How To Use REFERENCE 3 To Pick The Right Samples For Your Song
Solo'd samples lie. The kick that sounds best alone often becomes the wrong one in the mix. This is how to use REFERENCE 3 to audition samples against your song's target instead, turning thirty can...
The FUSER Delta Trick: Sidechain Ducking That Doesn't Pump
Classic sidechain ducking pumps because it ducks the whole signal. FUSER's Delta trick lets you target a specific frequency and stereo position, then tune attack and release until the duck is invis...
How To De-Ess Vocals Without Killing The Top End
Pull the top end down enough to tame harsh sibilance and you've also taken the air. The RESO approach: find the resonant peak, duck only that, leave the rest of the vocal alone. Step-by-step de-ess...
Where Every Mastering Plugin Sits In The Chain
Where do BASSROOM, MIXROOM, RESO, FASTER MASTER, REFERENCE 3 and EXPOSE 2 belong in your mastering chain? The full-control five-stage order, three genre templates, and exactly what changes when you...
How To Add Width To Bass Without Losing Mono Compatibility
For years, producers have been told one golden rule: keep everything below 100Hz mono. That advice came from a good place. It protects your low-end from collapsing, disappearing, or sounding wea...
How To Get The Right Stereo Width On Your Master With STEREOVAULT
Perfecting stereo width in mastering is difficult because the moves are usually small, but the consequences are huge. Push too far and the low end can weaken, the centre can lose focus, and the who...
