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Michael Brauer The Evolution From Analog to Digital "Brauerize"©

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It's here! For the first time on video, Michael Brauer unleashes his signature "Brauerize©" method, 100% in the box, featuring his famous multi-bus compression techniques.

For the past 44 years, Michael Brauer has helped shape the sound of modern music with global superstars like Coldplay, John Mayer, Bob Dylan, Aretha Franklin, The Rolling Stones, Bon Jovi, and countless others. Michael's commitment to musicality during the mixing process has connected billions of listeners with the artists that call upon him. His ability to convey emotion and excitement in mixes is unparalleled, thanks in part to the tireless development of his signature "Brauerize©" method.

Since the Brauerize © method began to accrue fame in the early 2000s, engineers have strived to re-create the technique in the box, with countless blog articles and videos surfacing in attempts to master the technique.

In this pureMix.net exclusive video, Michael Brauer sits down to explain every component of the Brauerize © method in perfect detail in the box. After he and his assistant, Fernando Reyes, explain the history of creating the Brauerize© Pro Tools template, Michael mixes a song from scratch on camera.

Once you have seen how Michael does it, download his actual template and try it for yourself!

In this video, you will sit next to Michael as he:

  • Explains his career history
  • Discusses How he learned to hear compression
  • Tells the story of how he had to fight with the balance of low end and compression on Aretha Franklin's "Freeway Of Love", which led to his development of the "Brauerize©" method on an SSL 6000 console that changed everything for him
  • Explains the importance of performing a mix
  • Discusses the evolution from analog to hybrid and eventually hybrid to fully digital in the box
  • Explains how COVID limitations pushed transition to a 100% digital workflow
  • Breaks down each section of his template, discussing his plugin and setting choices on each channel
  • Teaches his multi-parallel compression technique on vocals

This is your chance to learn from one of the world's most treasured mixing engineers. Watch Michael Brauer teach the Brauerize© method. Only on pureMix.net

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Equipment & Software
  • Acustica Pensado EQ2
  • Audio Ease Altiverb 7
  • A.O.M Plugins Invisible Limiter
  • Cradle The God Particle
  • DDMF Magic Death Eye Compressor
  • Fuse Audio Labs VCL-864U
  • Kazrog True Dynamics
  • Komeff Audio Pawn Shop Comp 2
  • Kush Pusher
  • Kush Goldplate
  • McDSP EC300
  • Pulsar Echorec
  • Slate Digital Virtual Mix Rack
  • Slate Digital VerbSuite Classics
  • Sonnox Oxford Dynamics Comp/Lim
  • Avid Trim
  • Fabfilter Pro-Q3
  • IK Multimedia Sunset Sound Studio Reverb
  • PSP Spring Box
  • PSP Lexicon PSP42
  • PSP Vintage Warmer 2
  • Plugin Alliance SPL De-Esser
  • Plugin Alliance Black Box Analog Design HG-2
  • Plugin Alliance Maag EQ4
  • Plugin Alliance Shadow Hills Mastering Compressor
  • Plugin Alliance Shadow Hill MAstering Compressor Class A
  • Plugin Alliance bx_console SSL 4000E
  • Plugin Alliance bx_console SSL 9000J
  • Plugin Alliance bx_digital V3
  • Process.audio Decibel
  • Softube Chandler Limited Curve Bender
  • Softube Summit Audio TLA-100A
  • Softube Chandler Limited Germanium
  • Softube Tube-Tech EQ
  • Slate Digital Trigger 2
  • UAD Korg SSD-3000
  • UAD Manley Variable Mu
  • UAD Distressor
  • UAD Hitsville EQ Mastering
  • UAD EP-34 Tape Echo
  • UAD Neve 33609
  • UAD AKG BX20
  • UAD Struder A800
  • UAD EMT 140
  • UAD Capital Chambers
  • UAD Precision K-Stereo
  • UAD Studio D Chorus
  • UAD Pultex EQP-1A
  • UAD Avalon VT-737sp
  • UAD Manley VoxBox
  • UAD Ampex ATR-102
  • UAD UA 1176 Rev A
  • UAD Fairchild 670
  • UAD UA 1176LN Rev E
  • UAD Fairchild 660
  • UAD SSL G Bus Compressor
  • UAD Oxford Inflator
  • UAD Oxford Envolution
  • UAD Zener Limiter
  • Waves Kaleidoscopes
  • Waves Brauer Motion
  • Waves dbx-160
  • Waves H-Delay
  • Waves NLS Channel
  • Waves Manny Marroquin Reverb
  • Waves Abby Road Plates
  • Waves REDD17
  • Waves REDD37-51
  • Waves REQ 4
  • Waves RD56
  • Waves S1 Shuffler
  • Waves Smack Attack
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Michael Brauer

