This week is the premiere of Pensado's Place with mixing engineer Dave Pensado, his manager Herb Trawick, and engineer Zan Nakari. They are joined in studio by mixing engineer Ariel Chobaz who recently worked with Nicki Minaj on her album. In this week's Into The Lair, Dave Pensado goes over some of his favorite new compressor and eq plug-ins that he uses on his mixes. They also break down the tracks for Linkin Park's 'Waiting for the End' in this week's Playback, and the group takes questions from viewers during Corner Office. For more information, show notes, and schedule visit www.thisweekin.com.

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In 2nd episode of Pensado's Place with mixing engineer Dave Pensado, Herb Trawick, and Zan Nakari are joined by world renowned mixing engineer Jean-Marie Horvat (Michael Jackson, Justin Timberlake, TI, Reba Mcentire, Beyonce, etc.). On this week's Into The Lair, Dave goes over stereo buss compression and the difference between compressors and limiters. The gang also breaks down Whiz Kalifa's Black and Yellow in this week's Playback, and the group takes live chat room questions from viewers during Corner Office! For more information, show notes, and schedule, visit www.thisweekin.com!

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In the 3rd episode of Pensado's Place, Dave Pensado is joined by GRAMMY award winning mixer Dylan "3D" Dresdow. (Michael Jackson, Black Eyed Peas, Mariah Carey, Rihanna, Usher, The Game, Nas, Ciara, Talib Kweli, Macy Gray, Bone Thugs & Harmony, Herbie Hancock, Chris Brown, Ricky Martin and many more). On this week's Into The Lair, Dave goes talks about how he Busses tracks for mixing, and the various plug-ins he uses on those busses. The crew breaks down PitBull's newest single featuring T-Pain, "Hey Baby (drop it to the floor)". And finally, Dave and Dylan take viewers questions in this week's "Corner Office"!

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In the 4th episode of Pensado's Place, Dave Pensado is joined by legendary engineer and mixer Tony Maserati (Marc Anthony, James Brown, Mariah Carey, Destiny's Child, R. Kelly, Jennifer Lopez, Ricky Martin, Mya, Notorious BIG, Puff Daddy, Jessica Simpson, Tupac, Jason Mraz etc.). This week's episode was devoted entirely to the passionate discussion between Dave and Tony regarding all things mixing and engineering. New plug-ins such as the Slate Digital FG-X and the Waves C6 were covered, as well as various mixing concepts, how Will.i.am is the poster child for the new breed of producer, and much more!. And as always, your questions from the chat room were taken in the "Corner Office" segment. 5:00 - Tony talks about embracing modern mixing techniques. • Automation in the DAW • Use of hardware inserts from DAW to Analog Gear. 7:00 - Dave asks Tony: what techniques do you use now with modern technology (DAW systems) that you use today? • Frequency dependent compression (multiband compression) • Compressing mid range and leaving bottom end alone and uncompressed. 11:40 - How would you treat a rap vocal (biggie) vs a pop vocal (beyonce)? 16:27 - How do you use automation in a unique way? (Talk of automating every single parameter in a plug-in) 18:00 - "Will.i.am is the poster child for the new breed of producer" Questions from the corner office: 20:16 - What are your thoughts on placing your bass in the mix? 20:18 - To level out vocals, do you prefer to automate or compress <b>...</b>

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In the 5th episode of Pensado's Place, Dave hosts an all Q&A episode with tons of great viewer questions! With Part 2/2 of the latest "Into The Lair", Dave takes you through some tools he used on the mix for "Shorty is a Weirdo" by Mr. Midwest and Ray J. Get a behind the scene look at how your favorite songs were mixed and the tools that were used by Dave! 3:20 Into The Lair 3:50 Metric Halo Channel Strip 4:00 Waves CLA-76 compressor 4:33 McDSP FutzBox 4:49 Waves L1 Limiter 5:20 Massey L2007 Mastering Limiter 5:45 Massey De:Esser 6:07 Bass plugins: Waves GTR Stomp Box Waves GTR Amp Waves RBass Kick Drums: 6:45 Focusrite d3 Waves PuigTec EQP1A Slate Digital Trigger Hi Hat EQ: EMI TG12414 Live Drum parallel compression Plug-Ins: Waves CLA 76 Waves PuigTec EQP1A Waves CLA 3A Focusrite d3 McDSP Filterbank P4 Waves SSL E-Channel Strip Digi Comp Lim Dyn3 API 550A Waves HComp 12:28 Guitars Plug-ins: Waves L1 Limiter Waves GTR Stomp Box Effects 14:10 Organ Plug-Ins: McDSP E6 Waves Center Waves Enigma 15:40 Corner Office 16:22 Dave talks about the best way to use this show and how not get too caught up in the specific details, but to grasp higher concepts. 18:35 Dave tells viewers about his RTA (Real Time Analyzer) -Audio Control Real Time Analyzer www.audiocontrol.com 19:54 Converters: -The difference between top of the line converters is negligible -Dave's favorite converters: HD IO (www.avid.com Lynx Aurora (www.lynxstudio.com 21:00 Antelope Clock (Dave feels he gets a slightly <b>...</b>

