Nic Hard has been fearlessly recording his effects and audio processing for decades, and talks to Justin Colletti about how you can do the same. This industry veteran has worked with artists including Snarky Puppy, The Bravery, Ghost Beach and routinely commits to audio processing choices while tracking, from compression to EQ to distortion to pitch vending, sometimes to an extreme degree, all in his pursuit of getting as finished of a sound as possible while going in. Thanks to Soundtoys, Gear Club and Mixing Breakthroughs for sponsoring this episode. See Nic's MixCon 2016 presentation, The Mix Starts With the Mics here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bR1n88OIDg