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Riding the faders can be a vital way to control a mix. Here’s when and why your levels should react with super-fast dexterity
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Riding the faders can be a vital way to control a mix. Here’s when and why your levels should react with super-fast dexterity
Waves' Abbey Road Plates plugin emulates four different physical plate reverbs from the iconic London studio
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This hugely powerful tool, included with one of the world's most popular DAWs as standard, packs several vintage-modelled, great-sounding compressors into one plugin
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We walk you through a powerful multi-effects plugin that you can download for free
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Get your fifths and ninths in order as we explore one of the most identifiable pad sounds around
Mixing might be mostly about using our ears, but there are other senses we can bring in too, specifically our eyes
This bumper pack of free effects processors from MeldaProductions is so good, it probably shouldn't be free (but don't tell them that)
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Yet over half of those surveyed are considering further investment in short-form visuals for future releases