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In the 6th episode of Pensado's Place, Dave is joined by 5-time GRAMMY award winning mixer Manny Marroquin! In this week's Into The Lair, Dave discusses reference mixes, why he uses them, and some of his favorite songs to use as reference mixes. Afterwards, Dave and Manny take viewer questions and discuss their approaches to mixing today's most popular music. 3:10 Into The Lair - All about reference mixes 3:20 Ultrasone Pro 750's. Use of headphones to negate the sound of the room. www.ultrasone.com 3:57 Referencing Technique when mixing 4:50 "Romio and Juliet by Silk E. Fyne" - Instrumental 5:35 "Say it To My Face" - Young Buck 6:42 Listening to Kick Drums on NS-10 is a good reference for seeing whats going on in the160-200hz regions. 7:28 Dave uses "Torn" by Natalie Imbruglia to reference the sibilance on vocals and make sure his "S" sounds are up to the level of that song. 8:00 "Fix" by Blackstreet (Mixed byTeddy Rileys) for midrange and overall apparent level. Aggressive midrange. 9:38 "My All" by Mariah Carey for judging the EQ on a vocal 10:27 "Hella Good" by No Doubt (Mixed by Mark "Spike" Stent) for use of compression and transient design on drums, level of the snare drum, and the way the vocal sits. 11:03 John Legend "Used To Love U" (Mixed by Manny Marroquin) Loves the honesty in the mix. Loves referencing it to make sure that his mixes are not too much brighter than this track. 12:03 "Miss Independent" by Ne-Yo (Mixed by Phil Tan). Likes the level of the drums <b>...</b>

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In the 7th Episode of Pensado's Place, Dave is joined by Colin McDowell of McDSP PlugIns to give a special offer to all Pensado's Place viewers! In this week's Into The Lair, Dave talks about all things vocals including his favorite effects. In this week's Corner Office segment, Dave and Herb field viewer questions from the live chat room and e-mail! 3:08 Into The Lair - Vocals 4:24 - Dealing with "S's" (Sibilance) in vocals. 5:17 - Using EQ in vocals (Metric Halo Channel Strip) 7:14 - Compressing before or after EQ? 9:15 - Different methods of dealing with sibilance in a vocal 10:10 - Determining starting levels for vocals 11:46 - Using vocal effects and why you use them. Panning: Left to Right in the mix space Reverb: Front to Rear in the mix space 12:40 - Method to get more width in the mix Waves H-Delay plugin feeding Waves Center plugin. 13:31 - Using the Eventide 949 Harmonizer plugin with different parameters on the Left and Right channels to help widen it. (unlinking the Left and Right channels) 14:45 - Adding reverb to the vocal using Bricasti (Large Hall setting) 19:02 - Colin McDowell of McDSP joins Dave via Skype w/ a special plug-in discount for Pensado's Place watchers www.mcdsp.com 24 - Corner Office 24:27 - Dave talks about the "Rule of 3rds" as it applies to mixing. 26:45 - Dave talk's about the Empirical Labs EL-8 Distressor. www.empiricallabs.com www.mbrauer.com 28:39 - With live drums, do you prefer to using room mics or prefer to create the fictional <b>...</b>

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In the 8th Episode of Pensado's Place, Dave is joined by GRAMMY award winning mixer Jaycen Joshua! This week's Into The Lair, dave interviews GRAMMY nominated engineers Andrew Wuepper and Brian "B-Love" Thomas about their vocal tracking methods. And finally, Dave and Jaycen give their in-depth answers to live viewer questions in the Corner Office. Pensado's Place #8 2:11 - Into The Lair - Vocal Tracking at The Boom Boom Room w/ GRAMMY nominated engineer's Brian "B-Love" Thomas and Andrew Wuepper. 2:57 - Do you use different mics for different genres? 3:35 - Are there any mics you use that would surprise people? 4:41 - What is your pre-amp of choice? • Neve 1073 • Cranesong Flamingo 5:31 - What do you (Andrew and B ) mean by gain structure as it applies to tracking vocals? 8:39 - How does the genre of music effect the vocal chain? 9:45 - What attack and release times do you use as a starting point? 10:35 - What compression ratio do you like to use? 11:38 - Advice for project studios 13:09 - Interview w/ Jaycen Joshua 14:00 - Jaycen explains how he works with the low frequencies in his mixing. 15:24 - EQing small amounts in a mix at narrow bandwidths and describing parallel compression with kick drums. 16:40 - Dave asks Jaycen if he works In The Box (Digital) or Analog. 18:40 - Dave talks about Jaycen's engineering skills vs. his taste 22:41 - Dave has Jaycen expand on his use of vocal effects in his mixes 24:51- Dave asks Jaycen what his go-to delay is. "All my vocals, 100 <b>...</b>

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In the 9th Episode of Pensado's Place, Maureen Droney, Sr. Executive Director of the Producers & Engineers Wing of the Recording Academy joins Dave, Herb, and Zan to discuss the GRAMMY's and other aspects of NARAS (National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences) www.grammy.org This week's Into The Lair is the second part of our 2 part series on vocal tracking with Andrew Wuepper and Brian "B-Love" Thomas. After ITL, Maureen helps Dave answer viewer questions in "The Corner Office". And finally, mastering engineer Brad Blackwood of Euphonic Mastering answer's Dave's questions in a NEW rapid-fire segment: "The Batter's Box"! euphonicmastering.com

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In the 10th episode of Pensado's Place, Larabee Studio's assistant engineers (Chris Galland, Drew Adams, and Jesus Garnica) join Dave to discuss how they became assistants and their day-to-day work. This week's ITL is part 1 of 2 of an in-depth walk-through of how Dave uses vocal reverbs and effects! In this week's Corner Office, Dave and the gang are answering the top 3 "Liked" questions via our facebook fanpage, and Producer James Murray (Alien Ant Farm, Drowning Pool, etc) joins Dave to talk about the gear he uses in The Batters Box!

