Chorus is a type of effect which modulates (actively changes) both the pitch and timing of your audio. When blended in alongside the “dry” instance of your audio, you get the effect of unique doubles with an evolving, lush kind of sound (depending on the settings). Chorus can be used effectively on a number of […]
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The vocal bus can be used to make macro level adjustments to your vocals with a single effect. Arguably the most effective and practical effect to use here is vocal bus compression, so let’s talk the best settings to help create cohesion between all of your vocals. Vocal Bus Compression There are many types of
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De-essing plugins are useful for controlling vocal sibilance (those annoying transients on “S” and other consonant sounds) on vocals. A good de-esser softens sibilance on vocals with transparency without further affecting the tone. While I love FabFilter’s Pro-DS for being able to smartly identify sibilance in particular for ultra transparency, there are plenty of good
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There are a lot of great plugins out there, particularly older plugins, which you might find yourself having difficulty running on a newer computer. This was my experience when I got a new computer a years ago and discovered that suddenly all of my 32 bit plugins no longer worked. Thankfully, your 32 bit plugins
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I find that songwriting is a muscle like any other in the body, the more you work at it, the more easily it comes to you. That said, even with practice it can be difficult to flip the songwriting switch in your brain just like that. With that in mind, I’m going to share some
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