About
Patrick Favreau
Do you see the photo above? To me, it's one of the most beautiful sights in the world 😉
Patric Favreau has been passionate about music, recording, and composition since his youth. Holding a degree in recording and sound production, he has had the opportunity to work on numerous diverse projects over the years.
I have a passion for sound (and equipment), and I strive to stay informed about the latest developments in the field, such as Atmos, new plugins, and to draw inspiration and learn from sound engineers and producers through readings, masterclasses, and training.
I find fulfillment when projects are diverse.
Training and Inspirations
Degree in sound engineering and music recording.
- Audio Mixing: Concepts, Practices and Tools by Roey Izhaki (book)
- Joe Carrell - Recording, Producing, Mixing Masterclass, Pro Mix Academy (6h48)
- Pensado's Strive. Recording Vocals with Dave Pensado (2h33)
- Recording With Bruce Swedien (58 min.)
- PureMix Start to Finish Series (Recording, producing, mixing, mastering):
– NYC Soul Music with Fab Dupont (1h30)
– Words to Say with Fab Dupont (2h29)
– Sunset Sound – Lucky Number with Greg Wells (5h17)
– Sweet Beast with Vance Powell (2h12)
– History of the Beatles Recording Techniques with Ken Scott (2h32)
– Recreating the sound of Motown with Fab Dupont (3h29)
- PureMix Inside the Mix Series (Mixing, producing):
– Blink 182 “Obvious” with Ryan Hewitt (3h)
– Jamiroquai “Vitamin” with Mick Guzauski (1h)
– Jason Mraz “I’m Yours” with Tony Maserati (1h35)
– Michael Brauer Aerosmith Basement Tapes Enhancing Techniques (21 min.)
- Al Schmitt, The Art of Recording a Big Band (1h04)
- Blackbird Academy
Cables & Connectors, Analog & Digital Processing, DAWs & Converters, Managing Gain & Distortion, Mic Choices and Placement, Speakers & Headphones, Understanding Recording Signal Flow (1h46)
- Groove3
– Producing Voiceovers In Pro Tools Tutorial (2h28)
– Izotope Ozone 9 Explained (Mastering) (1h53)
– Al Schmitt on Using Microphones (54 min.)
– Audio For Video with Pro Tools (2h32)
- Audio Post Production for Film 101 (4h38)
- How to compress and EQ dialogue using Pro Tools (1h00)
- Justin Colletti
– Mixing Breakthroughs (3h52)
– Mastering Demystified (3h35)
- Making Records with Eric Valentine
– Multiple Mix Deconstruction & Production Videos (5h54)
- Matthew Weiss
– Mixing Acoustic Drums Workshop (1h10)
- Mix With The Masters
– Dolby Atmos Mixing In Atmos.#1 (1h22)
– Steve Genewick Mixing In Atmos #2 (1h15)
– Chris Walden Big Band – Lost In The Memory with AL SCHMITT (42 min.)
– Chris Lord-Alge – Mixing Green Day “Boulevard” (1h28) – Michael Brauer – Mixing Zac Brown “OMW” (1h20)
– Bob Clearmountain – Mixing Bruce Springsteen “Born In The USA” (39 min.)
– Alan Meyerson & Ron Bartlett – DUNE Re-recording (Mixing) (1h41)
– Chromeo “Bonafied Lovin’” Production (58 min.)
– Catherine Marks – Wolf Alice “Moaning Lisa Smile” (1h37)
– Jaycen Pensado – Production Seminar #4 (2h01)
– Recording A Band.6 – Chris Lord-Alge – Phil X & The Drills (1h40)
– Tracking Drums #1 – Joe Chiccarelli – Joey Waronker (1h49)
– Recording A Band.2 – Joe Chiccarelli – This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody) – Wildling (3h00)
– Recording A Band.3 – Steve Albini – Old Master – Rat the Magnificient (2h53)
– Recording A Band.4 – Sylvia Massy – The Melvins (2h35)
– Recording A Band.1 – Andrew Scheps – Love & Hate – Her (1h13)
– Recording A Band.5 – Al Schmitt – Melody Gardot (29 min.)
