Monthly Archives: August 2024

Audio Ollie Oliver Codd 12 String Guitar [KONTAKT]

By | August 27, 2024

Audio Ollie Oliver Codd 12 String Guitar [KONTAKT]

What do you get when you combine two acoustic guitars? A 12-string guitar, but not the kind that you might be familiar with. This experimental 12-string is a unique instrument by Oliver Codd designed to perform in a virtual domain due to its beautifully simple, yet limited design. All of the strings are tuned to the same note, resulting in a large, rich, ensemble-like sound that, while sonically pleasing, renders it very difficult to play in a live context. Through sampling, all of the lovely tones could be captured and the performance limitations transcended, opening up a whole new world of creative possibilities.

Specs

  •  1GB 48KHZ
  •  Kontakt 6.7 Full
  •  Creative Presets

Requires NI Kontakt FULL v6.7 or newer!

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Audio Ollie Bryce Jacobs 7 Octave Guitar [WAV KONTAKT]

By | August 27, 2024

Audio Ollie Bryce Jacobs 7 Octave Guitar [WAV KONTAKT]

Bryce’s dedication to film music led to the development of a guitar of his own design – a guitar that was based on the range and capabilities of a piano. Through the facilitation of transcribing existing piano music faithfully onto this guitar, the instrument became a new and exciting platform to write and perform any style of music, which encouraged more of the hybrid-orientated music. With his move to L.A., Bryce quickly attained a position at Hans Zimmer’s Remote Control Productions where he was part of the writing and production of many hit films, video games and television shows. Through this time, he worked very closely with Grammy Nominated and Emmy Winning composer of “Game of Thrones” fame, Ramin Djawadi. This relationship led to working on projects such as Warner Brothers’ “Clash of the Titans”, MGM/UA’s “Red Dawn”, EA’s “Medal of Honor” and “Need for Speed” and Activision’s “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3” among many others. In addition to this, Bryce has also performed on the scores for “Rango”, “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides”, “Puss in Boots”, “Savages” and “Rush”, which features the 7 Octave Guitar.

  •  Quickly craft entire cues by layering up to 12 loops via key switch
  •  Mangle your sound with powerful effects, timing, and reverse key triggers
  •  Never go out of sync with continuous looping + loop legato mode

The guitar as we know it has asserted itself in the world as an incredibly versatile musical instrument that thanks to its innovative players over the years, has been extended a flexibility far beyond its standard constructions. I found I became very aware of some of the limitations though in my first year at university. I realized at this time so much piano and orchestral music was out of the guitars reach and any attempts to transcribe pieces of this nature had been heavily compromised. This also seems to be the reason why so many of the legendary composers had left the guitar out of their work, due to its inability to create the huge sonorous sounds of a piano or an orchestra. Unfortunately this producing a natural segregation of guitar repertoire to the rest of the world’s musical repertoire; a split between guitar music and music, with little common ground in between. The guitar obviously has matured slowly over its existence and only soared in the 20th century with the innovations in electronic technology and the contemporary music that explored it. Still I have felt a void though between guitar music and the rest of the musical world. I have designed a guitar that I feel begins the journey of closing the gap of these limitations.

I employed the talents of the exceptionally skilled and well respected Australian guitar maker Gerard Gilet to construct the instrument I designed. After lengthy discussions regarding the guitar he was not only supportive but also very excited about the new instrument. Colin Bloxom wired the electronics to my design and Frank Grabesa gave the prototype its final striking paint job. The financial side of such a construction was facilitated with a contribution from the Australian Arts Council’s Music Board. I currently use the guitar in a large variety of textural ways in my own compositional output. To see the guitar in action check out the Videos page.

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Al Amin Shooting Star: NY & UK Drill [WAV MIDI]

By | August 27, 2024

Al Amin Shooting Star: NY & UK Drill [WAV MIDI]

‘Shooting Star: NY & UK Drill’ by Al AMin comes fully loaded with 205 Loops, 85 One-Shots, 55+ MIDI Files and more inspired by Pop Smoke, 50 Cent, Tay Floss, Ace Makaveli, Roddy Ricch, Sheff G, Headie One, Travis Scott, Smoove’L, Fivio Foreign, Fetty Luciano, Dafi Woo, Lil Tjay, Drake, Quavo, Jon Z, 808Melo, AXL Beats, Swirv, Gunna, NAV, and more.

