I often reach for the Distressor when I’m looking for kind of an over-the-top blown out compressor kinda vibe on things I’m working on, but I have to admit I didn’t really understand the nuances of how the original hardware units worked. I recently ran into this video from Universal Audio that was super helpful …
What Are Compressors (and Dynamics Processing) First of all, if you’re here looking for information about audio compression algorithms like MP3 encoding, this is not the right place! This guide is about audio compression in the “dynamics processing” sense, and not in the reducing data sense. Sorry if you landed in the wrong spot. As …
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Once again, some promo content but there were a bunch of production gems in this one from Louis Bell, producer for Post Malone and many others. Saving this one for my own reference but you may find it useful too. https://www.uaudio.com/blogs/ua/louis-bell-nailing-tone-for-post-malone
This is obviously a UAD promo post, but there were actually some pretty interesting vocal chains referenced on the page. I grabbed the link to keep it here to make it easy to access in the future. I subscribe to UA Spark, so I have most of the plug ins in my sub, and it’s …
Super helpful video I ran into that dumbs down how to use 7th Chords in progressions and how to stay in key while doing it.
Was trying to figure out the Vocoder today in Ableton. Found this tutorial extremely helpful for getting a basic vocoder setup.
Production Tips – Easy fingerings for 7th Chords on Guitar