So, for some scenes, I needed to create a feeling of total immersion in a live concert for others, I needed an extra sense of space and depth.”
#Mixing down with waves nx professional
The creators at Spinifex Group recreated digital versions of a younger Elton using CGI, motion-capture technology tracking Elton’s face, and even a professional Elton impersonator to reproduce his ‘70s dance moves! The point of the audio mix was to put you right there with Elton and feel the excitement of these events, as well as to create some moments of pure fantasy. Yaskulka adds, about the uniqueness of mixing this project: “The idea was for the viewer to experience inside, pivotal moments in Elton John’s career – his first show at Hollywood’s Troubadour Club in 1970 and the famous 1975 Dodgers Stadium concert – and place you right there on stage alongside Elton. Everything – the localization, the spaciousness – matched, and I ended up just making a few tweaks here and there, mainly to be able to work with the producers, in order to dial in sound design elements.” The remaining 10% was done in the Spinifex theater, and I was amazed, as it sounded almost exactly the same in that acoustically magnificent theater as it did on my headphones with Nx. I ended up mixing 90% of the project on headphones. I had no viable monitoring facility, so I went ahead and used a pair of AKG K702 reference headphones, with the Nx Virtual Mix Room plugin and the Nx Head Tracker attached to the headphones. He notes, “I had heard good things about Waves Nx technology for 3D audio on headphones, so I thought I’d give it a try – nothing to lose. But due to some scheduling conflicts and timeline acceleration, it became necessary to work on the production at my own studio however, I had just recently relocated my studio to the iconic Sound City facility in Van Nuys, California, and I was waiting for the new studio to be completed, so I was basically working out of boxes, and I didn’t have my usual 5.1 setup available!” Yaskulka comments, “The original plan was for me to do all the mixing for the Elton John project in the theater room at Spinifex. Finding himself temporarily without a traditional 360-degree mix environment but nonetheless working within tight deadlines, Yaskulka found the right mixing solution with Waves Nx – Virtual Mix Room over Headphones. KNOXVILLE, TN, April 4, 2018- GRAMMY®-winning mix engineer Brian Yaskulka (Lisa Loeb, Andy Summers) was recently tasked with mixing “ Elton John - Farewell Yellow Brick Road: The Legacy (VR360),” a career-retrospective 360/VR project for music legend Sir Elton John and part of the artist’s ongoing career-farewell endeavors. Brian Yaskulka Mixes “Elton John – Farewell Yellow Brick Road: The Legacy (VR360)” with Waves Nx – Virtual Mix Room over Headphones
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