If you’re not using impulse responses in your workflow, you’re missing out on an entire world of consistent, accurate sound that you can replicate over and over again. There’s a level of sonic accuracy and detail in a well-captured IR that you’re going to be hard-pressed to find in an amp simulator.
Electric guitars recorded directly into the computer are more commonplace in the studio than ever before - and for good reason. It’s easier to make edits to a DI track and you can tweak their sound as much as you want (at any point in the mix process).
A 3-dimensional mix is necessary to remain competitive in the music industry. With track counts soaring higher all the time, engineers need more than the traditional LCR approach to combat particularly dense mixes.
Okay, you caught us red-handed… We crushed the hell out of it. Cranked the Slay up to infinity and let it go to town. Fattened it up with a little extra Body and threw to the wolves (disclaimer: no wolves were involved in the making of this song, unfortunately).
Anyone can throw a limiter on a track, crush the source audio and get a crispy, aggressive sound out of it. It takes a handful of small tweaks around most limiters to get the most out of them – here are a few of our favorite ways to supercharge our limiters for optimal performance:
When building up a lead vocal track, we spend so much time focusing on dialing in the right settings that it’s easy to forget how boring a static vocal can be.
How often do you hear other engineers tell each other they’re doing something wrong or “that’s not the way I’d treat that”? For as much good information getting shared between your peers, there is plenty more toxic information that gets spread.
It’s time you started focusing on adding power, punch & low-end to your kick drum. We’re feeling a bit rebellious though, so instead of the traditional compression or EQ trick, why don’t we expand our toolkit (and skill set) a bit?
If you’re looking to find out how and why you should be clipping your drums, vocals, and more, you’ve come to the right place. The fundamentals of clipping are enough for any engineer, novice to expert, to dive into and start using immediately. Much like good compression technique, clipping takes time and experimentation to perfect.