Adding Impact to Your Sounds Explained
Do you struggle with sounds that seem weak, sterile, or anemic? You've come to the right place. In this music production video course, studio wiz Thomas Cochran will show you several practical ways to combat these issues with several different plugins, including compressors, transient shapers, EQs, saturation, clippers, and more. You'll learn how to identify issues and address them with dependable methods that deliver consistent results, providing increased punch and clarity to lifeless tracks. These music production videos are designed for intermediate mixing engineers who are looking to improve the sound of their tracks and mixes.
Videos
• UAD Hitsville EQ (10:44) - Discover how this vintage-emulated EQ can be used on drums and bass to add impact to low end. This plug-in has unique way of adding transients through EQ and saturation.
• Transient Shapers (14:25) - Explore three styles of transient shaper effects and learn how they can affect your sounds. These tools let you adjust the transients in a mix depending on what a specific sound needs.
• Fixing Over-Compressed Vocals (09:15) - See how Spiff can restore transients to a vocal performance that's been tracked with too much compression.
• Parallel Distortion (10:13) - Learn how creative parallel distortion can be combined with transient shaping to add snap to your sounds. This technique provides detailed tonal-shaping possibilities.
• Multi-band Distortion with Saturn 2 (12:58) - See how to use the dynamics mode of Saturn along with multi-band saturation to enhance the transients of your sounds. This is a great way of adding more punch and clarity.
• Clipping & Compression (08:31) - Discover how you can make more balanced compression with the use of clipping. This lets you level your signals before compressing, which makes the dynamic effects more even.