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In the 11th episode of Pensado's Place, Dave's guest is Producer Emanuel ""E-Man"" Kiriakou (Whitney Houston, Jordin Sparks, Selena Gomez, etc). This week's ITL is a continuation of last week's that talks all about vocal effects and various techniques. E-Man and Dave answer your questions in the Corner Office with new chat jockey Drew Adams, and in this week's Batter's Box, Engineer Chris Wood (Brian McKnight, Alicia Keys, Justin Timberlake, Rascal Flatts) answers Dave's rapid fire gear questions! Emanuel Kiriakou Twitter: @EmanuelKiriakou Chris Wood Myspace: www.myspace.com

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In the 12th episode of Pensado's Place, Dann and David Huff join dave from Nashville via Skype to discuss Rascal Flatts, Keither Urban, and all things engineering and production! This week's ITL discusses clearing elements out of the middle to make room for vocals, as well as tricks to widen your mixes. Dave, Dann and David answer viewer questions in the Corner Office, and Engineering legend Ed Seay joins dave in the Batter's Box for a rapid fire question and answer session!

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In the 13th episode of Pensado's Place, engineering legend (and GRAMMY and TEC award winner) Ed Cherney stops by to chat with Dave and answer viewer questions in the ""Corner Office"". Dave and Ed then talk about their favorite gear in ""The Batters Box"", and another great ""Into The Lair"" which includes 4 distinct methods for getting instruments to sit better in the mix, as well as get more width and depth to your mixes by clearing things out of the middle! www.edcherney.com www.facebook.com www.twitter.com

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In the 14th episode of Pensado's Place, Kanye West's engineer Mike Dean joins Dave and Herb to talk about his career, pioneering the "Dirty South" sound, and working with Kanye west on all of his albums! Dave and Mike then take viewer questions from the chatroom and facebook in "The Corner Office", followed by this week's "Batter's Box", where Mike answers Dave's rapid-fire questions regarding the gear he uses. This week's "Into The Lair" is at the end of the show, and is a continuation from last week's where Dave gives four distinct examples of how to clear out the middle and get wider mixes!

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In the 15th episode of Pensado's Place, Engineering legend Bruce Swedien joins Dave, Herb, and Drew from his private studio in central Florida to discuss his career, engineering philosophy, and answer viewers questions. The entire episode is devoted to Bruce as he takes us on a tour of his private studio, shows us his recording set ups, and shares his engineering philosophies. This is a can't miss episode! Visit Bruce Swedien's Website: inthestudiowithbruceswedien.com *Special thanks to Ramsees Mechan (www.facebook.com for all his hard work in making this interview happen!

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In the 16th episode of Pensado's Place starts off with an in-depth look into the world of high-end mic pre's with BAE Audio's own Mark Loughman. They discuss the history of the venerable 1073 mic pre, and how Mark has managed to not only recreate, but improve upon this industry classic. Our guest is 3-time GRAMMY award winning mixer Phil Tan (Rihanna, Wiz Khalifa, Snoop Dogg, Enrique Iglesias, Fergie, Usher, Mariah Carey). He joins Dave and the gang via Skype to talk about his career, techniques, and favorite gear. Later in the show, the pioneer of In The Box mixing Charles Dye joins Dave and Phil via Skype in ""The Batters Box"" to answer rapid fire gear questions, which results in Charles sharing some incredible mixing secrets! You don't want to miss this one! www.baeaudio.com http www.charlesdye.com

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In the 17th Episode of Pensado's Place, Joe Baressi, One of the best Rock Engineer, Producer, and Mixers, joins Dave in studio to talk about his career and methodology. The episode kicks off with a follow up to Episode #16's ""Into The Lair"", featuring the amazing Esthero singing through the fantastic BAE mic preamps at Larrabee studios! We then join Joe in studio who discusses working with Queens Of The Stone Age, Wolfmother, Tool, and countless other top rock acts. Joe answers viewers questions in ""The Corner Office"", and answers Dave's rapid-fire Guitar Pedal questions in ""The Batter's Box""!. Another episode you don't want to miss! BAE Audio: www.baeaudio.com Joe Barresi www.joebarresi.com Esthero www.nearlycivilized.com

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In the 18th episode of Penado's Place, 4-time GRAMMY winning Mixing Engineer Michael Brauer joins Dave via Skype to give a tour of his studio and outboard gear, as well as talk about his infamous ""Brauerize®"" compression technique in detail! The entire episode is devoted to Michael as he answers viewer questions in ""The Corner Office"" as well as talks his favorite gear in ""The Batter's Box"". You don't want to miss this episode as Michael discusses everything from Coldplay lead vocal tracking to digital plug-ins! Michael Brauer's website: www.mbrauer.com To enter to win a FREE BAE 1073 Mic Pre/DI go here: thisweekin.promojam.com

