RECORDING TECHNIQUES WITH DEVIN TOWNSEND
As Devin Townsend was wrapping up recording the latest chapter of his storied career, he quickly realised that in order to complete the album, he would have to mix it himself.
Sure, Townsend had been involved in production, mixing and so on since the days of Strapping Young Lad, but he’d never worked with something on the same scale as his gargantuan, multi-genre masterpiece, Empath.
It was a tough job, but Townsend learned a lot about production, engineering and mixing, alongside psychological and physical challenges that manifested while putting together what
