In this free video Julian demonstrates how useful an active EQ like AE400 can be for taming problem frequencies only when they occur, avoiding the danger of over EQing and preserving the wanted sound for as much of the time as possible.
If you find this helpful do check out Russ’s show and tell video of the AE400.
In this article, with help from some of the Expert contributors, Julian discusses the desire for the analogue experience when mixing in software and some of the preferred ways of getting the analogue experience in software.
Whether you’re basking in the first signs of spring, or looking forward to darker nights in front of the fire, March brought a number of happenings to mark the changing of the seasons. With a number of software gems as well as a call to protect mixes’ quality, here are our favourites…
In this article James Richmond shares his favourites from his plugin folder when he is producing music rather than wearing his post production hat. As well as some usual suspects there are a couple of interesting ones we don’t often discuss. Check it out.
A natural counterpart to our recent article Our Favourite Audio Plug-ins To Give You Some Sweet Top End is an article covering the opposite end of the spectrum. So here is a round up of some favourite bottom end plugins and like the top end article, this isn’t a flat list, it illustrates a progression from simple EQ through to more involved processing.
Following hot on the heels of McDSP’s BOB plugin for APB, McDSP have just announced a very special anniversary treat for fans of the company’s programmable analogue mojo. We have the details.
McDSP’s foray into real analogue hardware saturation and compression gets an additional flavour, while some other of the company’s creations are set for wider recognition… We have the details.
Although intelligent dynamic equalisers have many uses for post mixers, their soothing effects for music mixes are also good to have. Here we check out one of the latest to see how it does with complex musical dealings…
The stock and third-party dynamics and EQ plugins installed on your Mac or PC provide endless scope for stringing together your own channel strip combos, but when you want to take your mixes to the next level, our shortlist of multi-faceted modular solutions represent the ultimate in operational integration, textural customisation and sonic cohesion.
With the end of the year fast upon us, there was still chance to check out some tasty new releases before heading out for a ski, a surf, or whatever Christmas is going to look like for you. Whatever your distraction, here are our favourites from November…
One of the most powerful mixing tools available to the 21st century producer is the automatic or ‘intelligent’ EQ. It’s all you need to smooth out irksome resonances and general harshness, and here we’re taking in five of the leading options.