This pack contains loops, one-shots, MIDI files and more, which means you have no restrictions and full control over your beats.

All Sounds and Samples are licensed as Royalty-Free for you to use in your commercial productions or even for DJ/Remix purposes.

Product Details:

  •  76 Melody Loops
  •  96 Drums, Percs & FX
  •  33 808 & Bass Loops
  •  85 One Shots
  •  59 MIDI Files
  •  100% Royalty-Free

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Arturia Sound Banks Bundle 2024 [WIN]

By | August 27, 2024

Arturia Sound Banks Bundle 2024 [WIN]

Keep up with the ever-changing musical landscape with sounds inspired by cutting-edge genres, unique instrumentation, and even your favorite artists, expertly-crafted by leading sound designers
317 unlocked Arturia Sound Banks & 301 Third Party Sound Banks

In addition to the two left hands of architecture with a million small pictures, the Arturia plugins also have a paranoid flaw in checking the license of protected presets – is checked by legitimate each of more than 10,000 protected presets, which greatly increases the initialization time of plugins Therefore, to accelerate loads all protected presets, were cleared and unlocked. Now these purified presets can be used even with third-party imperfect releases (eg R2R) that did not support protected presets

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Brainworx Plugin Alliance Maag Bundle 2024 [WIN]

By | August 27, 2024

Brainworx Plugin Alliance Maag Bundle 2024 [WIN]

Brainworx Plugin Alliance Maag Bundle 2024 [WIN]

Fully endorsed and approved by Mäag Audio. Modeled by Brainworx. The original MAGNUM-K™ hardware is a single-channel Compressor built to complement the audio engineer’s craft. It is comprised of two serial compressor sections (MAGNUM COMP and K COMP), a very musical Parallel EQ (with LMF and Mäag’s signature AIR BAND®), plus a Soft Limit (soft limiter).

In cooperation with Brainworx this design was turned into a convincing plugin, whereas the concept was taken to the next level. BX added L/R and M/S Stereo capabilities, injected 20 different, analog channels utilizing their patented TMT (Tolerance Modeling Technology, US Patent No. 10,725,727) and several convenient plugin-only features like M/S Stereo Width, Mono-Maker etc.

Whether putting the finishing touches on a 2-mix or making a vocal sound bigger than life without taking your head off; the MAGNUM-K will help elevate your craft.

Welcome to compression nirvana and sonic bliss. Welcome to the Mäag Audio MAGNUM-K Compressor where bigger sound, quicker workflow, and outstanding control were designed to help you achieve your audio goals.

BIGGER SOUND
The MAGNUM-K Compressor helps quieter sonic signatures become as big as you want them to be while simultaneously reigning in those louder, more dominant tones.

QUICKER WORKFLOW
Tuning a MAGNUM-K Compressor is quick and easy, reducing your overall workflow time.

OUTSTANDING CONTROL
The MAGNUM-K offers outstanding control from its transparent INPUT ATTN (attenuator) and INPUT GAIN controls, to its SIDECHAIN capabilities and MAKEUP GAIN.

TMT INCLUDED
The Mäag MAGNUM-K offers 20 different channels, made possible by TMT.

TMT (US Patent No. 10,725,727) takes the real-world tolerances of audio components found in audio circuits into account and offers various channels of analog audio which have realistic variances in frequency response, time constants in dynamic sections, etc.

TMT is the same ground-breaking technology that can be found in the console emulations by Brainworx (SSL 4000 E & G, for example).

The result is digital audio that sounds as analog as possible, whereas even the L/R channels of a stereo instance will react slightly different, giving you wide and realistic analog sound in your computer!

x64: AAX, VST3, VST2 | x86: JBridge

Uninstall any/all previous ENGL PA, then just install!

Plugins will show up under “Plugin Alliance” in
your DAW. Enjoy!

Brought to you by TeamCubeadooby rock on!