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Steven Slate (Producer, Engineer, and CEO of Slate Digital and Slate Pro Audio) joins Dave and Herb on the 69th episode of Pensado's Place! Steven is behind the must-have drum samples for top producers and engineers as well as the creator of innovative drum replacement software, analog emulation plugins, and now analog outboard gear. See the passion behind the awesome products and sound in this episode of Pensado's Place! For more information on Steven Slate and Slate Pro Audio: www.stevenslatedrums.com www.slatedigital.com www.slateproaudio.com Our ITL this week is on Dave's techniques for mixing synthesizers in a track. Special thanks to our title sponsors: Avid: avid.com Vintage King vintageking.com For all of our episodes, contests, news and other opportunities, check us out at www.pensadosplace.tv ••We have new iTunes feeds!•• iTunes Video itun.es iTunes Audio: itun.es Please 'Like' and 'Follow'... twitter: twitter.com facebook: facebook.com Art Institue of California - Los Angeles: www.artinstitutes.edu

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In this week's episode of Pensado's Place. Dave and Herb spend the first half of the episode talking about the music business, what has happened to it, and where it is going. They then take viewer questions for the second half of the episode! At the end of this episode they announce the winner of the BAE DMP 1073 giveaway (Congrats Bryan!)

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In the 66th episode of Pensado's Place, Dave and Herb are joined by 2-Time GRAMMY Award winning Engineer/Mixer/Produce Ross Hogarth! Ross has worked with such artists as Van Halen, Roger Waters, The Black Crowes, Shawn Colvin, John Mellencamp, REM and many, many more To learn more about Ross along with his full biography, visit his website here: www.hoaxproductions.com Special thanks to our title sponsors: Avid: avid.com Vintage King vintageking.com For all of our episodes, contests, news and other opportunities, check us out at www.pensadosplace.tv Follow us on twitter twitter.com Like us on facebook: facebook.com Art Institue of California - Los Angeles: www.artinstitutes.edu

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In this week's episode of Pensado's Place, Dave and Herb host one of Dave's past assistants, engineer Andrew Wuepper! Andrew has worked with such artists as Katy Perry, Usher, and mixed Frank Ocean's latest hit "Novacane". Dave and Andrew discuss engineering and mixing techniques that Andrew has used on his latest work, and take live viewer questions in "The Corner Office". Andrew dishes on his favorite plug-ins and hardware in "The Batter's Box", and in this week's "Into The Lair", Dave explains some of his compression techniques in the box! See Andrew Wuepper's credits here: albumcredits.com Check out Frank Ocean's blog here: frankocean.tumblr.com

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Dave Pensado is proud to welcome the multiple GRAMMY award winning mixer, producer, and friend - Jack Joseph Puig. To quote Steve Kurutz from AllMusic.com, Jack Joseph Puig is "Known for his ability to merge the sounds of the past three decades to create something that is thoroughly modern...". Jack has worked with artists such as Goo Goo Dolls, The Black Crowes, John Mayer, Weezer, Fiona Apple, Green Day, The Counting Crows, No Doubt, Klaxons, Panic at the Disco, Stone Temple Pilots, U2, and many others. JJP talks about his career and philosophy behind mixing and producing records before answering viewer questions in "The Corner Office". This is a very special episode as Pensado's Place has partnered with Vintage King to power the "Batter's Box" segment! Puig dishes on his favorite gear in certain applications, and viewers get insights into how and why Jack uses specific outboard gear and software. This is an epic episode you can't miss!

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Tricky Stewart is one of the most prolific, proficient, and efficient hit makers of our day. More than a music producer, Christopher "Tricky" Stewart is a songwriter, music publisher, executive producer, recording studio owner, and founder and owner of RedZone entertainment. To date, Tricky Stewart is behind 25 million records sold and has produced such singles as Beyoncé's "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It), Britney Spear's "Me Against the Music", Rihanna's "Umbrella", and Justin Bieber's "Baby", and Frank Ocean's "Novacane" just to name a few! Dave joins Tricky in his studio to discuss his career, philosophy behind music production, and his take on the current state of the music industry. Later in the episode, Tricky joins Dave in "The Batter's Box" to answer Dave's questions about his favorite synths and instruments for music production. trickystewart.com Special thanks to our partner Vintage King: www.vintageking.com

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In the 24th episode of Pensado's Place, Dave goes over Sidechain Compression techniques and Tape Saturation plug-ins in this week's "Into The Lair". Dave then gets put in the hot seat when he takes viewer questions from Facebook for this week's "Batters Box"!

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In the 25th episode of Pensado's Place, the engineer behind 5150 studios, George Saer, joins Dave to talk about his career and share insights about working with Eddie Van Halen. But before that, this week's "Into The Lair" is a continuation of last week's, where Dave explains how he starts to build a mix. Later on, prior guest and GRAMMY award winning engineer Dylan Dresdow skypes in from papervustudios.com to join Dave in the "Batter's Box".

