Tape Echo on D'Angelo's Drums - Russell Elevado

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Full video available exclusively on mwtm.org/re-dangelo
We're very pleased to release our 21th "Deconstructing a Mix" video series featuring Grammy Award-winning producer, engineer and mixer Russell Elevado (Alicia Keys, D'Angelo, The Roots, Common, Jay-Z, Saul Williams)
Russell has an organic approach on mixing, working exclusively on analog desks, with guitar pedals and outboard gear to achieve his sound.
In this 1h40 mixing video, Russell Elevado deconstructs the song "Till It's Done" by D'Angelo using an SSL J9080, and shares with you his workflow and mixing tricks!

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  • @mixwiththemasters
    @mixwiththemasters2 жыл бұрын

    Full video available exclusively on mwtm.org/re-dangelo

  • @moonsofourmother2815
    @moonsofourmother28153 жыл бұрын

    This room is intimidating!

  • @kensmechanicalaffair

    @kensmechanicalaffair

    2 жыл бұрын

    Nah.

  • @keithmiddleton6907
    @keithmiddleton69073 жыл бұрын

    We met at the Grammy's when these cats won for this very album. What an honor to meet him! What an incredible album. So much hard work put into it pre and post, this is why it is held in such high regard.

  • @Gundogdogdog
    @Gundogdogdog7 жыл бұрын

    Just hearing the isolated tracks on this video is flippin awesome !!!!

  • @nathanjon9586

    @nathanjon9586

    3 жыл бұрын

    when he isolates isiah sharkey's guitar and hard pans the track and the double left and right! SOUNDS AMAZING hahahah made me hoot!!

  • @newmanbeing3212
    @newmanbeing32127 жыл бұрын

    it's just fun watching somebody of that skills level mixing such a damn groovy tune!

  • @farvezafridifaizurrahman6980

    @farvezafridifaizurrahman6980

    6 жыл бұрын

    I recommend you get the album. IT IS FULL OF SOUL AND SEXY GROOVES.

  • @simke123

    @simke123

    6 жыл бұрын

    Which album is that exactly?

  • @ikechiihemeson6023

    @ikechiihemeson6023

    4 жыл бұрын

    Simmke Black Messiah

  • @RoseGoldSound
    @RoseGoldSound7 жыл бұрын

    That was sick! The tune is really good and the tip so simple I wouldn't even think about it in context but the vibe it adds is undeniable IMO. I'm trying this next time for sure !!

  • @shkwave99
    @shkwave997 жыл бұрын

    Amazing. So many different kinds of artistry go into the production of an album. Very cool!

  • @xgin2637
    @xgin2637 Жыл бұрын

    Till it’s done is my favorite song in the world. I play this record dozens and dozens a times every month. D’Angelo is the best to me. The lyrics. The Music. The Mix and Master is incredible. Thank You Russel.

  • @priscillaraeburn5070
    @priscillaraeburn50705 жыл бұрын

    This room sounds very sweet. Well sound proofed.

  • @cruxmusic245
    @cruxmusic2457 жыл бұрын

    Man this is fantastic.

  • @4theluvofyou
    @4theluvofyou3 жыл бұрын

    we need more from Russell, he is a musical genius!

  • @deepdubonline
    @deepdubonline7 жыл бұрын

    So informative, thank you !

  • @sleazydunlop1697
    @sleazydunlop16976 жыл бұрын

    dude knows what he's doing... amazing stuff here

  • @fuzzupuzzu
    @fuzzupuzzu7 жыл бұрын

    wow what a song, what a studio, what an engineer, anything he does is gonna sound good!!!!

  • @hershiekopper
    @hershiekopper7 жыл бұрын

    More Russel!!

  • @savantgarde8534

    @savantgarde8534

    7 жыл бұрын

    Noah Hershkop damn right!! Only reason i just subscribed

  • @AnodyneHipsterInfluencer
    @AnodyneHipsterInfluencer4 жыл бұрын

    Tape echo everything.

