Michael H.Brauer is an Americanmix engineer.
He received a Grammy for "Best Pop Vocal Album" for his work onJohn Mayer'sContinuum, "Best Alternative Album" forColdplay'sParachutes, and also "Best Rock Album" forColdplay'sViva la Vida or Death and All His Friends. He has worked with artists such asColdplay,The Rolling Stones,Prefab Sprout,Deacon Blue,James Brown,Aerosmith,Jeff Buckley,David Byrne,Tony Bennett,Billy Joel,Rod Stewart,Grayson Hugh,Paul McCartney,Ben Folds,Pet Shop Boys,Bob Dylan,Willie Nelson,KT Tunstall,Martha Wainwright,Pete Murray andNatalia Lafourcade.[1]
Brauer is known for his self named implementation of multi-bus compression, referred to as 'Brauerizing', in which various instrumental sections of a mix are sent to differentcompressors in an ABCD implementation. He isnt the first to mix this way as most mix engineers use this kind of multi-bussing. His vocals are usually sent to separate compressors in parallel. These are each adjusted for their owntimbral and tonal quality, and are then blended by ear into the stereo mixbus to achieve the desired result.[1][2][3]