For the past 44 years, Michael Brauer has helped shape the sound of modern music with global superstars like Coldplay, John Mayer, Bob Dylan, Aretha Franklin, The Rolling Stones, Bon Jovi, and countless others. Michael’s commitment to musicality during the mixing process has connected billions of listeners with the artists that call upon him. His ability to convey emotion and excitement in mixes is unparalleled, thanks in part to the tireless development of his signature “Brauerize©” method.

Since the Brauerize© method began to accrue fame in the early 2000s, engineers have strived to re-create the technique in the box, with countless blog articles and videos surfacing in attempts to master the technique. When COVID hit, Michael doubled his efforts to recreate the technique in the box out of necessity, and has brought the first demonstration of the in the box Brauerize© method to pureMix.

Credits

Coldplay

John Mayer

Bob Dylan

Aretha Franklin

The Rolling Stones

Bon Jovi

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strumm
2022 Dec 16
RE: Anyone know where he is sending the Akai to? Buss E --- On either gearspace or UAD forum someone made a spreadsheet that has each track folder, chain, and the destination
HideNseekProductions
2022 Dec 16
Anyone know where he is sending the Akai to?
Rene Fuentes
2022 Dec 13
Subtitles in spanish please, please
nickgreenberg
2022 Dec 09
The Template file available to us looks meaningfully different than the one shown in the videos. For example, a few plugins are missing (Kramer Pie, etc., as noted by others below). Second and more importantly, the routings look different (esp. for Reverbs). Are these differences non-issues, or could we get the real / updated Template? That said, this tutorial and template are FABULOUS, thanks to Michael, Fernando and Puremix for making this possible!
nickgreenberg
2022 Dec 09
The Template file available to us looks meaningfully different than the one shown in the videos. For example, a few plugins are missing (Kramer Pie, etc., as noted by others below). Second and more importantly, the routings look different (esp. for Delays, Processing, Reverbs). Are these differences non-issues, or could we get the real / updated Template? That said, this tutorial and template are FABULOUS, thanks to Michael, Fernando and Puremix for making this possible!
Rene Fuentes
2022 Dec 08
Subtitles in spanish please
alanlitten
2022 Dec 07
Excellent template and explanation videos. What's the reason for having each audio track in a folder?
strumm
2022 Dec 06
How about an in depth set of videos seeing a song mixed with this template. Starting with Fernando preparing the tracks and loading the template, which I think would explain a lot of my questions. Then followed by Michael mixing the song and making decisions. My immediate question is, does Michael not put any reverb on his delays (ala CLA)? They seem to be in parallel.
guy.pelletier@century21.ca
2022 Dec 03
How do you route the audio tracks you receive from the client into the folders?
joethibodeau
2022 Dec 02
+1 on the vocal compressor calibration... the template doesn't appear to line up with the same philosophy
Bondrock
2022 Dec 01
Great Info. Can't open .pt file.......HELP!?
nimsat
2022 Nov 30
+1 on more details of how the vocal compressors are calibrated. They appear to be set up very differently to the ABCD bus compressors in the template.
sonicdiscovery
2022 Nov 29
Great template and so much detailed information. Two main questions please: 1. When needing to add other instruments-tracks like BGVs or GTRs to delays or comps, what is the correct Brauerized way to do that within the MHB template, just create another AUX? 2. The Invisible Limiter appears not to be True Peak, but Invisible Limiter G3 is true peak. I was using Stealth Limiter but not sure with Invisible limiter to purchase. https://support.aom-factory.jp/en/doc/000038/ Last, This template has helped me a lot, thank you!
Linusthe2nd
2022 Nov 29
Amazing video and great to finally have insight on how to do this ITB. +1 also to the prior comment on knowing to calibrate the vocal comps.