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In the 65th episode of Pensado's Place, Dave and Herb are joined by Producer and Writer Damon Elliott! "Elliott has produced numerous albums and hit singles for various music artists including his mother, Dionne Warwick, as well as Destiny's Child, Beyonce, P!nk, Gwen Stefani, Jessica Simpson, Christina Aguilera, Mýa, and Macy Gray. Damon's production has earned him a Grammy and seven Grammy nominations." - en.wikipedia.org Special thanks to our title sponsors: Avid: avid.com Vintage King vintageking.com For all of our episodes, contests, news and other opportunities, check us out at www.pensadosplace.tv Follow us on twitter twitter.com Like us on facebook: facebook.com Art Institue of California - Los Angeles: www.artinstitutes.edu

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22:31 - Alex Da Kid Interview! In the 26th episode of Pensado's Place, GRAMMY winning songwriter and producer Alex Da Kid joins dave for part 1 of a special two part interview. Alex has produced for artists and groups such as Nicki Minaj, TI Eminem, Rihanna, BoB, Dr. Dre and many others. He is behind such hits as BoB and Hayley William's hit single "Airplanes", Rihanna and Eminem's "Love The Way You Lie", and Dr. Dre and Eminem's "I Need a Doctor". Alex shares incredible insights to his production techniques that you simply can't miss. This episode is full of good information as this week's ITL is hosted by Dave's assistant Drew Adams, as he walks viewers through how he sets up a client's session for Dave to mix. Finally, engineer and mixer Claudio Cueni (2Pac, Kurupt, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony) joins Dave in the Batter's Box to answer his rapid fire gear questions. Special thanks to our partner as always www.vintageking.com

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In the 27th episode of Pensado's Place, GRAMMY winning songwriter and producer Alex Da Kid joins dave for the second half of a special two part interview. Alex has produced for artists and groups such as Nicki Minaj, TI Eminem, Rihanna, BoB, Dr. Dre and many others. He is behind such hits as BoB and Hayley William's hit single "Airplanes", Rihanna and Eminem's "Love The Way You Lie", and Dr. Dre and Eminem's "I Need a Doctor". Alex also joins Dave in the Batter's Box and talks about the gear he uses in making his hits. We'd like to welcome our new sponsor, Avid! www.avid.com And as always, thanks to our boys over at Vintage King www.vintageking.com

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Veteran A&R executive, producer, and songwriter Ron Fair joins Dave in studio in the 28th episode of Pensado's Place. Ron Fair has worked with and mentored artists such as Christina Aguilera, Keyshia Cole, Travis Garland, Lady Gaga, U2, Vanessa Carlton, Ashlee Simpson, and The Black Eyed Peas. Ron dishes his creative insight into songwriting and how it fits into his A&R work, as well as talks to Dave about the skill sets required in working with the top artists in the world. Ron takes viewer questions in our Corner Office segment, and finally, for this week's Batter's Box, engineer Craig Burbidge (Barry White, Steve Perry, Natalie Cole, Take 6, Teddy Pendergrass, Paul Jackson Jr., Vanessa Williams, Brian McKnight) joins Dave to answer his rapid-fire gear questions in this week's Vintage King Batter's Box! Special thanks to our partners: Vintage King: www.vintageking.com Avid www.avid.com Enter to win a free copy of Pro Tool's 9! (Valid through July 28th 2001) thisweekin.promojam.com

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Dave is joined by Four-time GRAMMY winning recording engineer and record producer, Jimmy Douglass, in the 29th episode of Pensado's Place! This week's ITL features Dave giving you tips on how to use Gate's in non-traditional ways to get cool results, and Jimmy sticks around to answer Dave's rapid-fire questions in this week's Batter's Box, as well as surprises dave with a "The Senator" compressor as a gift! From jimmydouglass.com... "In the early 1970′s at Atlantic Records studios in New York City, he started his studio career as a part-time tape duplicator while still attending high school. There he learned how to operate the studio's custom made 16-channel console and observed, was trained by, as well as worked with some of the greatest engineers, producers and record moguls including Tom Dowd, Arif Mardin, Jerry Wexler and Ahmet Ertegun. For his first time behind the faders, he was encouraged by Wexler to engineer the session recording for a demo of a new band. He went on to work with great Atlantic Recording artists such as Aretha Franklin, Hall & Oates, Roberta Flack, Donny Hathaway, Foreigner, Led Zepellin and AC/DC to name a few. During the 1980′s, Douglass continued to hone his engineering skills while also taking on the role as producer. He engineered and produced established artists including The Rolling Stones, Slave, Odyssey, Roxy Music and Gang of Four. In 1994, he began working with up and coming contemporary R&B/hip hop producer Timbaland and served as his <b>...</b>

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Steve Baughman, engineer for such artists as Dr. Dre, Eminem, Snoop Dogg, The Game, The Pussycat Dolls, Usher, and 50 Cent. He joins Dave and Herb in studio to talk about making records, his time working with Dave at Larrabee studios, and what he is working on currently! As always, the audience get's their questions answered in "The Corner Office", and Steve hits it out of the park in this week's Batter's Box, answering Dave's rapid-fire gear questions. This week's ITL is a continuation of last week's, where Dave explains creative ways to use Gates to achieve cool effects. Thanks as always to our friends at vintageking.com!

