Words to say

'Words To Say' is a great example of modern pop production with a blend of acoustic and electronic drums, layered synths, guitars tracks, and tons of cool subtle production tricks.

You may have seen producer Fab Dupont and the South African band The Arrows take the song ‘Words to Say’ from demo track to a mix-ready session in Start to Finish: The Arrows - Production . In this 80 minute tutorial, Fab Dupont breaks down his final mix of that same Pro Tools session.

Since this is an enormous session, instead of starting the mix from scratch, Fab deconstructs the mix from the final record. Track by track, he analyses every setting and explains the thought process behind all of his mix decisions. Fab shares all the tips and tricks he used to make this song sound huge. This mix was performed with 95% plugins except for analog summing and some key analog mix bus processing.

This is your opportunity to see how the pros manage a big session and what goes into mixing a major label release.

Be sure to check out how Fab collaborated with The Arrows to produce "Words to Say"