  • @nickmandleberg
    @nickmandleberg3 жыл бұрын

    Always loved this song

  • @jamesbrasfield2944
    @jamesbrasfield29443 жыл бұрын

    All this time, I thought Questlove was just playing ghost notes all through “Till it’s Done” (not the obvious ones) You mean to tell me ALL THIS TIME?

  • @presc13nt
    @presc13nt3 жыл бұрын

    Russel is an absolute LEGEND !!!

  • @stratoceni4427
    @stratoceni44274 жыл бұрын

    the drippings, amazing!! David T. Walker is the master of this, check the intro of never can say goodbye

  • @ma9aja

    @ma9aja

    3 жыл бұрын

    Bro! you are a student of the guitar.

  • @ORGANICsoulJAZZ
    @ORGANICsoulJAZZ3 жыл бұрын

    Finally, a good recommendation.

  • @user-ps2vw6hk9x
    @user-ps2vw6hk9x7 жыл бұрын

    Great tip!

  • @kensmechanicalaffair
    @kensmechanicalaffair2 жыл бұрын

    Till its done! Yessuh

  • @bboymac84
    @bboymac843 жыл бұрын

    pretty cool!

  • @AmauryCastillo
    @AmauryCastillo7 жыл бұрын

    Amazing tip,

  • @Diax1324
    @Diax13243 жыл бұрын

    I use my Catalinbread Echorec on my drums all the time. Great tone.

  • @anxiousmindmusic
    @anxiousmindmusic7 жыл бұрын

    Isaiah Sharkey

  • @yourfriendlyneighborhoodtr3590
    @yourfriendlyneighborhoodtr35906 жыл бұрын

    I LOVE my Fulltone tape echo. Such a great piece of kit. If you like echo on drums, check out the drummer in Dub Trio. Dude will blow your mind.

  • @lxxwj

    @lxxwj

    Жыл бұрын

    i remember being absolutely floored by their live performance of cool out and coexist like 10 years ago. their pocket is amazing too

  • @MrArtVein
    @MrArtVein5 жыл бұрын

    *The Drippings*

  • @nikkomorgan
    @nikkomorgan3 жыл бұрын

    I wish you could just buy and episode. I'd buy this one!

  • @01bgunnell10
    @01bgunnell102 жыл бұрын

    Kinda the best sound ever.

  • @EllisNova
    @EllisNova7 жыл бұрын

    ENGINEERING TIP - Try using a triplet delay on hi hats! :)

  • @domagojoinky8262

    @domagojoinky8262

    6 жыл бұрын

    Walking On The Moon by The Police. They used it on hats.

  • @yourfriendlyneighborhoodtr3590

    @yourfriendlyneighborhoodtr3590

    6 жыл бұрын

    ..and pretty much every trap beat ever. ;)

  • @oeJamesoe

    @oeJamesoe

    6 жыл бұрын

    where's your grammy?

  • @kij4na

    @kij4na

    3 жыл бұрын

    @J WAV so pretentious

  • @kij4na

    @kij4na

    3 жыл бұрын

    @J WAV respect the accountability :) I think trap producers can still be geniuses when you consider the limits their genre imposes

  • @farvezafridifaizurrahman6980
    @farvezafridifaizurrahman69806 жыл бұрын

    MY FAVOURITE SONG IN BLACK MESSIAH. TILL ITS DONE

  • @therealredmoney

    @therealredmoney

    3 жыл бұрын

    mine too!!!!

  • @beatsdrumming7992
    @beatsdrumming79923 жыл бұрын

    any real musician needs guys like this.. the engineer is the key to your sound..HAIL MUDNOC STUDIOS..

  • @johnjarmsen9754

    @johnjarmsen9754

    3 жыл бұрын

    If only someone told mozart he could've been a real musician if only he had a good engineer

  • @beatsdrumming7992

    @beatsdrumming7992

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@johnjarmsen9754 1st off none of u are mozarts.#2 if he could have an engineer back then 9 out of 10 he would if he recorded in modern day format.Not a good analogy but heyy..

  • @becauseisaidso92

    @becauseisaidso92

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@johnjarmsen9754 stupid comment

  • @WoozyYami

    @WoozyYami

    Жыл бұрын

    @@beatsdrumming7992 I just put an EQ on the master and boost the lows way up, boom. no need for engineer.