guy.pelletier@century21.ca
2022 Nov 28
Thank you so much for the incredible tutorial and concepts, it helps so much!
pete_el34
2022 Nov 28
Hi! Amazing video! There are always some details, it would be awesome if you completed this and also showed the Vocal comps calibration.. Cheers, Pete
Joohad
2022 Nov 26
Hello guys, I need help. I got the template and finally all the plugins. I'm having problems when dragging the wav files (sounds), for example, the kick, snare, etc. It's not loading. Could anyone help? They load all the way to the bottom to the triggers.
dcoppens
2022 Nov 25
Utterly amazing and so informative. Thanks Michael and Fernando this is life changing stuff.
HotRod
2022 Nov 25
The vocal chain is crazy confusing .. the TLA is absolutely cranked up with tons of reduction as are a bunch of the other ones. I’d love to see a more detailed explanation and MB do some vocals start to finish
mkerlin
2022 Nov 25
Thanks so much for the calibration chapter. I'm a chemical engineer and a hobbyist, not an audio engineer, and the details associated with this step were challenging for me. This helped immeasurably. Kudos to the Premix folks for listening to your subscribers.
Rene Fuentes
2022 Nov 25
subtitle in spanish please
Lele Gambera
2022 Nov 23
cruxcrucisbeats
2022 Nov 21
Hey dudes.. the new episode is actually an extension of the original episode. If you go to chapters, it's the final (new) chapter on calibration.
toddmichaelbradt
2022 Nov 21
Yep, I'm also looking for the new episode...???
Fabio Adames Coimbra
2022 Nov 21
WHERE IS THE NEW EPISODE?
Smutje
2022 Nov 17
Cant watch it from Chapter 3 ... error code 232404
Camundongo
2022 Nov 12
Thank you very much for the translation!!!
Joohad
2022 Nov 06
IN AWWWWWW ! WHERE IS THE TEMPLATE HAHAHAHA
francesco.de_
2022 Nov 04
Excellent presentation. Thanks MHB, Fernando and the Puremix Team for doing this. As many others have been suggesting, perhaps it would be great to have acces to a universal cheat sheet with the routing explained, making it easier to understand for users of other DAWs.
I-have
2022 Oct 29
This one is so good! Great teachers. It would be great to ask him to mix Lifeboats also. That would be a great insight.
Camundongo
2022 Oct 17
Amazing! Any chance you might create the template for other DAWs? Studio One?
valeiomina
2022 Oct 14
Michael Brauer is so inspiring. The way he feels to the music it's so accomplishment to the way he mix it after. he understand the needs of the song as like he understand the artists needs. he is a true master. tbiulding an extraordinary complicated way to elaborate signals to make a easier listening for the listeners and makes they dream through the listening. The MB and PureMix
antjuan
2022 Oct 13
Awesome stuff very much appreciated !!!
Jordan MARLEZ
2022 Oct 13
Wow, thank you so much bringing such inspiring content! Brings a lot of ideas, mind opening and showing so much love to music. :-)
gerard.u
2022 Oct 11
porfavor ayuda con los subtítulos please help with the subtitles
wfrank
2022 Oct 10
Thanks for this awesome insight into the "Brauerize-approach". Michael and Fernando are doing a fantastic job of explaining the setup and motivation behind everything. I think the combination of "vibe-driven" Michael and "analytical" Fernando resulted in a real powerful tool capturing lots of experience from the last decades.
dbassmon
2022 Oct 10
Some great information here. Thank You! Any chance you might create the template for other DAWs? Logic?
aceaudile
2022 Oct 10
This is probably the best mixing system ever! I had ProTools, but stopped using it. I've literally rebuilt, to the best of my ability, the template in Studio One and Reaper. Using this system has changed my mixing abilities far beyond what I could imagine. Michael and Fernando, I can't thank you enough!
info@nicklasthelin.com
2022 Oct 09
Great series, so inspiring to see how Michael actually work. Would be really cool if you could make an extra episode about gainstageing and levels to calibrate the template.
alex.alb
2022 Oct 09
