Yum Audio Spread is an extremely easy-to-use and effective plugin for engineers of all levels of experience. Right from the first look at the plugin, it is extremely easy to understand the UI and the working of this plugin. Essentially, Spread is a plugin that helps you manage the stereo spread within your audio with […]
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Stardust 201 Tape Echo is a hot-rodded interpretation of the classic Roland “Space Echo” tape echo effects of the 70s and 80s. Cherry Audio’s Stardust 201 Tape Echo combined the features from the original RE-201 and RE-301 Space Echo units, and they have added additional features like the highly prized BBD type chorus and mono/stereo
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I’ve been using the Blue Cat’s Protector in a few mixing/mastering scenarios, to be honest, I wasn’t impressed at first putting it on my master bus. I was expecting something quick, transparent and “made things very loud” like the majority of its competitors. It doesn’t work for me with the default setting, I do need
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Recently I came across this great plugin named Slam 2 from Beatskillz. They majority made virtual synths and Slam 2 is the only sound processing plugin that they offer. Don’t let that fool you, they absolutely nailed this. It’s purely designed to make your life easier and it’s musical. The simple & intuitive interface allows
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Mellowmuse SATV is a very handy tone shaping tool for beginners and pros. The interface is easy to understand and operate. You don’t really need to read any manual to dig in. If you have an instrument or vocal track that you feels it’s a bit too clean or sterile, try throwing this on them
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I use delays everyday when I mix. I have a few go-to delays for a specific sound and color. They were cool until I discovered Comeback Kid. It just contains all the features that are so valuable to my work. Comeback Kid should be the benchmark of delay plugins if you are making one now. So,
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I still remember the day that I heard the drum beats coming out from all these vintage samplers in the studio of New York, like the Akai S950 or the classic MPC machine, it was so fat, bold, larger than life yet organic. A lot of major records were programmed on those sampling machines. It
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A good set of studio headphones is perhaps the most used piece of equipment in a producer’s studio. They’re a must-have tool for evaluating a mix’s stereo picture, low-end, and fine detail. It’s just as vital to choose the appropriate set of studio headphones as it is to pick the ideal pair of studio monitors,
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Matt Sim is a Grammy-nominated mixing engineer that’s amassed a long list of credits in the last decade, both in the West and the East. He’s one of the lead mixers for Warner Music Asia, as well as a former assistant and engineer at Germano Studios in New York. We thought to have a chat
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I can’t think of the last time using a distortion/saturation plugin as creamy, sonically pleasing, dynamic and responsive as Redoptor 2. Unlike most of its competitors which only produce harsh and unnatural digital saturations to incoming signals, Redoptor responds with its real tube amplifier-like circuit. Redoptor smoothly and dynamically responds to the changes in the
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