Dave Pensado
Dave Pensado is a man who requires minimal introduction. He’s a world class, Grammy Award-winning mix engineer who’s worked on countless hit records. With mix credits including Michael Jackson, Kelly Clarkson, Beyonce, Elton John, Christina Aguilera and Jill Scott, Dave is acknowledged as one of the leading online educators for all things audio.
His career began in Atlanta in the 1970s and 1980s doing live and studio sound engineering. He has lived in Los Angeles since 1990. He mixes between 200 and 250 songs a year at Larrabee Studios in Los Angeles. When recording, he usually records at Echo Bar Studios in North Hollywood.
In 2011, he started a weekly show called Pensado's Place with Herb Trawick. The show is about engineering techniques and interviews and hosts a guest Mixer, Producer or Artist each episode. In its 5th year, with over 210 episodes, seen in over 150 countries, monthly viewers between 550,000 and 700,000 people, double digit audience growth, Pensado’s Place will continue to bring together the premier audio community on the planet.
Dave Pensado and FabFilter
"FabFilter products are musical and find their way into every mix I do. FabFilter Pro-Q has one of the best GUI of any EQ out there and sonically compares to the best."
"The new FabFilter Pro-C 2 is fantastic and gives me access to parameters that I've been missing from my favorite analog drum compressors."
"FabFilter Timeless 2 is a beast and FabFilter Pro-L is an All-Star product."
"In my world sibilance contains a lot of energy I can use for the mix. The FabFilter Pro-DS de-esser allows me to control the sibilance but maintain the energy."
"A big Thank You to Floris and the FabFilter team for some amazing tools that I literally use every day."
Other featured artists
Koen Heldens, originally from the Netherlands, moved to Los Angeles at 19 to start a career in the music business. He is an international muliti-platinum, multi-billion times streamed and Billboard Music Award nominated mixing engineer. He began music school at the age of 6, attending t...
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Robbie Nelson is a Grammy and MPG award winning engineer/mixer. Notable work includes Beck (three Grammy's including best album), Birdy, Rumer, Amy Macdonald, Rae Morris, Sarah Brightman and Jarvis Cocker.
After starting his career under legendary producer Mike Hedges at the equall...
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Howie Weinberg has spent over thirty years as head mastering engineer at Masterdisk Studios, building one of the most prolific careers in the music industry. With four Grammy nominations, four TEC Awards, over 3000 releases, 200 Gold Records, and an estimated quarter of a billion records...
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Charlie Crown (f.k.a. Flapo) has returned with a bold new sound, building on the success of his previous moniker. Rooted in the same emotionality and technical ability that first endeared him to the EDM community, he is now intent on proving himself on a global stage.The Magic City-based...
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Julia Borelli is a Berlin-based producer, mixing and mastering engineer.Originally from Brazil, she made her first experiences working as assistant engineer on latin Grammy-award winning recordings including Anavitoria and Tiago Iorc. She got her credentials from Point Blank in London an...
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Ian Dowling is a Grammy Award winning engineer and mixer. Notable previous clients include Adele, One Direction, Catfish and The Bottlemen, Birdy, KT Tunstall and Bombay Bicycle Club. Ian started his career at Strongroom in London before striking out on his own. Since then he has worke...
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Greg Wurth is a Grammy Nominated, Gold & Platinum award winning producer. He has been Steve Vai‘s engineer for a decade with other credits ranging from Tony MacAlpine, Tracii Guns, and Mary J Blige.
As of 2015 Greg has launched two new ventures: “Inside The Studio With Greg Wurt...
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Khaliq Glover (also know as Khaliq-O-Vision) is a Grammy Award Winning Engineer/Author/Producer whose clients include Prince, Michael Jackson, Justin Timberlake, Angie Stone, Herbie Hancock, Christina Aguilera, Marcus Miller, Jeffrey Osborne, Jamie Foxx, Patti LaBelle, Smokey Robinson, a...
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Matt Schaeffer was born and raised in LA. During high school he started interning in a studio after recording a demo there with his band. He went to Berklee College of Music where he did a dual major in film scoring/music production and engineering. He moved back to LA in 2012 and started...
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Artist overview
- Alawn
- Armin van Buuren
- Bil VornDick
- BINKBEATS
- Bjorn Akesson
- Bob Power
- Callum Connor
- Caveman
- Celldweller
- Charlie Crown
- Chocolate Puma
- Chris Lake
- Cinthie
- D. James Goodwin
- Damien Lewis
- Dana Nielsen
- Daniel Shores
- Dave Pensado
- David Catching / Rancho de la Luna
- Delta Spirit
- Dem Jointz
- DJ Nu-Mark
- Elkka
- Erik 'Blu2th' Griggs
- Extrawelt
- Fabian Marasciullo
- Francesco Cameli
- Gary Miller
- Gethin Pearson
- Glenn Schick
- Glisz
- Greg Wells
- Greg Wurth
- Groove Armada
- Hardwell
- Howie Weinberg
- Ian Dowling
- J Devil
- James Hannigan
- Jamie Lidell
- Jan 'Stan' Kybert
- Jason Graves
- Jason Miles
- Jeff Ellis
- Joe Barresi
- Joe West
- Joel Little
- John Hill
- Joost van den Broek
- Joseph Renzetti
- Josh Rogosin
- Julia Borelli
- Justin Stanley
- Kevin Killen
- Kevin Madigan
- Khaliq Glover
- Koen Heldens
- Local Natives
- Manny Marroquin
- Marc Carolan
- Matt Lawrence
- Matt Schaeffer
- Matthew Burnett
- Megan McDuffee
- Michael Graves
- Mike Cave
- Miles Walker
- Modeselektor
- Mogwai
- Morgan Page
- Mucky
- múm
- Neal Avron
- Neal H Pogue
- Neil Dorfsman
- Noah Georgeson
- Noisia
- Olav Basoski
- Omar Hakim
- Paula Tape
- Pedro Viñuela Romero
- Recoil
- Remy.
- Ricardo Sangiao
- Robbie Nelson
- Robert L. Smith
- Robert Venable
- Robin Finck
- Roni Size
- Ross Fish
- Sacha Skarbek
- Santaflow
- Scott Chesak
- Scott Jacoby
- Sean P. Jones
- Simon Climie
- Stan Greene
- Stefano Lentini
- Sterling Winfield
- The Black Keys
- The Glitch Mob
- The National
- The Wildcardz
- Thomas Warren
- Tom Elmhirst
- Tom Lord-Alge
- Tony Maserati
- UNIFONY
- Weval
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