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In the 31st episode of Pensado's Place, Dave welcomes record producer Eric Valentine. Eric has produced albums for artists such as Good Charlotte, Lostprophets, Taking Back Sunday, Nickel Creek, Queens of the Stone Age, Third Eye Blind, Smash Mouth, The All-American Rejects and Slash. Eric answer's viewer questions in "The Corner Office", and joins Dave in "The Batter's Box" with a slightly different spin than normal. At the conclusion of the episode, Dave and company announce the winner of a free copy of Pro Tools 9 courtesy of Avid! Special thanks as always to our partners at www.vintageking.com 00 - Opening 00:44 - Introductions 02:05 - Online Info 06:33 - Into The Lair w/ Eric Valentine 20:37 - Welcoming Eric Valentine 22:06 - The vocal sound on Queens Of The Stone Age "No One Knows" 23:06 - Micing Technique on the new Slash record 26:31 - Distortion and Harmonic Content 35:20 - Discussing how Eric has solved the comb filtering reflections a console creates. 43:48 - How niche records might be the future of the music business 44:10 - The Corner Office 47:50 - The Batter's Box 54:45 - Pro Tools 9 Week 3 Winner

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In the 30th Into The Lair, Dave Pensado goes over how he likes to use Reverb on lead vocals while mixing.

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3-time GRAMMY award winning Mixer/Producer/Engineer Dave Way joins Dave and Herb in the studio to talk about his career, his work with Teddy Riley, and how he approaches his mixes. The episode kicks off with Part II of our ITL with Eric Valentine. Eric demonstrates his custom UnderToneAudio Console and gives an in-depth tour of Barefoot Studio's outboard gear and tape machines, followed by a brief tour of UnderToneAudio's shop! Later on in the episode, both Dave's take viewer questions in this week's Corner Office, and Dave Pensado pitches fast balls to Dave Way in this week's Batter's Box. 1:40 - Pensado's Place contact and social media information 4:20 - ITL #17 with Eric Valentine of www.barefoot-recording.com and www.undertoneaudio.com goes over his custom LC Series Console. 10:35 - Studer tape machine for tape compression 12:04 - A tour of Eric Valentine's outboard gear 17:18 - Various tape machines at Barefoot Recording Studio 18:39 - Studio B at Barefoot Recording Studio 18:57 - The shop at Barefoot Recording and a tour of UnderToneAudio 21:48 - Introducing 3-Time GRAMMY award winner Dave Way! 25:18 - How do you train your ear to listen to ratio and proportion of various instruments when mixing? 27:30 - Describing using frequency in the mix process for various styles of music 30:06 - Discussing how the frequencies in recordings have changed over time 32:20 - Pensado and Way talk about working with Teddy Riley 41:00 - Is there a way to better hear mix bus <b>...</b>

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In the 33rd episode of Pensado's Place, Dave is joined by Mastering Engineer David Kutch of The Mastering Palace (www.themasteringpalace.com). David has mastered albums for such artists as Alicia Keys, Puff Daddy, John Legend, Yelawolf and Outkast. David answers viewer questions in "The Corner Office", and was kind enough to join us for "Batter's Box" as well! At the end of the episode, the guys announce the Avid Pro Tools 9 Week 5 Giveaway winner. Special thanks as always to our awesome partners Vintage King! (http 0:16 - Introductions 5:30 - ITL, Introduction to De-Essing 14:00 - Introducing Dave Kutch 14:48 - Dave Kutch's on Mobile Mastering and Mastering Alicia Key's album at her house 17:18 - Dave Pensado asks: How do you listen, what are you listening for...how do you listen when not in a "traditional studio"? 19:15 - Herb: Did the advent of people listening on computers and ear buds affect your mastering? 20:45 - Pensado: When you mastering, what advice can you give to mix engineers about the low-end and levels? 21:50 - Pensado: Do you have a favorite multiband compressor? (T-Racks Multiband Compressor) 22:50 - Pensado: I'm fascinated by transients, give an example of how you approach transients and the manipulation of them? 24:26 - Pensado: When you're talking about the 80hz and 5k ranges, how do you go about manipulating transients in those ranges? 26:03 - In terms of the loudness wars, at what level is change acceptable? What, philosophically speaking, is your <b>...</b>

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Producer and songwriter Greg Wells joins Dave and Herb in studio on the 34th episode of Pensado's Place! Greg also joins Dave and Herb to answer questions in both "Corner Office" and "Batter's Box. This week's ITL has Dave showing viewers how he treated various elements in a recent mix, including Snoop Dogg's vocal. Special thanks to our partners at www.vintageking.com as well as Avid and Shadow Hills. To enter this month's Shadow Hills Mono Optograph giveaway thisweekin.promojam.com 00:40 - Introductions 01:48 - Social media information 03:50 - Into The Lair - breaking down Snoop Dogg's vocal track 18:00 - Shadow Hills Mono Optograph giveaway 19:38 - Introducing Greg Wells 21:46 - "The longer you work on a piece of music, the less chance you have of listening the way someone will hear it for the first time" - Greg Wells 24:20 - Moving from working long hours to shorter "banking hours" with positive results. 27:10 - How did Greg Wells get to become as Stewart Copeland calls him "The Swiss Army knife of producers"? 37:50 - Dave asks Greg: "When you create a record, what percentage of the process is a function of your psychological skills, what percentage is your educational background, and what percentage is your god-given taste?" 44:00 - Dave: "Your productions sound new and current, but you don't achieve that with cheap gimmicks and tricks. Is that something you do consciously?" 45:50 - Greg discusses tracking and mixing One Republic's "Apologize" 48:57 - Greg and Dave <b>...</b>

