Ryan West Shows How To Add ‘Transformer Color’ in a Mix

Last month Nathan Hamiel demonstrated how to properly produce rock vocal compression using the Dangerous COMPRESSOR. This month we are joined by platinum selling engineer Ryan West at Flux Studios here in NYC to demonstrate how to add ‘transformer color’ to a mix using the Dangerous 2-BUS+ summing amp.

Using the built-in “X-Former” transformer saturation feature on the 2-BUS+, Ryan West reveals how to get unique ‘analog color’ with transformer saturation along with his analog summing to add dimension to a mix while still getting the flexibility of mixing In-the-Box and retaining mix recallability.

Ryan West has engineered at top New York studios including Stadiumred Studios NYC, SoHo Studios, and Baseline Recording Studios, cranking out hit after hit for today’s top artists. As an accomplished engineer and producer in a variety of musical genres, Ryan West is best known for chart-topping Hip-Hop and R&B mixes for today’s top artists such as Rihanna, Eminem, Jay Z, T.I., Kid Cudi, Willie Nelson, Usher, Dr. Dre, 50 Cent and many more. His mixes for artists have reached 19 Gold, 10 Platinum, 5 Multi-Platinum, and 1 Diamond RIAA album awards levels. He was nominated for the prestigious Album of the Year Grammy in 2004 for Usher’s “Confessions,” and again in 2011 for Eminem’s “Recovery.”

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