Chris Lord-Alge is an American

mix engineer A mixing engineer (or simply mix engineer) is responsible for combining ("mixing") different sonic elements of an auditory piece into a complete rendition (also known as "final mix" or "mixdown"), whether in music, film, or any other content of a ...

. He is the brother of both

Tom Lord-Alge Tom Lord-Alge (born January 17, 1963) is an American music engineer and mixer. He began his career at The Hit Factory in New York. Subsequently, he was the resident mixer at what used to be known as "South Beach Studios", located on the ground ...

and Jeff Lord-Alge, both of whom are also audio engineers. Chris and Tom are known for their abundant use of dynamic compression for molding mixes that play well on small speakers and FM radio. Lord-Alge frequently collaborates with

Howard Benson Howard Benson is an American music producer and multi-instrumentalist. He was nominated for the Producer of the Year Grammy Award in 2007 and 2008. Early life and education Benson was born and raised in a middle-class family in greater Philad ...

, who has produced the plurality of his mix discography.

Career

Lord-Alge worked at

Unique Recording Studios Unique Recording Studios was a five-room recording studio operating near Times Square in New York City from 1978 until 2004. Founders and co-owners Bobby Nathan and Joanne Georgio-Nathan installed the first Otari 24-track tape deck in New York. ...

in New York City in the 1980s. While there, he earned for recognition for mixing James Brown's ''

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'' album (which included the hit song " Living in America"), the ''

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'' soundtrack,

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's ''Batman'' soundtrack, Joe Cocker's '' Unchain My Heart'' album, Chaka Khan's ''

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'' album, Carly Simon's '' Coming Around Again'' album,

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's '' Foreign Affair'' album and 12" remixes of Madonna's "

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", the Rolling Stones' " Too Much Blood", and Bruce Springsteen's " Dancing in the Dark", " Cover Me", and " Born in the U.S.A.". In 1989-1990, brothers Chris and Jeff Lord-Alge collaborated on the

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album ''

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'', with Jeff-Lord Alge and Bill Jackson recording and Chris Lord-Alge mixing. Lord-Alge continued to mix for Turner throughout the 90's. During this time he also provided mixing services for Neil Diamond's ''

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''. In 1997, he mixed Green Day's ''

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'', marking the beginning of a continued relationship with the band, mixing the Grammy-winning albums '' American Idiot'' (2004) and ''

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'' (2009). The 2000's saw Lord-Alge lending his touch prolifically for other

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bands, mixing for Billy Talent, Simple Plan, and

My Chemical Romance My Chemical Romance (commonly abbreviated to MCR or My Chem) is an American rock band from Newark, New Jersey. The band's current lineup consists of lead vocalist Gerard Way, lead guitarist Ray Toro, rhythm guitarist Frank Iero, and bassist ...

. In the 2010's, Lord-Alge mixed on Celine Dion's '' Loved Me Back to Life'', her first album after a seven year hiatus, as well as

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's ''

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'', a foray into more electronic textures.

Partnership with Waves Audio

In early 2010,

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released the "CLA Artist Signature Collection", a collection of six application-specific

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s for vocals, drums, bass, guitar and the last two of them called "unplugged" (designed for acoustic elements) and "effects" (a collection of six different effects). Waves had previously released a bundle of CLA-branded compressors, featuring the CLA-76 ( UREI 1176LN), CLA-2A ( Teletronix LA-2A) and CLA-3A (UREI LA-3A). These are among Chris' favorite dynamics units.

List of Grammy Awards

References

External links

Chris Lord-Alge - Official Website (chrislordalge.com)

Artist Direct entry

"An Evening With Chris Lord-Alge", EQ Magazine, Sep 2006

Chris Lord-Alge's Waves Plugin Collection
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