#9: Creating Depth with FX | With Special Guest Josh Ager

Podcast Summary

In this episode, we bring you Josh Ager, mixer, producer, and engineer, to talk about using FX to create depth.

Josh Ager - Recent works include Sea Girls, Tom Grennan, Crawlers, Sam Fender, Holly Humberstone, Medicine Cabinet, Griff, Thomas Headon, Beabadoobee, Kid Brunswick, Phoebe Axa, Cate Canning, Reuben Gray, Charlie Oriain and US artists Chloe Moriondo and renforshort. Josh has also mixed for musicals including the entire original studio cast recording of Fantastically Great Women Who Changed The World.  

Today, you’ll hear about how Josh chooses his FX, sharing FX, delay versus reverb, his favorite plugins, timing reverbs, other go-to FX, and get Josh’s advice to his younger self.

Episode Timestamps

• [00:30] About Josh.
• [01:25] How Josh chooses FX.
• [06:36] Using FX on percussion.
• [09:00] Wideners.
• [11:07] Sharing FX.
• [15:28] Delay vs reverb.
• [21:44] Delay plugins.
• [23:01] Timing reverbs.
• [26:10] Re-recording mistakes.
• [27:22] Amps FX.
• [29:01] Distortion.
• [33:41] Other FX.
• [43:28] Josh’s advice to his younger self.

Notable Quotes

• “You’re never going to be 100% happy with something.”
• “Chill the f*ck out.”
• “Work hard and be patient.”

Connect with Josh

Instagram:@joshager.