- Mixing With Mike (140h)
– Power Mixing Course
– Power Effects Course
– Power Equalization Course
– Power Automation Course
- MixCon
– Mixing Masterclass with Maria Elisa Ayerbe (3x Latin GRAMMY Nominee – MixCon 2020) (1h30)
- Produce Like A Pro
– Mastering Masterclass with Warren Sokol (4h00)
- Studio Secrets With Krish Sharma (1h45)
- Lynda.com
– Audio for Film and Video with Pro Tools (2h30)
- Tuts Plus Premium
– Audio Production for Interviews (2h41)
- Art of Audio Recording - Working with an SSL (Duality) Console (1h23)
- Alan Parsons - Art and Science of Sound Recording (5h00)
- Workshop on the music industry with Martin Véronneau
- Mix It Like A Record - Charles Dye (3h00)
- Shaping your sound with signal processing, Tom Lubin
- Shaping your sound, Tom Lubin
- Secrets of the pros: Modern Recording & Mixing, Ken Walden, Manny Lacarruba
- Secrets of the pros Pro Tools vol. 1, vol. 2, vol. 3
- Multi Platinum Mixing
- Multi Platinum Vocal editing
- Multi Platinum Hip Hop Mixing
- Multi Platinum Pro Tools Labs 1, Labs 2
- Multi Platinum Song Production
- Multi Platinum Ready to pitch
- Multi Platinum Mastering
- Multi Platinum Track Editing
- SWA Mastering Revealed
- BOOKS:
- The Mixing Engineer's Handbook - Bobby Owsinski
- The Mastering Engineer's Handbook - Bobby Owsinski
- Pro Tools for Video - Ashley Shepherd
- Modern Recording Techniques - Huber & Runstein
- Audio Post Production for Television and Film - Wyatt & Amyes
- Recording Tips for Engineers. For cleaner, brighter tracks, Second Edition - Tim Crich
- Sound Advice on Mixing (Instantpro Series) - Bill A. Gibson
- Audio Mastering - Bob Katz
- How Video Works - From Analog to High Definition - M. Wise, D. Weyland
- The secrets of the video image - Philippe Bellaïche
- The Video Guide - Charles Bensinger
What I use for work
- Pro Tools Studio on MacOS Monterey
- Avid 003 Control Surface
- Dynaudio BM5A MKII
- Yamaha NS-10MX
- Audiority
- Avid Plugins
- Cherry Audio
- DDMF
- Eventide
- FabFilter
- Fuse Audio Labs
- GForce
- IK Multimedia
- Inphonik
- iZotope RX 10
- iZotope Ozone
- Kazrog
- Kiive Audio
- Klanghelm
- Korg
- LiquidSonics
- McDSP
- Melodyne 5
- Mixland
- Native Instruments
- NoiseAsh
- Nugen Audio
- Oeksound
- Process.Audio
- PSP Audioware
- Plugin Alliance
- Pulsar
- Relab Development
- Safari Pedals
- Softube
- Slate Drums
- Sound Radix
- Soundtoys
- SSL
- TAL Software
- Tone Empire
- Toontrack
- U-He
- UJAM
- Universal Audio
- UVI
- Valhalla
- Wave Arts
- Waves
- Wavefactory
- Youlean
- zPlane
- Final Cut Pro
- Davinci Resolve
A big thank you to all the clients, artists, production companies, and institutions who have used my services (Atakama Studio) over the past years, among others: Avataq Cultural Institute, Les Producteurs laitiers du Canada, EVOQ Architecture, La Guérilla, Espace GO, Mario Pelchat, Tortuga Films, Zone 3, Le nouveau théâtre expérimental, Musée Pointe-à-Callière, Scéno Plus, Théâtre Le Clou!, Le Gouvernement du Québec, Transport Canada, Vincent Vallière, France Castel, Les chanteurs de Lorraine, Xerox, Nadja Productions, Laurent Imbault, Théâtre Bluff, Productions Leitmotiv, Zilon, N12 Productions, Mouvement Perpétuel, Sunset Pictures, Northern Saskatchewan Archive, Concordia University, McGill, Jewish Public Library, Cinémathèque Québécoise, La compagnie Jean Duceppe.