Included:

  • Maag EQ2 v1.11.1
  • Maag EQ4 v1.16.0
  • Maag MAGNUM-K v1.6.1

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Abstract State In To The Club WAV

By | August 27, 2024

Abstract State In To The Club WAV

In To The Club by Abstract State is a collection of 63 samples that are intended to build Deep House, House, Tech-House music. The sample pack consists of carefully prepared samples of instruments such as Percussion, Synth, Drums, Kick, Open hat . This library was inspired by top musicians, including Deadmau5, Green Velvet, Claude VonStroke, Richie Hawtin, Adam Beyer, Dubfire, Hot Since 82.

All samples are licensed as Royalty-Free for you to use in your commercial productions or even for DJ/Remix purposes. Spark your creativity with In To The Club from Abstract State and give your unfinished tracks exactly what they need to come back to life. This pack delivers a selection of sounds ready to equip you for next level productions.

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Groove3 Top 10 Modern Metal Guitar Techniques [TUTORIAL]

By | August 27, 2024

Groove3 Top 10 Modern Metal Guitar Techniques [TUTORIAL]

If you’re after that modern metal guitar sound, you’re in the right place. Veteran Groove3 instructor Gary Hiebner will teach you the 10 most important guitar techniques you’ll need in the modern metal style, along with plenty of excellent examples demonstrating each. Whether you’re an intermediate player or a beginner, these techniques are crucial in the metal guitar style, and you’ll have a blast learning them all here. Designed for players that are new to the modern metal style, these tutorials will have you sounding authentic in no time!

Gary kicks off the course with one of the most ubiquitous metal techniques of all: the palm-mute chug. Many people are familiar with this classic move, but there’s more to it than meets the eye. This is followed by a look at artificial harmonics, which are played differently than natural harmonics and provide lots of opportunities for dressing up your riffs and solos. Then it’s time to check out the pinch harmonic—another metal guitar staple mastered beyond belief by Zakk Wylde, among others.

Next, you’ll explore the world of dissonant chords, which are a fantastic way to add tension to your metal riffs and more. Gary then showcases the pick scrape technique, a common technique in rock guitar, and its application in modern metal music. Other topics include the use of tapping in a riff-driven rhythmic manner, the use of “Djent” bends and quick palm mutes for rapid-fire single-note riffs, the common use of octave string skipping in low-tuned metal, the widespread adoption of tremolo picking in modern metal, and the use of THALL bends, which are fast bends popularized by Swedish metal bands.

There’s no better way to quickly and effectively learn these essential metal guitar techniques. What’s better, you’ll have a great time and learn some cool riffs and other tips in the process. Check out the individual modern metal video tutorial descriptions for more information about all that’s covered in this course. It’s time to level up your modern metal playing… Watch “Top 10 Modern Metal Guitar Techniques” today!

What You Will Learn:

  • How to use artificial harmonics to dress up an otherwise standard riff or lick with an ear-grabbing register shift
  • Creating dissonant chord voicings that build tension and excitement in metal guitar arrangements and tips on using effects to heighten the effect
  • Using tapping in a rhythmically-charged riff-driven way common in modern metal styles
  • Reproducing the machine gun-like attacks of “Djent”-style palm-muted riffs
  • And more!

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Beats24-7 No Limit Serum Bank [FXP]

By | August 27, 2024

Beats24-7 No Limit Serum Bank [FXP]

“No Limit” by Beats24-7 is fully loaded with 55 high quality custom sound designed presets for the VST Synthesizer Serum and has everything you need for your next hit!

The Preset Bank includes sounds you can use in any modern Production such as Trap, Hip Hop, Dancehall, Urban, EDM, Pop and even more – These sounds simply have NO LIMIT!

The presets range from crystal clear synths and bells to bright pads and plucks, guitars and keys, to hard banging 808s and basses.

Listen to the demo beats that were made using sounds included in this Preset Bank and work on new music in the style of top-charting artists like Daddy Yankee, The Weeknd, Bad Bunny, Ariana Grande, Nicky Jam, Justin Bieber, Drake, Future, Travis Scott, Meek Mill and many more!