Great template! And well explained, I am just gonna sell my only kidney left to get this 10000+ $ worth of plugins right away. Thanks Puremix, Fernando and Michael, Thanks!
shaman
2022 Oct 09
Great and inspirational video ! To be honest the song was not that great and the result leaves me a bit underwhelmed. If I understood right, what we heard in the last chapter was not the final mix - since there was still no automation done ?! Drums and bass sounded very good but the vocal balance seemed not right....Where can I hear the final mix ? I see this was more a description of the Brauerize method instead of a mixing workshop, which is great - In the end I thought - all that massive workflow with all these myriads of plugins led to that end result....hm
mkerlin
2022 Oct 09
Great series, & has made a difference as I had to build my template in Luna & the process was educational. I can see it would be bothersome for MHB/Fernando to answer questions that subscribers have about aspects of this. An improvement the Puremix folks might consider is add a Puremix only response to a subscriber question. If Puremix KNOWs the answer to a question why not provide some clarity? For example, it might not be a big thing but I’m curious as to why in the video the Plate reverb goes to A while all others go to E after MHB says he doesn’t want extra processing going on...
jaizel
2022 Oct 08
One of the best video series on Puremix. Mind-blown!
mataran
2022 Oct 07
Simply amazing! Thanks a thousand times to both of you Michael and Fernando, and thanks (again) Puremix.
sonicdiscovery
2022 Oct 06
Awesome! Went over and over this 5 hour video, mixed two songs with this, added some sub-master gain staging for V-E channels to help me. Noticed that the delays in the template have sends only from Vocals. What would be the recommended Brauerized method to include delays other tracks?
Chrisdude
2022 Oct 06
wow this is amazing! Worth the subscription price for premix just for this! Im trying to recreate the exact template but in reaper and also cubase and also studio one. Im wondering why on his version of Console J and E , there is no option to select analog or digital? (I have thus disabled bx_console analog and selected digital instead. This is awesome!!
rdeaguiar
2022 Oct 05
Michael Brauer's years of experience and feel for music shines through in this video. I learned so much. This was absolutely invaluable. Thank you Michael. Thank you pureMix!
Anthonylnavarro
2022 Oct 04
This is super complicated lol.
norg
2022 Oct 03
Firstly, this is one of the most amazing productions to ever hit PureMix in the years I've been watching. Absolutely game changing and I wouldn't be anywhere near ready to comprehend most of it if it wasn't for the foundation everything else here built prior. For folks not using Pro Tools - like me as a Cubase guy - I STRONGLY recommend going through the process of taking METICULOUS NOTES while watching. Handwrite the layout, draw routing, then build the template in your own DAW with your plugins. Watching the chapters was informative; recreating it has been AMAZING as a learning experience.
pyatapenedo
2022 Sep 30
How come there is no explanation about calibration? I dont have UAD plug ins but have other plug ins to use it instead, but without knowing the right calibration for each buss, it's just impossible to recreate his ideas. It can cause more harm than good! But love all the info finally revealed. We just need a bit more of the technical stuff. Thanks
hiddencookiejar
2022 Sep 29
Where can we find the IR convolution reverb files for Altiverb?
danielebazzani
2022 Sep 29
This is one of the best things you can possibly do, amazing!
SnogStudio
2022 Sep 28
Thanks a lot, great info! Since I am not using PT, Ihave 2 problems: I cannot use the template, and also it is a bit hard to follow visually, because I have no idea "what all those buttons do" :) Is it possible to create an universal cheat sheet with the routing explained? Now THAT would be awesome. It is really hard to me to follow and take advantage of this great tutorial right now.