  • @GodOfMedia
    @GodOfMedia7 жыл бұрын

    Well, shit... Guess I'm looking for studio effects now, always wanted one of these for my board but now I have a reason for it.

  • @pigknickers2975
    @pigknickers29756 жыл бұрын

    My Life Version: Put on the delay, drummer comes in and freaks out about it and I have to take it off!

  • @605gbird
    @605gbird3 жыл бұрын

    Look at that healthy hair!

  • @notarealperson87
    @notarealperson873 жыл бұрын

    yo, its been almost 4 years and the description still says you're releasing your "21th" video series

  • @michaelsabrsula8381
    @michaelsabrsula83817 жыл бұрын

    "21th"

  • @djcoolcliff
    @djcoolcliff7 жыл бұрын

    Well if you know D, his style of drums is from jay Dilla where so off time is better than just straight all of the time!!! This is where Quest Love got his style for sure! Shout out to Isaiah Sharkee on Guitar!!!!

  • @rickylovesyou

    @rickylovesyou

    5 жыл бұрын

    Jdilla and D developed their beat style or playing in the pocket independently of each other, they never influenced each other it was just the direction two cats of similar levels of genius gravitated to.

  • @outer.box.dissemination

    @outer.box.dissemination

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@rickylovesyou ✊🏽

  • @Barney-ii1no

    @Barney-ii1no

    2 ай бұрын

    @@rickylovesyou Questlove has admitted being influenced by Dilla

  • @theloniousleedexter
    @theloniousleedexter3 жыл бұрын

    mmm drippings

  • @GL0697
    @GL0697 Жыл бұрын

    Roy Hardgroove Rh factor. Yep this guy.

  • @navboi12
    @navboi127 жыл бұрын

    Vital tip: "Save the tape!"

  • @yasha12isreal
    @yasha12isreal6 жыл бұрын

    He looks like Joseph Gordon-Levitt 🤔

  • @williammckinney3362
    @williammckinney3362 Жыл бұрын

    I totally agree with putting delay on the drums, but it seems like a huge waste of time to mess with a tape echo when you can put a low pass on a good DDL we have much more control

  • @Gundogdogdog
    @Gundogdogdog7 жыл бұрын

    Is there a way to watch the whole video?

  • @mixwiththemasters

    @mixwiththemasters

    7 жыл бұрын

    Hello, this is a sample of a premium video series. Feel free to visit our website for more information: mixwiththemasters.com/videos/series

  • @cubby6708
    @cubby67083 жыл бұрын

    God damn confusing... unbelievable how we all choose our craft, and just go for it.

  • @RockyNeville88
    @RockyNeville887 жыл бұрын

    liu kang! your soul is miiiiine

  • @betalingsringen
    @betalingsringen7 жыл бұрын

    This might be a stupid question... but how the fuck does that HUGE desk integrate with the DAW?

  • @kalleklopsklopsmann1891

    @kalleklopsklopsmann1891

    7 жыл бұрын

    the console is USB powered, just stick it into the laptop and you're done

  • @sethtaylor7519

    @sethtaylor7519

    7 жыл бұрын

    USB Powered console... you're joking, right?

  • @matthewphillips5950

    @matthewphillips5950

    7 жыл бұрын

    J. H. Jørgensen There's usually a few ways for the desk to communicate with the DAW, most commonly the 9pin DIN connector, (which may terminate in an RS-442 connector which runs into an interface card on the pc. There are usb connectors like keyspan that eliminate the need for the card.

  • @natenauseda7749

    @natenauseda7749

    7 жыл бұрын

    Here's a real answer: It does, and it doesn't. The SSL 9000, the console that he is working on, is an analog desk, but it does have DAW controller functionality, in a limited way. You can use the large faders, mutes, and solos on the console to control some functions in your DAW. I don't believe the 9K software allowed you to manipulate what parameters the faders, solos, and mutes controlled. In this scenario, the engineer is using the DAW for playback, editing, and probably some light processing; he is using the console to process, route, sum, and possibly automate. He does not seem to be using the DAW controller function built into the console. Lot's of people loved these consoles for their ability to integrate with the DAW world, though, compared to todays DAW controllers, the DAW controller capability of the 9K seems limited. If he is using the automation on the console, he is most certainly using a common clock with the DAW so that the desks automation syncs with the DAW. I hope this was helpful!

