Behind the scenes with Dave Otero + Archspire! [VLOG]

The dog > everything else

The NTM crew heads to Denver, Colorado for Dave Otero’s session with “Remote Tumor Seeker” by Archspire!

We get a tour of his studio including his gear collection, indoor archery range (!?) and mostly importantly…. the studio dog!

THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF DAVE OTERO’S STUDIO – NTM VLOG 04

The NTM crew heads to Denver, Colorado for Dave Otero’s session with “Remote Tumor Seeker” by Archspire! We get a tour of his studio including his gear collection, indoor archery range (!?) and mostly importantly…. the studio dog!

Get instant access to the Archspire multi-tracks + Dave’s full mix session here.


Nail The MixNail The Mix is our online mixing school that gives you REAL multi-tracks from REAL bands, plus a mixing class from the producer who recorded it. Past guests include Periphery, Gojira, Meshuggah, Machine Head, A Day To Remember and Bring Me The Horizon. Join now for instant access!

Mixing DANCE GAVIN DANCE drums w/ Kris Crummett

The backbone of every mix

Last month we had Kris Crummett mix “Young Robot” by Dance Gavin Dance– and tbh, literally every single track in the session is absolutely beautiful and a joy to mix so it’s hard to even know where to start!

Mixing DANCE GAVIN DANCE drums w/ Kris Crummett – tutorial

Watch Kris Crummett mix the drums for “Young Robot” by Dance Gavin Dance, with a particular focus on the toms. Get instant access to Dance Gavin Dance multi-tracks and Kris Crummett’s full mixing session ► http://nailthemix.com/ NAIL THE MIX is an online mixing school created by Joey Sturgis, Joel Wanasek and Eyal Levi – the guys who produced bands like TDWP, Chelsea Grin, Blessthefall, Machine Head, Monuments, Miss May I, Of Mice & Men, Reflections, Born Of Osiris, Asking Alexandria and dozens more of this generation’s best metal bands.

In this clip, Kris polishes the drums, with a particular focus on the toms. Why toms? Because they’re one of the most challenging things to mix, yet they rarely get any attention in tutorials… so we’re doing our part to fix that 🙂

Click here to instant access to these multi-tracks and Kris’ full mixing session!


Nail The MixNail The Mix is our online mixing school that gives you REAL multi-tracks from REAL bands, plus a mixing class from the producer who recorded it. Past guests include Periphery, Gojira, Meshuggah, Lamb Of God, A Day To Remember and Bring Me The Horizon. Join now for instant access!

Mixing BLESSTHEFALL drums w/ Tyler Smyth!

All about those details!

Watch Tyler Smyth mix the drums in “Cutthroat” by Blessthefall in this clip from his Nail The Mix session.

BLESSTHEFALL DRUM BUS PROCESSING w/ Tyler Smyth – Nail The Mix

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He uses a variety of EQ, compression, saturation and other plugins from Universal Audio, Waves, Drumforge, Wavesfactory and Slate Digital in Cubase.

Click here to instant access to these multi-tracks and Tyler’s full mixing session!


Nail The MixNail The Mix is our online mixing school that gives you REAL multi-tracks from REAL bands, plus a mixing class from the producer who recorded it. Past guests include Periphery, Gojira, Meshuggah, Lamb Of God, A Day To Remember and Bring Me The Horizon. Join now for instant access!

Behind the scenes of Nail The Mix in Los Angeles!

It’s a double header!

October 2018’s Nail The Mix took us to Los Angeles, where we streamed TWO sessions: First Warren Huart (of Produce Like A Pro) mixed Whale Bones, then Tyler Smyth (of Dangerkids) mixed “Cutthroat” by Blessthefall. We got to see Warren’s very cool hybrid ITB/SSL console setup, he talked shop with Joey Sturgis, we hung out with Tyler (best dude!) and did a lot of… questionable things due to lack of sleep 🙂

NAIL THE MIX VLOG 02 w/ Warren Huart and Tyler Smyth in Los Angeles

October 2018’s Nail The Mix took us to Los Angeles, where we streamed TWO sessions: First Warren Huart (of Produce Like A Pro) mixed Whale Bones, then Tyler Smyth (of Dangerkids) mixed “Cutthroat” by Blessthefall. We got to see Warren’s very cool hybrid ITB/SSL console setup, he talked shop with Joey Sturgis, we hung out with Tyler (best dude!)

Get instant access to the multi-tracks + video from Warren’s session here and the multi-tracks + video from Tyler’s session here.


Nail The MixNail The Mix is our online mixing school that gives you REAL multi-tracks from REAL bands, plus a mixing class from the producer who recorded it. Past guests include Periphery, Gojira, Meshuggah, Machine Head, A Day To Remember and Bring Me The Horizon. Join now for instant access!

Behind the scenes of Nail The Mix w/ Machine!

Mud, fire, loud noises… yup, we’re in Texas!

August 2018’s Nail The Mix took us to Austin, Texas where we streamed Machine mixing “Redneck” by Lamb Of God. We got stuck in the mud, we played with fire, we geeked out over Machine’s amazing studio and wizard-level recording techniques, and of course answered some of your questions!

NAIL THE MIX VLOG 01 w/ Machine in Austin, Texas

August 2018’s Nail The Mix took us to Austin, Texas where we streamed Machine mixing “Redneck” by Lamb Of God. We got stuck in the mud, we played with fire, we geeked out over Machine’s amazing studio and wizard-level recording techniques, and of course answered some of your questions!

Get instant access to the Lamb Of God multi-tracks from this NTM and Machine’s full mixing stream here.


Nail The MixNail The Mix is our online mixing school that gives you REAL multi-tracks from REAL bands, plus a mixing class from the producer who recorded it. Past guests include Periphery, Gojira, Meshuggah, Machine Head, A Day To Remember and Bring Me The Horizon. Join now for instant access!