All sounds are created using the powerful Serum VST engine and sound dope with every note played.

You will be able to tweak every preset to your precise needs and adjust effects such as reverb, filters, LFO modulation, attack, distortion and way more. If you’re searching for high quality sounds right out the box – this one is truly a must-have!

This Bank is a no-brainer to pick up as everything included can be used in your productions 100% royalty-free. Grab your copy today!

Pack Contents:

  • 55 Serum Presets
  • 808s, Basses, Accordion, Banjo, Bells, Flutes, Guitars, Harps, Keys, Pads, Piano, Plucks, Saws
  • Serum VST plugin is needed (v1.074 or higher)
  • Useable in any DAW
  • 100% Royalty-Free Use

Total Number Of Files:

  • 55
  • 86 MB

Software Requirements:

  • Requires Serum VST (1.074 or higher)

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Vanilla Groove Studios UK Garage Essentials Vol.1 WAV

By | August 27, 2024

Vanilla Groove Studios UK Garage Essentials Vol.1 WAV

Are you ready to dive headfirst into the infectious rhythms of the UK garage scene? Look no further than “UK Garage Essentials Vol 1,” your passport to a world of pulsating beats, soulful melodies, and irresistible grooves.

Crafted by seasoned producers with a deep love for the genre, this loop pack is your key to creating authentic UK garage tracks that will have your audience moving and grooving all night long.

Product Details:

  •  15 Bass Loops
  •  30 Drum Loops
  •  30 Synth Melody Loops
  •  8 Fx Loops
  •  5 Vox Loops

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Somerville Sounds Elskavon Toolkit v1.1.0 [KONTAKT]

By | August 27, 2024

Somerville Sounds Elskavon Toolkit v1.1.0 [KONTAKT]

A SOUNDSCAPE MACHINE WITH ORGANIC ROOTS
Providing a rich sonic palette for your compositions, the Elskavon Toolkit delivers a broad spectrum of sounds including bass, plucks, pads, keys, and vocals.

Versatile Sound Palette: The Elskavon Toolkit offers a broad spectrum of sounds including Bass, Plucks, Pads, Keys, and Vocals, providing a rich sonic palette for your compositions.

Easy to Use: The Elskavon Toolkit is designed to be user-friendly, making it accessible for both seasoned producers and budding composers.

Innovative Sound Design: Harness the unique and experimental sound design of Chris Bartels, blending conventional songcraft with bold, idiosyncratic experimentation.

Perfect for Ambient Textures: Create captivating, immersive, and multifaceted synth soundscapes using the diverse collection of evolving synths, dynamic vocal chops, cinematic sounds, and ambient textures.

Kontakt 7 Player Compatibility: The Elskavon Toolkit is compatible with the Kontakt 7 Player, making it easy to incorporate into your music production workflow.

Inspirational Tool: With The Elskavon Toolkit, you can capture the musical landscape of Elskavon’s groundbreaking work in your own compositions, providing a unique source of inspiration for your music production.

Requires Native Instruments Kontakt Player or Kontakt FULL v7.10.2 and higher!

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Expansive Academy Vocal Processing Chain (Ableton/Logic)

By | August 27, 2024

Expansive Academy Vocal Processing Chain (Ableton/Logic)

Are you ready to take your vocals to the next level? With Expansive Academy’s Vocal Processing Chain, producing stunning vocal recordings is easy!

These world-class presets are suitable for a variety of genres and will help your vocals reach professional levels. Whether you have poorly recorded vocals or in search of perfect compression, this remarkable vocal chain does it all.

The quick fix Expansive Academy Vocal Chain ensures that every vocal recording stands out from the rest – with minimal effort! Allowing any artist – novice or skilled – to take their recordings up a notch without investing too much time and energy, this collection is sure to become a staple in any budding studio.

Say goodbye to endlessly fumbling around stock plugins of Ableton and Logic and say hello to Expansive Academy’s ultimate Vocal Chain: get the professional sound you’ve always been dreaming of!

