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
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Gethin Pearson started out as a teenage music fan and working in a record shop. Gethin has always been obsessed with how songs make him feel and how records are made. Whilst pursuing individual and band based projects, Gethin began exploring creative ways to record in a converted coal she...
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Mike Cave is a multi platinum award-winning mix engineer. He has built a strong reputation working with artists as diverse as Professor Green, Lewis Capaldi, CamelPhat, JP Cooper, KRS-One, Riton, The Coral, Elvis Costello, James Vincent McMorrow, Fatboy Slim, Rufus Wainwright, Yuksek...
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Jeff Ellis is a Grammy Award-winning recording engineer and Grammy-nominated mix engineer. His most notable work was on Frank Ocean's critically acclaimed album 'Channel ORANGE'.
"I got my start at the famed EastWest Studios in Hollywood California, (formerly Uni...
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Greg Wells is a multiple Grammy nominated musician, record producer and songwriter based in Los Angeles. Wells has songs on over 85 million units sold. He has produced and written with Adele, Rufus Wainwright, Twenty One Pilots, Katy Perry, Theophilus London, OneRepublic, Kelly Clarks...
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Manny Marroquin amplifies, heightens, and intensifies emotion with every mix. His attention-to-detail, vision, and passion have cemented him as one of the music industry’s preeminent mixing engineers with eight Grammy Awards, cumulative sales of over 250 million records, 14 number ones on...
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Neal H Pogue, a Grammy Award-winning engineer and producer, learned the craft of producing and mixing in Los Angeles, where he attended engineering school and completed his internship assisting some of the industry’s top professionals. "I currently live in Atlanta and I've been producin...
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Omar Hakim is a drummer, producer/engineer, composer, educator and entrepreneur. His work spans many genres of music, and he has worked with some wonderful artists throughout his career, like Daft Punk, David Bowie, Sting, Madonna, Foo Fighters, Marcus Miller, Miles Davis, Neal Schon...
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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
- Jake Cochran
- 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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