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In the 31st ITL, Dave Pensado gives examples about how he uses hardware EQ's and Compressors while mixing

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In the 35the episode of Pensado's Place, Dave and Herb host an all Q+A episode with Corner Office questions from the Live Chat room as well as their Facebook fan page (facebook.com/pensadosplace). This week, Herb gets put in The Batter's Box and answer's Dave's rapid -fire industry questions! 00:00 - Intro 01:59 - We hear your requests for guests and are working on them! 04:00 - Shadow Hills Giveaway - thisweekin.promojam.com/shadowhills 06:43 - "Into The Lair" - How to get the most out of Pensado's Place. 08:29 - "The gear isn't as important as you might think it is...It's a function of your taste" 13:08 - "Make sure you have the best acoustic treatment you can afford, and the best monitors you can afford" 14:10 - "Uniqueness gets rewarded" 19:05 - The Corner Office with Dave and Herb 19:20 - For Herb: "Can you please give advice to producers and engineers about gaining more work through 3rd parties such as managers, rosters, labels, etc.?" 20:54 - For Dave: "How do you mix on headphones?" 22:58 - For Dave: "What written notes do you make when mixing? Do you have a system so you know what your first impressions are?" 25:28 - For Dave/Herb: "I'm set up in Montreal, Canada. Things are going quite well for me as a mixer. Can one expect to take the next step by staying in Montreal, or should I make the jump to the US?" 29:34 - For Dave/Herb: "Are there any temp agencies for freelance mixing and mastering engineers?" 31:28 - For Dave: "What do you think is the better way to <b>...</b>

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GRAMMY award-winning Producer Brian Kennedy, best known for writing Rihanna's "Disturbia" and Chris Brown's "Forever", joins Dave and Herb in the 36th episode of Pensado's Place! From Brian's website bkclassik.com : "Revered as a piano prodigy, his musical genius has afforded him the opportunity to work with some of the music industry's top artists and producers, including David Foster, Polow da Don, Timbaland, the Underdogs, Brandy, Jamie Foxx, Nelly, Babyface, Clive Davis, and legendary songwriter Diane Warren." "...He is not genre specific and believes that creating music is much more than producing the next hot track or hit song. To illustrate his musicianship and stylistic range, his acclaimed single "Easy" for country music stars Rascal Flatts featuring Natasha Bedingfield is set for release next Spring, in addition to a pop/hip hop cut recorded by "Australian Idol" star Jessica Mauboy featuring Ludacris. He is currently working with Canadian sensation Justin Bieber, Will and Jada Pinkett Smith's budding superstar Willow Smith and the über talented Cymphonique, daughter or rap/hip hop mogul Master P." 02:50- Thanks to the Schools who Hosted us! 05:20- Drew salutes the audience 06:50- ITL on Distortion 16:20- Back from ITL 17:20- Introduce special guest Brian Kennedy 18:50- Quote Brian's dad said 19:20- Dave to Brian: "How did you get started?" 21:50- Dave to Brian: Can someone who is not a songwriter become a songwriter? 23:50- Brian talks of his early start in <b>...</b>

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In the 37th episode of Pensado's Place, Jules Standen, founder of the most popular engineering forum online, Gearslutz.com, joins Dave and Herb via Skype. 03:00 - Online Info and places to subscribe to the show. Make sure you favorite, like, comment, and share! 04:30 - Shadow Hills Mono Optograph giveaway showcase 06:36 - ITL on distortion, continued from episode 36 21:40 - Introducing Jules Standen from Gearslutz via Skype from England 23:23 - Herb gives props to Gearslutz, hats off to Jules 25:00 - Dave to Jules: What is your advice for people to get the most out of Gearslutz? 30:15 - Dave to Jules: Are there any trends you can share in regards to the future? 32:15 - Dave to Jules: Any piece of gear that has caught your attention lately? 33:30 - Dave to Jules: Have you ever thought about leaving England and running Gearslutz from afar? 34:30 - Dave to Jules: What is your favorite part of Gearslutz? Dave loves the Q&A's. 36:45 - Jules speaks about the Q&A's on Gearslutz. 38:15 - Dave to Jules: Do you have anything planned for AES this year? 40:30 - Jules speaks about enforcing cordial behavior regarding on-line behavior. 42:45 - Dave to Jules: What is your crowning achievement with the success of Gearslutz? 44:45 - Jules speaks of a review section which will be coming soon at Gearslutz. 45:45 - Batters Box: Bass Guitar? Acoustic Piano? Rhodes or Electric Pianos? Electric Guitar? Favorite VOX mic under $1500? Favorite Reverb Unit? Go to Keyboard?

