RSR491 - Will Kennedy - Mixing Atmos with Matt Wallace at Studio Delux Immersive

Recording Studio Rockstars

Lij Shaw

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🗓️ 31 January 2025

⏱️ 122 minutes

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Taking care of oneself enhances professional interactions! Will discussed his journey from a small town to the music industry, emphasizing the importance of mental health and self-care within the field. He addressed the balance between technology and artistry and explored adapting to evolving production landscapes, such as Atmos mixing. Will also shared his insights on career transitions, the impact of music budgets, and recording techniques.

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My guest today is Will Kennedy, a platinum-selling producer, mixer, and recording engineer whose credits include U2 on Songs of Experience and Songs of Innocence, O.A.R. on Live From Madison Square Garden, and OneRepublic's Oh My My. He's also known for his work on The 88's "At Least It Was Here," the theme from the hit TV series Community. In 2021, Will teamed up with longtime collaborator Matt Wallace to create Studio Delux Immersive, a cutting-edge mixing studio at the legendary Sound City Center in Los Angeles. Together, they've mixed over 200 songs in Dolby Atmos and other immersive formats, bringing new depth to classics by Jason Mraz, Black Sabbath, The B-52s, and Selena Gomez, as well as enhancing new releases from Dave Matthews Band, Tank and the Bangas, Ondara, and Grouplove. Will's expertise in immersive audio and multi-genre mixing has established him as a pioneer in the field, and he continues to inspire a new generation of engineers with his innovative approach and technical skill.

His personal studio in Los Angeles (Studio P) features an incredible array of modern digital equipment (Avid, Universal Audio, Waves, Soundtoys, Arturia, Korg), custom-built analog processing by JCF Audio, and vintage analog gear including a 1963 Vox AC 30 guitar amplifier, and restored 1973 Ampex 440-B reel-to-reel tape machine available for all mixing projects.

Will was also one of the originators of the popular "Mix Notes From Hell" podcast, and was the music producer for the East African singing contest show "Maisha Superstar."

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0:00.0	This episode of Recording Studio Rockstars is brought to you by Isotope, native instruments,
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0:12.6	Roswell Pro Audio Aztec Tube microphone, mixed through isotope, ozone, RX, and Neutron,
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0:31.4	for you to help support this show.
0:33.6	Now get ready to rock.
0:34.6	And I thought really hard about before we recorded what is going to win.
0:40.3	There's always a contest of who gets the sub frequencies.
0:43.2	It's either going to be the kick drum or it's going to be the bass.
0:45.9	You can't fit both down there, at least not without them clashing.
0:49.2	This is true in pretty much any kind of music.
0:53.0	So my decision was the bass lives down there.
0:55.5	Because the kick drum, we don't need, you know,
0:58.1	thumping EDM, hip-hop, whatever kick.
1:01.0	That's not what this is.
1:02.3	The kick is a more detail-oriented instrument in jazz.
1:06.3	Yeah, the kick, in pop music,
1:09.6	the kick is sort of a danceable backbeat in jazz.
1:12.6	It can become more of an accent.
1:14.9	Yes.
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