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Fracture Sounds Woodchester Piano v1.1.0 [KONTAKT]

By | August 26, 2024

Fracture Sounds Woodchester Piano v1.1.0 [KONTAKT]

Woodchester Piano
A beautiful upright felt piano, developed in close collaboration with film and TV composer James Everingham (Frozen Planet II, with Hans Zimmer, Heroes, Apollo: Missions To The Moon).

This is James’s personal piano, which we have sampled in glorious detail to share with composers around the world.

About The Instrument
Woodchester Piano is the first in our new series of collaborations with talented composers and artists, bringing you a range of finely crafted virtual instruments full of personality. This library was produced in close collaboration with film and TV composer James Everingham and features his Wilh. Steinberg German Series upright piano, intimately recorded with the felt pedal engaged.

Despite its rich and detailed sound, Woodchester Piano has an impressively small memory footprint and can run beautifully on laptops and less powerful computers.

Captured in detail
We visited James’s studio and spent several days carefully sampling every nuance of the instrument. We then spent many months mixing, polishing and fine-tuning the instrument, resulting in a stunning virtual piano with a beautifully versatile sound, which is a joy to play.

Woodchester Piano also includes key release and pedal samples, a unique pianist noise feature to add subtle rustling and wood creaks for heightened realism and adjustable colour control to dial in the perfect tone for your composition.

Atmosphere Layers
Woodchester Piano includes three atmospheric sound design layers which blend together with the raw piano beautifully.

  •  The ‘Ache‘ layer adds a smooth, hazy sustain – a marriage between a reverb and a pad
  •  The ‘Dream‘ layer offers a more textural, shimmering sound
  •  The ‘Clouds‘ layer adds a reversed granular delay effect which evolves over time

These layers can be dialled in to taste using the Layer Mixer. Additionally, the global ‘intensity’ of these layers can be controlled using the ‘Atmosphere Intensity’ dial, or automated in real-time using the mod wheel.

Features

  •  88-key felted upright piano
  •  Beautiful warm, characterful and versatile sound
  •  3 unique atmosphere layers
  •  True pedal up and down samples, for authentic string resonance
  •  Controllable key release, pedal, and pianist noise
  •  Simple and user-friendly interface
  •  Full NKS support – works with Komplete Kontrol hardware
  •  1.1GB download size (NCW compressed from a 2.2GB sample pool)

Requires Native Instruments Kontakt Player or Kontakt FULL v5.6.8 and higher!

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Fracture Sounds Moonlight Celeste [KONTAKT]

By | August 26, 2024

Fracture Sounds Moonlight Celeste [KONTAKT]

Moonlight Celeste
Explore the playful and enchanting sound of the Moonlight Celeste, captured in a large concert hall with multiple microphone options, atmosphere layers, and additional tools to help sculpt the sound for both orchestral and contemporary performances.

About The Library
Produced with both traditional and contemporary performance in mind, Moonlight Celeste has been captured in detail by the team at Fracture Sounds in the same concert hall Spotlight Piano, Midnight Grand, and Glacier Keys were recorded. Alongside close, middle, and far microphone options, the library also includes three curated Atmosphere Layers that blend seamlessly with the raw samples. Additionally, a new Music Box layer can help introduce a more antique and playful timbre, whilst the Lo-Fi control can transform the original clarity of the library into a unique electronic sound.

Main Controls
The main controls in this library allow you to quickly shape the sound of the instrument. The colour control is an EQ setting that can brighten or darken the overall tone of the Celeste, whilst Attack and Release controls give you more access to sculpt the playability and create softer pads when the raw samples are combined with the Atmosphere Layers and Reverb.

The library has three mic mixes available, with the close giving the perspective of the player, the middle offering more balance, and the far mics adding more ambience from the large concert hall in which the library was recorded. You can quickly find a balance between these signals using the Perspective slider.

Sound-Design Options
We have built several tools to help shape the instrument’s overall sound, starting with three bespoke Atmosphere Layers processed from the original samples. Combining these layers with four reverb options and increasing the attack and release controls can transform the Celeste from its orchestral beginnings to a more modern ambient pad.

As well as atmospheric controls, there is a bespoke Music Box layer and Lo-Fi control seen in other products across our range that can alter the original clarity of the instrument into a more antique form.