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In the 38th episode of Pensado's Place, Peter Reardon of Shadow Hills Industries joins Dave and Herb to talk about his incredible career as well as his work creating some of the best pro-audio gear in the world with Shadow Hills Industries. This week's ITL consists of Nicki Minaj's engineer Ariel Chobaz joining Dave via Skype to talk about the plug-ins and their settings he used on her worldwide hit single "Super Bass". You don't want to miss this episode! Special thanks to our partners Vintage King at www.vintageking.com

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In the 67th episode of Pensado's Place, Dave and Herb are joined by producer, engineer, mixer, and author, Eric Sarafin aka Mixerman. Eric's full credits can be seen here: www.allmusic.com For more info on Eric: www.mixerman.net www.thewombforums.com www.amazon.com Special thanks to our title sponsors: Avid: avid.com Vintage King vintageking.com For all of our episodes, contests, news and other opportunities, check us out at www.pensadosplace.tv ••We have new iTunes feeds!•• iTunes Video itun.es iTunes Audio: itun.es Please 'Like' and 'Follow'... twitter: twitter.com facebook: facebook.com Art Institue of California - Los Angeles: www.artinstitutes.edu

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In the 28th ITL, Dave goes over some of his favorite vocal processing techniques to use while mixing.

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In the 39th episode of Pensado's Place, Dave and Herb are joined by 8-time GRAMMY award winning producer/engineer Joe Chiccarelli! Joe has produced albums by Stan Ridgway, Oingo Boingo, Sandra Bernhard, My Morning Jacket, Counting Crows, The Shins, Manchester Orchestra, Minus the Bear, Big Talk, Elton John, Rufus Wainright, U2, Beck, Etta James, Tori Amos and many, many more. Not only known for his production chops, Joe has also engineered Frank Zappa's Sheik Yerbouti, Joe's Garage Acts I, II & III, and Tinseltown Rebellion. He also won a GRAMMY for Best Engineered Album in 2008 for The Raconteurs "Consolers of The Lonely". 00:00 - Intro 02:55 - Welcoming Joe Chiccarelli 04:55 - Frank Zappa's classical music 06:00 - How Joe started working with Zappa 11:00 - Talking about the era of pop record-making in the 70's 26:00 - The relationship between other forms of art and music 31:00 - Hit producers have varying tastes 37:11 - Batter's Box 41:04 - Corner Office Special thanks as always to our partners Vintage King at www.vintageking.com

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In the 40th episode of Pensado's Place, Thomas Jouanjean of Northward Acoustics Engineering joins Dave and Herb in studio to talk about how to get the best sounding acoustics for your room! 2:37 - Into The Lair: Enhancing Loops 15:47 - Pensado Live "The Mixfest" announcement! Go to: www.pensadosplace.tv 21:31 - Introducing Thomas Jouanjean of Northward Acoustics Engineering 24:50 - Where should people place their subwoofers? 27:30 - What should one listen for with speakers? 31:08 - Should I pay more attention to what treatment I put on the walls as opposed to the corners of the room? 37:05 - Why are square rooms considered bad for acoustics? 39:02 - Are having "Clouds" above the mixing position good acoustic treatment? 39:40 - Preferring wood floors over carpet floors 40:22 - Are there any accessible measurement tools that anyone can get their hands on? 42:15 - Can a low ceiling sound good? 43:45 - How Thomas "floats" studio floors 46:32 - Batter's Box 51:11 - Corner Office Live in Los Angeles? Be sure to check out and buy tickets for our first LIVE event! www.pensadosplace.tv As always, special thanks to our partners and family, www.vintageking.com

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In the 41st episode of Pensado's Place, Dave and Herb are joined by mixer, producer, and engineer Neal Pogue! From TLC's "Waterfalls", to Andre 3000's "Hey Ya!", to Travis Barker's new solo record. Neal has been tirelessly been involved in some of the top chart-topping hits of the last decade. For more information on Neal, visit his website here: www.nealhpogue.com 2:49 - MIXFEST Information! pensadosplace.tv/mixfest 7:34 - Into The Lair: Buss Compressor Plug-Ins Part 1 17:53 - Introducing Neal Pogue 19:20 - Working on "Hey Ya!" with Andre 3000 24:10 - How being a drummer/producer helped Neal with Mixing 32:08 - Neal working on TLC's "Crazy, Sexy, Cool" 32:50 - Working on Travis Barker's solo record " 35:20 - Rules of EQ 37:00 - Speaking of EQ in terms of "energy levels" 38:19 - The way Neal uses effects while mixing 45:28 - Corner Office 52:40 - Batter's Box As always, special thanks to our partners Vintage King: www.vintageking.com

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In the 29th Into The Lair, Dave talks about the philosophy behind using compression, and it's various applications in engineering and mixing.

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Recording engineer Brian "B-Luv" Thomas joins Dave and Herb on the 68th episode of Pensado's Place. Brian is has tracked some of the biggest artists of the last decade including Katy Perry, Christina Aguilera, Future, The-Dream, as well as newer acts such as The Wanted and Karmin and many etc. For a full list of Brian's credits: albumcredits.com Also we have a great ITL this week on vocal delay techniques! Special thanks to our title sponsors: Avid: avid.com Vintage King vintageking.com For all of our episodes, contests, news and other opportunities, check us out at www.pensadosplace.tv ••We have new iTunes feeds!•• iTunes Video itun.es iTunes Audio: itun.es Please 'Like' and 'Follow'... twitter: twitter.com facebook: facebook.com Art Institue of California - Los Angeles: www.artinstitutes.edu

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