Cool for your music
Compressors are clever bits of electrical wizardry that smooth out dynamics and add character. But not all compressors behave (or sound) the same. Each design—diode-bridge, FET, VCA, optical, vari-mu, and PWM—has its own unique quirks and uses.
Gain staging is not magic, it’s not a trick or secret ingredient, and it’s not complicated.
Here are some creative ways to use reverb which are easy to set up. If you are a beginner you may not know some of the terms in here, like “aux” and “early reflections”. That is cool and learning is cool—just go ahead and read through and be motivated to figure things out!
There are all kinds of great techniques in using the boost and attenuation simultaneously on an EQP-1A (or emulation). The passive circuitry interacts in ways which allows a whole range of control over the frequencies which are not apparent.
Continuing from part one, where I was really curious about what was happening to the “tone” when in Re-Mic mode of the UAD Sound City Studio plugin.
I was really curious about what was happening to the “tone” when in Re-Mic mode. So here are some frequency charts for different settings in the UAD Sound City Studio plugin.
There are times we want a vocal to sound more “airy”. Usually we reach for an EQ or multi-band compressor. But the “Whispering Delay” method is more selective and offers greater control in how much “airiness” we add and where it occurs in relation to the signal.