Advanced Velocity Control
As with Spotlight Piano, you can shape the tone and feel of the Moonlight Celeste using our Response page. To offer a high degree of control, we have separated ‘dynamics’ into ‘timbre’ and ‘volume’, to allow you to shape each component separately. With Timbre Scaling you can set the range and curve of how the incoming velocity value triggers the different dynamic sample layers (and thus timbre). Volume Scaling adjusts how the volume of each note is affected by velocity.

Extend the Range
The range of a Celeste is less than that of a Piano, so we have given the option of extending the instrument range beyond its natural amount. This can lower the quality of the sound in the stretched lower octaves, but this opens up more compositional options should composers wish to experiment.

Further Settings
As with many of our libraries, Moonlight Celeste includes sample start compensation to either extend or cut into the start of the note. This is important for those keyboardist who are sensitive to latency when performing live or recording into their session. Once you have recorded, you can then extend the sample range and take the ms figure above the control to compensate for this in the negative delay settings in your DAW.

Other controls include the ability to lower the sound of the thud, which is more prevalent in the upper octave ranges, and change the Room Tone and Atmosphere Layer decay behaviour. For further information, please feel free to download a copy of the user manual.

Features

  •  11 Snapshots (Presets)
  •  3 Atmosphere Layers
  •  Close, Mid, and Far Microphone Signals
  •  Up to 9 Round Robins
  •  Recorded in a large concert hall
  •  Full NKS support – works with Komplete Kontrol hardware
  •  12GB download size (NCW compressed from a 15GB sample pool)

Requires Native Instruments Kontakt Player or Kontakt FULL v6.7 and higher!

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Authentic Soundware Jazz Drums [KONTAKT]

By | August 26, 2024

Authentic Soundware Jazz Drums [KONTAKT]

Jazz Drums for Kontakt is the perfect complement to our jazz drum WAV loops, and a highly-playable stand-alone instrument. Use it to program your own drum parts or to enhance a loop-based drum part with your own fills, intros, and endings. The samples in this instrument were recorded at the same time as our WAV loops, and blend perfectly with those recordings.

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Expansive Academy Luca Pretolesi The Mixing & Mastering Masterclass [TUTORIAL]

By | August 26, 2024

Expansive Academy Luca Pretolesi The Mixing & Mastering Masterclass [TUTORIAL]

EDM Excellence: Master Mixing & Mastering with Luca Pretolesi & Expansive Academy – The Pioneers Behind the Biggest Dance Anthems. Dive into our exclusive masterclass led by Luca Pretolesi, the Grammy-nominated architect of EDM’s sonic boom, in collaboration with Expansive Academy. With hits echoed in clubs worldwide and credits with Steve Aoki, Diplo, and Major Lazer, Luca imparts techniques that define genres.

Stereo Bus
Unlock the secrets of professional stereo bus setup, mastering compression, EQ, and gain staging techniques. Transform your tracks from good to exceptional with insights from a top industry pro.

Drums PT 1
Learn the art of setting a dynamic drum bus with expert compression and clipping techniques. Discover the secret to making your kick drum stand out in the mix. Achieve a crisp, punchy sound that elevates your tracks.

Drums PT 2
Master the techniques of transient design, widening, and EQ for each component – claps, hats, loops, snare rolls, and rides. Learn how to extract the maximum potential from your drums for a fuller, more impactful sound.

Bass & Synths
Delve into EQ, groove sidechaining, and bus processing to elevate your bass lines. Then, master the art of applying saturation and EQ to synths, ensuring every element of your track works in perfect harmony. Transform your mix with techniques that bring clarity and cohesion to your music.

Vocals
Experience Luca Pretolesi’s mastery in vocal mixing as he demonstrates how to utilize EQ to carve out space in your mix. Dive into creative techniques with delays and VCA Automation to intensify the impact of your final drop. Gain insider knowledge to make your tracks hit harder and stand out.

Final Stereo Bus
Discover the art of using clippers and limiters to attain a mix that’s both loud and punchy, yet crystal clear. Learn how to preserve transients and avoid distortion for a professional, polished sound. This lesson is your key to unlocking mixes that stand out in clarity and power.

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