Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Watch next Mix Trick or Trash: youtu.be/8JF-HhpEOFY?si=jHS8PUSDbWxIbHJl
Are your favorite mix tricks true game-changers or total trash? Watch top mix engineer Chris Lord-Alge (Green Day, Muse, Tina Turner) put 19 viral production tips to the ultimate test. See what works in his pro recording studio and what he believes should belong in the bin.
0:00: Intro
0:29: High-pass everything
0:44: Always time align drum overheads with the rest of the drum kit
0:59: Always mix into buss compression
1:04: Always mix with reference tracks
1:33: Mic placement matters more than mic choice
1:51: Every drum recording session needs to have at least one room channel mic
2:15: You can’t mix what wasn’t recorded right
2:30: Clip gain is better than volume automation
2:45: Mixing in mono
3:07: Analog summing doesn’t really matter anymore
3:19: Always check your mix in the car
3:26: Tune every vocal
3:35: Hard pan guitars left and right
3:40: Never boost EQ, only cut
3:47: If the mix sounds good on AirPods, it sounds good on anything
4:06: Always mix at low volume
4:16: Start every mix with the kick
4:34: Keeping an eye on gain staging throughout the mix
4:57: Adding multiple microphones to one electric guitar amp
Watch previous Mix Trick or Trash episodes:
Oak Felder Episode 4: youtu.be/8JF-HhpEOFY?si=jHS8PUSDbWxIbHJl
Joe Chiccarelli Episode 2: youtube.com/watch?v=NpQWYv4Mr-k
Chris Galland Episode 1: youtube.com/watch?v=i2DR0H8e7h8
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Watch next Mix Trick or Trash: youtu.be/8JF-HhpEOFY?si=jHS8PUSDbWxIbHJl
Are your favorite mix tricks true game-changers or total trash? Watch top mix engineer Chris Lord-Alge (Green Day, Muse, Tina Turner) put 19 viral production tips to the ultimate test. See what works in his pro recording studio and what he believes should belong in the bin.
0:00: Intro
0:29: High-pass everything
0:44: Always time align drum overheads with the rest of the drum kit
0:59: Always mix into buss compression
1:04: Always mix with reference tracks
1:33: Mic placement matters more than mic choice
1:51: Every drum recording session needs to have at least one room channel mic
2:15: You can’t mix what wasn’t recorded right
2:30: Clip gain is better than volume automation
2:45: Mixing in mono
3:07: Analog summing doesn’t really matter anymore
3:19: Always check your mix in the car
3:26: Tune every vocal
3:35: Hard pan guitars left and right
3:40: Never boost EQ, only cut
3:47: If the mix sounds good on AirPods, it sounds good on anything
4:06: Always mix at low volume
4:16: Start every mix with the kick
4:34: Keeping an eye on gain staging throughout the mix
4:57: Adding multiple microphones to one electric guitar amp
Watch previous Mix Trick or Trash episodes:
Oak Felder Episode 4: youtu.be/8JF-HhpEOFY?si=jHS8PUSDbWxIbHJl
Joe Chiccarelli Episode 2: youtube.com/watch?v=NpQWYv4Mr-k
Chris Galland Episode 1: youtube.com/watch?v=i2DR0H8e7h8
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