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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The look ahead compressor setting can be amongst the most confusing of the audio compressor settings. You’ll also find conflicting information when trying to understand it, with some saying it squashes transients and others saying it preserves them. The truth lies more in the middle, as it depends on the kind of audio you’re feeding
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Sidechaining in your digital audio workstation (DAW) allows you to control the behavior of one track based off of the level of another track. This is typically done for two different reasons: one, to create some interesting aesthetic effects, and two, to get two tracks to better work together. Let’s talk how to sidechain in
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Multiband compression is a useful tool for adding a little cohesion or nudging the profile of your audio in one direction or the other. While it can be used on a bus or even a track level, arguably multiband compression is best suited for the audio mastering stage. Here are the best multiband compression master
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A multiband compressor offers the same compressor settings you’d find on a normal compressor, but with one distinct advantage. Instead of uniformly compressing the audio of a track, you have the option to compressing different frequency ranges at different rates, or leaving some frequencies untouched altogether. Let’s talk how to use a multiband compressor in
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