic 1 of 2 ways: Desktop/portable rig Mic-gUA Arrow or Twin Quad, through Unison Mic Pre (usually API Vision) Rack - Mic-gMic pre-gbalanced line out into UAD x6, bypass onboard preamps and into converters Editing and Mixing done in Logic, some mixing in Reaper or Pro Tools (or outsourced) Typical Vocal Bus - Plugin Alliance BlackBox, EL Arouser, Waves NS1 for dynamic mics UAD Shadow Hills Mastering Compressor or UA LA2A, UAD Manley Massive Passive, Waves NS1 for Condensers OR Acustica Audio Aquamarine (Shadow Hills compressor), Magenta, Purple when untethered. Occasionally use Kazrog TrueIron (also try Valve EQ, K-clip), Kush UBK1, Novatronclassi Mastering Bus: Softube Tape or UAD Ampex ATR102, Manley Massive Passive, Softube TubeTech Channel, PluginAlliance bx_limiter or UAD Precision Limiter Occasionally Use Airwindows plugs, Logic Stock plugs, various Acustica and UAD emulations, waves emulations, various reverbs..always trying new plugins as well. Cleanfeed MJUC Tokyo Dawn - free compressor and EQ Chandler Curvebender! Stoicism! Thanks for being a great guest, Chris! DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any questions or remarks. We appreciate you listening. Want to Start a Business or Have a Career as a Podcast Producer/Engineer? Listen and Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pandora, Google Podcasts, iHeartRadio, Stitcher, TuneIn, Android, RSS, Email