sirthought
2022 Sep 27
Why is the calibration of the compressor buses, not to mention gain staging overall, not covered in the videos at all? We Michael raving about feel over and over, but these details about building a sound are very important, technically. You obviously want to get it set up correctly if you are going to just focus on the sound and mix later.
alexfont
2022 Sep 27
This documentary it’s simply AMAZING. Awesome work puremix. Everybody needs a Fernando in their lives.
matt.mccl
2022 Sep 27
Calibration details?
angelo.d-
2022 Sep 27
Hello, Thank you very much for this series of videos on the "Brauerize". Not being a native English speaker I have a little trouble understanding the routing of the voice bus. Is it possible to have a complete routing diagram, because I don't work with ProTools and I would like to adapt it with Studio one and Ableton. And also an explanation how to calibrate all the compressors. Thanks in advance for your answer. Best Regards Angelo
fulibarri
2022 Sep 27
Great video. I did notice some plugins were replaced in the template. The Elyssa Compressor, the Nugen Meter, the Unisom. Also all the plugins on the tracks were missing (Pie compressor, LA-3, Focusrite, Kramer Pie, Fatso) Is there a reason for that?
sonicdiscovery
2022 Sep 26
This has got to be in the top best videos on planet Earth!
reymusic
2022 Sep 25
anyone have an idea about the right starting point level on each tracks to have the exact amount of compression on every single instruments swell as the parallel compressor?
stanley
2022 Sep 24
Dear Michael Brauer, Fernando, Fab Dupont and the Puremix-team: After many years, thanks to hundreds of hours of excellent tutorials, I was able to evolve my mixing-skills. The video about "Brauerizing" is a perfect complement to everything that has gone before and takes the whole science of mixing to a new level of a sonic-vision! The method is very inspiring and i am infinitely grateful to Michael Brauer for making his knowledge available to anyone who is interested in. 1000 thanks! (PS: the template is brilliant - even though many of the plug-ins shown are not inserted)
dludwig
2022 Sep 23
This is great! Can we get Fernando to do a video explaining compressor calibration and delay compensation?
alex.
2022 Sep 23
If anyone feels like building a Logic template, I'd be a very grateful little man!! :)
sirthought
2022 Sep 23
Thank you. Great to have this information. I'd be interested to learn what AD/DC and monitors he uses. I've seen other videos since the pandemic of him converting a room in his house. Guessing this is that one? Fernando did an incredible job to satisfy his boss and get the sound that made him happy. I use Logic, so there are some routing options not quite the same.
Splinter2K
2022 Sep 22
This is absolutely amazing! Thank you Michael for being willing to share your talents and secrets, and thank you Fernando for all of the hard work you put into this.
siamesersgp
2022 Sep 22
Really terrific series. Great work puremix! To echo others here, I would love a follow-up video to explain the gain staging and compressor level input set ups, and the relationship with the VCAs. It blows my mind that they are hitting 7-9dbfs without slamming the mix with a limiter. Clearly this has a lot to do with the compression/eq during tracking, but I suspect that it has to do with the gain staging and input levels to the compressor. Also, I would love a Logic version of the template. Sure, I could build one, but I think it would take me a few weeks.
jess.f
2022 Sep 22
I must say: Fernando Reyes is a BEAST!! MHB is very fortunate to have a great assistant like Fernando. Great job! Cheers!
alexann.m
2022 Sep 21
AMAZING! So incredibly helpful, informative and and entertaining! Thank you Michael & Fernando!!!
elixirmusiques
2022 Sep 20
Wow! This is just freakin' amazing! Michael is immensly generous in sharing all of that. I really appreciate that he always comes back to the feel of the song he's mixing. This template is kind of a tool to make songs blossom; to add excitement to them. No technical or flashy stuff, just feeling. So inspiring! And Fernando, what a feat has he acccomplished! Merci à Fab & PureMix team