  • @amalhandley3914

    @amalhandley3914

    7 жыл бұрын

    In this case pro tools is just really sued as a super customizable tape machine or extension of the board. In the film world with consoles we use pro tools a recorder basically. So he's mostly just recording everything he does with the board into pro tools if that makes sense. But there are boards that are completely integratabtle with pro tools. Like the Avid s6, s3, icon etc..

  • @nickdijcj1
    @nickdijcj13 жыл бұрын

    21th lol

  • @ilikemyrealname
    @ilikemyrealname3 жыл бұрын

    Lol what was that very last sentence??

  • @presc13nt

    @presc13nt

    3 жыл бұрын

    "So .. this is what D'angelo likes to call .. the drippings"

  • @natenauseda7749
    @natenauseda77497 жыл бұрын

    The tension on the cable stretching from the output of the tube tape echo makes me nervous.

  • @jayplay7578

    @jayplay7578

    6 жыл бұрын

    Nate Nauseda .... Me Tooooooo!!!!

  • @kwameeyiah
    @kwameeyiah3 жыл бұрын

    Can't even hear the echo,but it sounds awesome

  • @nichttuntun3364

    @nichttuntun3364

    3 жыл бұрын

    Serious?

  • @kensmechanicalaffair

    @kensmechanicalaffair

    2 жыл бұрын

    Its just a sublime kind of bounce.

  • @jasper24601
    @jasper246013 жыл бұрын

    I don't get why the desk has to be so big!

  • @grunions9648

    @grunions9648

    3 жыл бұрын

    Well assuming you're not joking: Each vertical strip represents a single mono audio channel so just a drum kit would traditionally take up many of them (each drum might have a microphone, then the room will probably have stereo microphones. Each stereo instrument would take up two channels. The vertical strip includes the fader at the bottom for volume, and then various knobs for sends, equaliser, etc). Then, during mixing you would send groups of these channels to other channels, to allow you to process them as a group (this is known as using a 'bus' to send channels to an 'auxiliary' channel). Each of these groups then takes up two more channels (one for left and one for right) and you often will also be sending some of these auxiliary groups to yet more buses/aux channels. My projects typically use around 80 stereo channels, so 160 individual mixer channels are required. Yes you could do all of this with just 8 tracks, but it would be very restrictive indeed.

  • @MyManDan

    @MyManDan

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@grunions9648 but the Beatles did it with 4 tracks!!?!?!? OK I’m kidding I only aspire to know what I’m talking about at this point. In all seriousness, what type of projects are you working on that take 80 stereo channels? Orchestra? Film scores or something?

  • @grunions9648

    @grunions9648

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@MyManDan Yes, traditionally you would 'bounce' tracks, so that's recording a group down to a single channel. You can keep doing that and work with very few tracks. Using so many is just a luxury as you don't have to commit to each decision, you can go back and change mixes etc. There's definitely an argument for committing to changes and using fewer tracks, I only use so many because I can really.

  • @jasper24601

    @jasper24601

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@grunions9648 Wow thank you very much! I wasn't really joking, rather baffled and amazed. And what you said made complete sense! I suppose I'm just used to Logic, where it's all condensed into a single flat screen, and a lot of things are already taken care of for you. Also I'm relatively new to music production and will probably never touch a mixing desk...but thanks for the serious reply :)

  • @grunions9648

    @grunions9648

    3 жыл бұрын

    ​@@jasper24601 Sorry I didn't mean to imply I had a physical mixing desk that size, it is mostly virtual, but I assumed you were wondering how mixers worked. It's the same principle in Logic though in terms of mixer routing.

