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Let’s talk about Phasers, Flangers and Formant Filter effects… Phasers, Flangers and Formant Filters are all pretty simple effects, however they can create great results… A Phaser is a pretty simple effect based on splitting an audio signal, sending one of the resulting signals through a series of filters and then mixing it back in […]
Effects processing for gritty Psychedelic Leads Today we’re discussing some common effects processing techniques for creating gritty Psychedelic Leads – Distortion, Saturation and Bit Reduction. One of the many great aspects of owning hardware equipment is the ability to modify it to create your own unique instrument or effect. Granted, it’s not something we all […]
Effectively using delay effects on arp and lead sounds One of my favourite tricks for applying delay effects to a running lead or arp sound is to create contrast. If you have a sound that’s already cutting through nicely in the mix and you’re looking to fill up space around it, using a delay and […]
Goa-Trance style Gated Vocal Pads using Kilohearts Phase Plant Kilohearts Phase Plant is quickly becoming one of my favourite plugins, today we’re exploring Goa-Trance style Gated Vocal Pads There are various ways of creating the Gated Vocal Pad sound but often producers default to using a loop or sample and applying a trance gate, while […]
Using Pre and Post EQ to make the most of your mixdown What’s the difference between Pre and Post EQ? When and where should you use it? The equaliser is arguably one of the most important tools in mixing, and knowing where to use it will benefit you a great deal. The idea behind Pre […]
Understanding Mid/Side EQ and basic spatial widening effects In previous tutorials we discussed frequency conflict and today we’re taking it a step further, using Mid/Side EQ. So, the idea of frequency conflict is that two sounds occupying the same band of frequencies will clash and smear the audibility of each of the sounds. Due to […]
Equaliser tutorial – find and remove bad frequencies in your mix In this Equaliser tutorial we look at using an equaliser to pin-point and remove unnecessary or unwanted frequencies from source sounds. We’ve been talking about the equaliser and its importance in making the most of your track in the mixdown stage. Often when listening […]
Equaliser Tips to create separate layers in your mix These Equaliser will hopefully help you with what is arguably one of the most important tools for mixing music. Here’s one of the reasons why… An Equaliser allows you to shape the frequency response of a sound and place it within a specific frequency band, this […]
Using Cubase Step Designer to create old-school synth sequences Using Cubase Step Designer to create simple but effective classic synth sequences. Part of the process of truly capturing that “old-school” sound is to sequence the sound in similar ways to how it would have been done in those classic tracks. As technology advances and we […]
Create Goa-style effects using a free Roland SH-101 plugin The Roland SH-101 is a classic synthesizer, it’s capable of creating everything from soaring leads to quirky “alien sounds”. The synth was incredibly compact and versatile for the time which made it very popular, it was also relatively well-priced considering what else was available. The accessibility […]