roland@zaccour.it
2022 Sep 20
Excellent , very well explained , Highly appreciated!
johneye
2022 Sep 20
Is there any info on how to calibrate the compressors and eq on the A, B, C, & D bus'. They don't cover this in the video, and that would be super important if we want to try alternatives to some of the plugins used here. Also the assistant talks about gain staging the raw tracks before Michael starts working with them, but he didn't mention what target he gain stages them to. Really cool info overall, but they left out some very critical details.
jbev@me.com
2022 Sep 20
An amazing and generous revelation. Thanks so much Michael. Fernado is a mindblowing angel. What a door you guys opened together. He sure made your life easier and more fun... and you've kept your ears. Congratulations. Chapeau to the production team as well. Looks and sounds so good!
MartinD
2022 Sep 19
Very interesting and informative! Unfortunately, there is no Logic version of the template. I hope that will come soon...
eslynton
2022 Sep 19
Micheal and his assistance did an excellent job explaining they process.
Camundongo
2022 Sep 19
Hello, I don't know if this is where I should write this, but would it be possible to have subtitles (Spanish, French or Portuguese) in the video? Thanks
sandmanfuzzy
2022 Sep 19
Really solid. He goes into so much detail on his choice of routing, plugin settings and overall mix philosophy. There have only been a few times in my career that someone went this deep and I took this many notes. Both of which were in person and I was paying the engineer extra $ to sit in and learn. It's rare you have someone this open and humble to share this much with others. Thank you Michael.
Axier
2022 Sep 19
That's great!! It is incredible to know the true procedure between so much successful speculation and not. The original is always better. If you can add subtitles in English and Spanish, many of us would appreciate it.
lonelypioneer
2022 Sep 18
Studio dog FTW
Elena
2022 Sep 18
I would be very grateful if you would subtitle this video and all the others you can in Spanish, because it is difficult to understand all the details well. Thank you very much
Pearlpassionstudio
2022 Sep 18
Haven't yet download the template, but if this like Fabs stem mixing template that I use, I highly recommend it, it's all I use from tracking to mixing. Took time to wrap my head around the workflow but the outcome was fabulous. Anyway, this tutorial is great, looking forward to re-listen and use this template. One of the best tutorials on Puremix...excellent explanation, thank you for doing this.
jason.her
2022 Sep 18
This video was awesome! What an engineer and assistant. Thank you! Some amazing skills & tips! Perhaps my favourite yet! I love the way Michael describes how he does everything, as an electronic producer I could translate a lot of what and how he says things into my mixing template! It’s also amazing to see the settings on the analogue emulations and think about how they could be used in house!
John Francis
2022 Sep 17
disto is sknote udf
John Francis
2022 Sep 17
FOR THE DISTRESSOR INSTEAD OF UAD I USE DISTO S AND IT HAS THE BRITISH SWITCH....maybe give it a chance if you can find it
MarcoPolo
2022 Sep 17
Echoing previous posts: Great presentation and discussion. Well done, everyone.
Brian Hunker
2022 Sep 17
This presentation is priceless. Thanks so much to everyone at pureMix for making this available! Michael Brauer explains his method of mixing with such excellent detail - & so passionately! I can't wait to try to incorporate some of his philosophy. "Sonically good without any soul is sonically crap." - what an artist!! XY is absolutely one of the best sounding record, in my opinion too!
moondog007
2022 Sep 17
incredible
Alexandre Si
2022 Sep 17
Wow, amazing !!!
lassi.eronen
2022 Sep 17
Fascinating and super well produced! I really got so much out of this :)
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