# Chris Lord-Alge Mixing Hoobastank **URL:** https://community.mwtm.com/c/videos/chris-lord-alge-mixing-hoobastank/71.md [Latest](https://community.mwtm.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.mwtm.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.mwtm.com/tags.md) --- ## [Ask your questions to Chris Lord-Alge by creating a new post in the top right corner](https://community.mwtm.com/t/ask-your-questions-to-chris-lord-alge-by-creating-a-new-post-in-the-top-right-corner/11745)
**Author:** [@MWTM\_Admin](https://community.mwtm.com/u/MWTM_Admin)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2024, 10:33am UTC](https://community.mwtm.com/t/ask-your-questions-to-chris-lord-alge-by-creating-a-new-post-in-the-top-right-corner/11745 "2024-12-05T10:33:14Z")
Ask your questions by creating a new post. --- ## [Mix feels wrong](https://community.mwtm.com/t/mix-feels-wrong/3017)
**Author:** [@Ivan\_Buccarella](https://community.mwtm.com/u/Ivan_Buccarella)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2024, 5:15am UTC](https://community.mwtm.com/t/mix-feels-wrong/3017 "2024-12-17T05:15:59Z")
Hi Chris, I’ve mixed a rock song for a musician, and I think it sounds really powerful. People who listen to the song feel the same way. Now, the guitarist wants the guitar to be thicker and louder. He recorded an addit… --- ## [Questions for CLA](https://community.mwtm.com/t/questions-for-cla/11791)
**Author:** [@Vladiscratus\_Trinity](https://community.mwtm.com/u/Vladiscratus_Trinity)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2024, 1:40am UTC](https://community.mwtm.com/t/questions-for-cla/11791 "2024-12-17T01:40:11Z")
Hi, Chris! I have a few questions for you. What’s the right way to use Auratones monitors? On what step while mixing? Do you use any AI while working? What do you think about new AI developments in music production? Ho… --- ## [SSL Shelf vs. Peak](https://community.mwtm.com/t/ssl-shelf-vs-peak/11890)
**Author:** [@Matt\_Smith](https://community.mwtm.com/u/Matt_Smith)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2024, 3:41am UTC](https://community.mwtm.com/t/ssl-shelf-vs-peak/11890 "2024-12-10T03:41:35Z")
Hi Chris– Thanks for the videos. Quick question: what do you look for out of the SSL’s peak boost as opposed to the shelf? Obviously I understand the technical differences between the two, and I know it’s always as simp… --- ## [Curiosity about beginnings](https://community.mwtm.com/t/curiosity-about-beginnings/11774)
**Author:** [@Hitorie](https://community.mwtm.com/u/Hitorie)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2024, 2:54am UTC](https://community.mwtm.com/t/curiosity-about-beginnings/11774 "2024-12-06T02:54:40Z")
I’m currently a 21 years old Vietnamese producer and i would really want to enter the music industry scene. Looking at your prestigious achievement, i was wondering: What did you do when you were young to gain the requir… --- ## [Parallel EQ / Parallel Compression](https://community.mwtm.com/t/parallel-eq-parallel-compression/11772)
**Author:** [@Lewis\_White](https://community.mwtm.com/u/Lewis_White)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2024, 1:56am UTC](https://community.mwtm.com/t/parallel-eq-parallel-compression/11772 "2024-12-06T01:56:27Z")
Hi Chris! Big fan of your ability to create energy & excitement in a mix! I have two questions: First: In a few videos you’ve mentioned parallel instrument EQ that you’ll ride during a chorus to put something upfront… --- ## [180Hz - how and when…](https://community.mwtm.com/t/180hz-how-and-when/11770)
**Author:** [@Gokay\_Evrenos](https://community.mwtm.com/u/Gokay_Evrenos)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2024, 12:36am UTC](https://community.mwtm.com/t/180hz-how-and-when/11770 "2024-12-06T00:36:54Z")
Hi Chris, Which is the most critical low frequency that you cut drastically in FT or Bass and when you, digitally or analogously, pre/post compression or in the desk or in the master bus? I personally find a lot of pro… --- ## [New Video Release - Chris Lord-Alge Mixing "The Reason" by Hoobastank](https://community.mwtm.com/t/new-video-release-chris-lord-alge-mixing-the-reason-by-hoobastank/11746)
**Author:** [@MWTM\_Admin](https://community.mwtm.com/u/MWTM_Admin)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2024, 10:49am UTC](https://community.mwtm.com/t/new-video-release-chris-lord-alge-mixing-the-reason-by-hoobastank/11746 "2024-12-05T10:49:05Z")
Get behind the console with Chris Lord-Alge and watch him re-mix Hoobastank’s multi-platinum pop-rock anthem “The Reason”. The legendary mix engineer delves deep into his hybrid workflow in this series, showcasing how to… --- ## [Analog mixing questions for Chris](https://community.mwtm.com/t/analog-mixing-questions-for-chris/3203)
**Author:** [@Gak](https://community.mwtm.com/u/Gak)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2024, 2:52am UTC](https://community.mwtm.com/t/analog-mixing-questions-for-chris/3203 "2024-01-06T02:52:54Z")
Hi Chris, I’m your big big fan from China!!! I want to ask you some specific questions about your analog mix: When you start mixing, do you set every channel on the console to EQ before COMP by default even if you on… --- ## [Parallel Vocal Bus](https://community.mwtm.com/t/parallel-vocal-bus/3064)
**Author:** [@Sebastian\_Olbrich](https://community.mwtm.com/u/Sebastian_Olbrich)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2024, 7:55pm UTC](https://community.mwtm.com/t/parallel-vocal-bus/3064 "2024-01-04T19:55:34Z")
Hey Chris :wave:t3: During the mixing process you talked about the fact that you have two other faders called “V Sub” next to the lead vocals, which are parallel and from which you send. I’m wondering what exactly you … --- ## [Mix Reverb Returns - Landscape of the Record](https://community.mwtm.com/t/mix-reverb-returns-landscape-of-the-record/3050)
**Author:** [@Austin\_Hein](https://community.mwtm.com/u/Austin_Hein)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2024, 4:41pm UTC](https://community.mwtm.com/t/mix-reverb-returns-landscape-of-the-record/3050 "2024-01-04T16:41:03Z")
I have a couple questions about the 4 mix reverb returns and your thought process/workflow: When you’re EQing the returns to fit the mix, what are you personally listening for? Do you want the verb to poke through? Or … --- ## [Master Bus Pultecs](https://community.mwtm.com/t/master-bus-pultecs/3025)
**Author:** [@Max\_Arnold](https://community.mwtm.com/u/Max_Arnold)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2024, 3:27am UTC](https://community.mwtm.com/t/master-bus-pultecs/3025 "2024-01-04T03:27:43Z")
Happy New Year Chris, just saw the awesome new Green Day video. I was wondering what did you use instead of your Pultecs on the Master Bus. I think I just saw you use the Quad Compressor (on the Master Bus) but no Pultec…