#AudiotentTip 174. Creative Delay Effect.Add your favourite delay to a bus channel. Next, insert a pitchshifter (such as Waves Soundshifter) as a second plugin in the chain. Try pitching the delay ...
#AudiotentTip 173. Filtered Reverb.Do you ever find that your reverbs always take up too much space in the mix and mask other frequencies? A great way around this is to add an EQ before the reverb ...
#AudiotentTip 172. Gated Snare Reverb.A great way to make your snares sound larger than life is to use a gated reverb. This sound was extremely popular in the 1980’s and is still heavily used in cu...
#AudiotentTip 171. Macro (Smart) Controls.Use the smart controls in your DAW or inside a supported synth plugin (Native Instruments Massive, Xfer Serum, Reveal Sound Spire etc.). They will give you...
#AudiotentTip 170. EQing Snare Drums.Here’s a few quick tips on how to eq a snare drum. Start with rolling off the extreme lows so that the snare isn’t interfering with your kick and sub bass. Some...
Lead synth parallel processing
#AudiotentTip 169. Lead Synth Parallel Processing.Are you’re looking to change the density and articulation of your lead synth but want to maintain some of the original transients? Parallel compres...
#AudiotentTip 168. Stems.Once you’re happy with your final arrangement and are ready for mastering, bounce out your track to stems. Typical stems would be: Kick, Bass, Synths, Drums, FX, Vocals. On...
#AudiotentTip 167. Gain Automation.When automating the volume of your instruments in your arrangement, use a dedicated gain plugin. This will allow you to alter the overall level of the channel whe...
How to make your bass sound bigger
#AudiotentTip 166. Bass Cut.Cutting the low frequencies to make your bass sound bigger doesn’t seem like an obvious decision. However, if your low end is muddy and has too much sub energy, a simple...
Our best 3 ways to tame overly bright sounds
#AudiotentTip 165. Taming Overly Bright Sounds.Here are three effective techniques that will help tame those overly bright sounds:1) Tape saturation. Tape equipment tends to have a high frequency r...