  • @cakershake
    @cakershake6 жыл бұрын

    would it hurt to smile once in a while. Stoic

  • @elijah7525

    @elijah7525

    6 жыл бұрын

    raise your game, you're getting freebie, Smile

  • @jeremyjohnson7676
    @jeremyjohnson76763 жыл бұрын

    He's using a real tape echo hardware and not a VST plugin. And there's a reason for that: You can "somehow" mimik the sound of a tape echo, but you can't replicate the unpredictable character and spatial depth of a real tape echo. End of Story.

  • @Jonpoo1

    @Jonpoo1

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yeah okay I’ll use a real one when I get my studio and mixing desk but until then it’s a VST...

  • @tekis0

    @tekis0

    Жыл бұрын

    There are a lot of great tape echo plug-ins! There are even solid state pedals that do a good job.

  • @OnBendedKneeMusic
    @OnBendedKneeMusic7 жыл бұрын

    I agree with a few of the posts here. The drums sounded out of time with the slap back effect.

  • @pigknickers2975

    @pigknickers2975

    6 жыл бұрын

    Agreed, there's no way the drummer would have agreed with it. Didnt sound that good to me. The loose sound it gave was more than most mix guys are going to get away with.

  • @trevorellis-guice5794

    @trevorellis-guice5794

    6 жыл бұрын

    D Angelo loves loose drums. There’s a vid where Questlove was told to play off beat. Also drummers in my experience are too anal at times and lose sight of feel.

  • @trevorellis-guice5794

    @trevorellis-guice5794

    6 жыл бұрын

    This guy mixed his 2nd album so they have a great repoir. Keep that in mind too

  • @rickylovesyou

    @rickylovesyou

    5 жыл бұрын

    Listen to voodoo and you will know the sound hes going for. Its all about putting it on the off beat.

  • @siriusfun
    @siriusfun5 жыл бұрын

    He had something groovy/usable around 2:40 to 2:50, but then lost it... I've been doing this effect for over 30yrs - it's all about the drag.

  • @rickylovesyou

    @rickylovesyou

    5 жыл бұрын

    Cool, what albums have you mixed that are on the level of Voodoo?

  • @Barney-ii1no

    @Barney-ii1no

    2 ай бұрын

    @@rickylovesyou you got him

  • @tuskedbeast
    @tuskedbeast7 жыл бұрын

    Huh. That echo he decided on made the drums sound rushed in places to my ears.

  • @kalleklopsklopsmann1891

    @kalleklopsklopsmann1891

    7 жыл бұрын

    it's rather so that everything else is playing very "late", even without the echo

  • @benodaboy

    @benodaboy

    6 жыл бұрын

    Yeah but it's so viby you don't really care. You just end up enjoying the "out-of-kitler'ness" of it.

  • @gormlessgit430

    @gormlessgit430

    3 жыл бұрын

    It’s not the echo that’s creating that effect, the drummer is playing with a “drunk” feel so it seems like he’s playing behind or ahead of the beat sometimes. You can hear a similar groove in Believe by Q-Tip featuring D’Angelo. 👍🏻

  • @Leimertstudiosllc
    @Leimertstudiosllc3 жыл бұрын

    lets be real, the tape echo really has only been done right in the hands of the scientist, king tubby, lee Perry etc..

  • @niallcameron6433

    @niallcameron6433

    3 жыл бұрын

    That's nonsense. Sorry mate, but there's lots of people that use tape echo in lots of different ways with great success - the above video is but one example.

  • @jesleeivan6082
    @jesleeivan60825 жыл бұрын

    is this Liu Kang? XD

  • @bobbymarco274
    @bobbymarco2745 жыл бұрын

    Off timing bad

  • @kensmechanicalaffair

    @kensmechanicalaffair

    2 жыл бұрын

    You got a bad ear.

  • @Barney-ii1no

    @Barney-ii1no

    2 ай бұрын

    you dont know about swing, kid

  • @Davidchromatic
    @Davidchromatic3 жыл бұрын

    Ok...I know he's hella better than me but this SUCKED..! 😐

  • @LilBAR2010

    @LilBAR2010

    3 жыл бұрын

    This is just a tiny fraction of a three part mixing breakdown dude.

  • @kensmechanicalaffair

    @kensmechanicalaffair

    2 жыл бұрын

    What specifically sucked king of protools?

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