Paul Humphreys

When mixing, Humphreys combines IK Multimedia’s T-RackS with physical SSL channels and some Urei 1176 compression to get valve-like warmth (or a little positive “filth for color and feel” adds McCluskey). “First, I do like to ride things intricately, even down to the syllables, to get almost like a hand-drawn compression, then I’ll put something like an 1176 on it so that’s not moving so much as holding it right there,” says Humphreys. A Waves G-Channel on the mix bus complements the SSL hardware EQ, and the Waves Renaissance bundle adds parametric options for more forensic carving.

"For the intro we used a French sampler, the Publison Infernal Machine. We fed in two phrases of the vocals from the end of the song where the girl's singing in French, and kept spinning it in until it fitted into the intro. The Publison does time compression so you can keep the same pitch, but extend the length of the phrase. It just spreads out the information over a longer period of time. I think it's the only machine around that will do it."