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New Music Gear Monday: Harrison 32C Vocal Intensity Processor Plugin
All analog gear has its sonic quirks, but once engineers learned them, they turned them into an asset. Such is the case with the famed Harrison 32C console made famous by engineer Bruce Swedien on the many Michael Jackson albums he worked on. Move ahead to today and Harrison has duly recognized what really made […]
Continue readingNew Music Gear Monday: Sonnox Claro Smart EQ Plugin
Equalizers have been around almost since the beginning of recording and although they can take many forms, they all have more or less the same operation. You pick a frequency, either boost or attenuate it, and sometimes select the bandwidth. What if that paradigm was redrawn a bit? I think that’s what you’ll find with […]
Continue readingNew Music Gear Monday: Techivation T-De-Esser Pro Plugin
I’m always on the lookout for the ultimate de-esser. Thankfully, many new ones have come out lately that have upped the ante over the old analog versions that we’ve been accustomed to. One of these is the brand new T-De–Esser Pro plugin from Techivation. Let’s take a look. More Sophisticated Most traditional de-essers just have […]
Continue readingNew Music Gear Monday: Korneff Audio Micro Digital Reverberator Plugin
There’s something about the sound of the very first digital reverbs that everyone still loves. Sure they were limited spec-wise, but that’s exactly what gave them their character. The very first inexpensive digital reverb was the Alesis Microverb in 1986. It shattered the notion that anything digital had to cost a lot, but more than […]
Continue readingNew Music Gear Monday: Harrison 32C Channel Strip Plugin
The original Harrison 32C console was responsible for the sound of so many U.S. hits in the 70s and 80s, yet unless you worked on the desk you might not be aware of its various attributes. While the 32C’s equalizer has been available as a UAD plugin for a while now, and the entire console […]
Continue readingNew Music Gear Monday: W.A. Production Zqueezer Adaptive Filter Plugin
So often artists, engineers and producers are looking for a new sound, and as anyone who’s ever gone on that search knows, it’s not always easy to find. Then there’s the case where a mixer might be trying to get something to jump out of the track, but finds that the normal processors like EQ […]
Continue readingNew Music Gear Monday: Mogwai Audio Tools M-Gate Multiband Gate Plugin
In the category of “Why didn’t someone think of that before?” we get another new plugin that takes an existing audio tool and makes it function better with some additional features. This time it’s the M-Gate, a multiband gate plugin from Mogwai Audio Tools. If you’ve ever struggled getting a gate to trigger just right, […]
Continue readingNew Music Gear Monday: ProAudioDSP DSM Dynamic Sound Mapper Plugin
Did you ever want to copy the way a track sounds, but can’t quite do it even though you’re using the same plugins and settings? Did you ever hear a track and go “That’s perfect. I wish I could get my xxx (fill in the blank) to sound like that?” If you’ve run into these […]
Continue readingNew Music Gear Monday: Sonimus Satson CS Channel Strip Plugin
We get new modern audio plugins all the time but no matter what, there are still tried and true sounds that just seem to work. Take for instance, the SSL G series buss compressor, or the E series EQ, two hardware modules that always had some sort of audio magic to them. When it comes […]
Continue readingNew Music Gear Monday: Massenburg Design Works MDWEQ6 Parametric EQ Plugin
Most EQ plugins available today tend to be based on one vintage hardware EQ or another, and as a result, introduce some color into the sound. What if you want the opposite though? If you want the cleanest most precise EQ plugin available, then look no further than the MDWEQ6, the latest from the man […]
Continue readingNew Music Gear Monday: Blackbird Studio BB N105 Channel Strip Plugin
I think the ultimate channel strip plugin for many engineers has always been one of the variants of Neve’s legendary 80 series consoles. There are certainly some really good versions of the hardware now available (some closer to the original sound than others), and I think even the pickiest mixer can find one that satisfies. […]
Continue readingNew Music Gear Monday: Black Salt Audio Low Control Low Frequency Enhancement Plugin
Mixing engineers are on a never ending quest for low end. Not enough and your mix is weak and sounds like a demo. Have too much and it sounds bloated and boomy. Get it right and your mix is big and powerful sounding. That’s why there are tons of different techniques and plugins that focus […]
Continue readingNew Music Gear Monday: Relab LX480 Essentials Reverb Plugin
When digital reverb units became common in studios around the world, the Lexicon 224 was the breakthrough unit, but it was the 480 that became the gold standard that every studio had to have. The unit was expensive for its time (around $12,000 in 1980’s money) but could do things that no plate or chamber […]
Continue readingNew Music Gear Monday: Audiothing Blindfold EQ Plugin
One of the the things I always tell people who are just starting to mix is to “mix with your ears and not your eyes.” It’s way too easy to get caught up into what you think something should look like rather than what it really sounds like. Not only does this logic apply to […]
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New Music Gear Monday: United Plugins Expanse 3D Enhancer Plugin
One of the concepts that I teach in my Mixing Engineer’s Handbook has always been the concept of tall, deep and wide. That means that for a mix to be sonically successful, it needs to have these three parameters. The tall parameter comes from frequency, the deep comes from ambience, and the wide comes from […]
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