Dave Pensado Dave is world class mic engineer who has worked on many hit records. He is a teacher to many of the new generation of mix engineers such as Jaycen Joshua, Dylan “3D” Dresdow, and Ariel Chobaz and many more. He is a successful R&b and hip-hop specialist. In a single month David dropped three number one hits, with Mary J Blige’s ‘Be without You’, Beyonce’s ‘Check On it’ and Keyshia Cole’s ‘Love’. David has also worked on hits with Christina Aguilera, Black Eyed Peas, Justin Timberlake, Destiny’s Child, Pink, Brian McKnight, Ice Cube, Warren G & Christina , Lil’ Kim and Mya. He ended up spilling the beans on the Pussycat Dolls ‘Beep’ and ‘Buttons’ which did reach up to numbers two and three in the UK charts. People like Dave Pensado because he is a really good guy and he has a lot of number one hits like the three
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He has won a Grammy and I don’t when he got his Grammy I can’t even find his birth date, why so in the dark. Dave is a real heart teaching other people about his work and passing on his information. Here are three tips from Dave Pensado himself on stereo mixing. Number one, accept no Pseudo-Stereo (Fake Stereo). “Almost every synth has a stereo output, and most people just blindly record the part in stereo” Pensado says. People tend to do every instrument in stereo because of all the effects and plug-ins are in stereo and people think it will work out and be fine. The end result is just a really big mess of mono mixing. Don’t be afraid to turn the stereo into two separate mono tracks and have different pans timbres on each one of them. Step two. Use Multiple Reverb Plug-Ins, Dave just uses a several versions of Digidesign and experiments with reflections and decay times. Just playing with the sounds with different and effects you could find something that fits with what
He has won a Grammy and I don’t when he got his Grammy I can’t even find his birth date, why so in the dark. Dave is a real heart teaching other people about his work and passing on his information. Here are three tips from Dave Pensado himself on stereo mixing. Number one, accept no Pseudo-Stereo (Fake Stereo). “Almost every synth has a stereo output, and most people just blindly record the part in stereo” Pensado says. People tend to do every instrument in stereo because of all the effects and plug-ins are in stereo and people think it will work out and be fine. The end result is just a really big mess of mono mixing. Don’t be afraid to turn the stereo into two separate mono tracks and have different pans timbres on each one of them. Step two. Use Multiple Reverb Plug-Ins, Dave just uses a several versions of Digidesign and experiments with reflections and decay times. Just playing with the sounds with different and effects you could find something that fits with what