Michael Brauer

Michael Brauer is a New York-based mix engineer. He received a Grammy for "Best Pop Vocal Album" for his work on John Mayer's Continuum, "Best Alternative Album" for Coldplay's Parachutes, and also "Best Rock Album" for Coldplay's "Viva La Vida".

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• Pensado s place 70 mixing engineer and producer michael brauer
• Overcoming the Fears of Mixing with Michael Brauer SSP 020
• Grammy Awards
• Music education
• References

Brauer is known for an unusual implementation of parallel compression in which vocals or instruments are sent to five compressors, each adjusted for its own timbral and tonal quality. These are then blended by ear to achieve the desired result.

Grammy Awards

Angelique Kidjo – Sings (Best World Music Album) 2016

Angelique Kidjo – Eve (Best World Music Album) 2015

Calle 13 – Multi Viral (Latin Grammy: Best Urban Album) 2015

Calle 13 – Multi Viral (Best Latin Rock/ Urban or Alternative Album)

John Mayer – Battle Studies (Best Engineer non-classical) 2011

Coldplay – Viva La Vida (Best Rock Album) 2009

John Mayer – Continuum (Best Pop Vocal Album) 2007

Coldplay – Parachutes (Best Alternative Album) 2001

Music education

Brauer has been part of a music education initiative called the Fermatta Master Class Series which is a series of master classes taught to aspiring musicians of the Fermatta Music Academy in Mexico. He has also been teaching week-long seminars during the summer in the south of France at La Fabrique where he shares his knowledge about his mixing and compression techniques.