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multiband expansion on vocals is a f***in cheat code

the Channel EQ, Compressor, and the multipressor (in exact order) on your vocal tracks is the midas touch.

been doing subtractive eq then expansion then compression will experiment further.
but i fr cant see anything online about people using expanders on vocals the s*** is literal magic and i stumbled upon it recently

why not be the 1st?

that's the fun thing bout engineering, it's all trial and error and playing with different types of s*** til you get what brings out the best results to you and for others. That's dope to hear fa real.

facts as ive kept learning its evident theres a lot of art to it even with all of the technical stuff. theres always like 20 different ways to reach the same result lmao such a rabbit hole

Nectar 3 is a cheat code I shoulda been usin this

Helps me get to a cleaner vocal mix way faster w/ the auto-assist. From there I just tweak whatever I need to tweak

Whats the difference between multiband compressor vs the expansion?

Ozone 8 is clutch too.

Izotope as a whole is a godsend.

so you know a compressor lowers the dynamics of a track so everything is more even

expansion does the opposite, it increases the dynamics in whichever band you use

this has been mostly very useful for me when a vocal recording is very muffled due to poor recording technique, changing the dynamics of the low mids - mids - highs makes it far more balanced and less muffled. like removing a whole layer of mud

damn he terrorizing every sxn

Anyone use UAD hardware?

What plug in u using for that

Dunno, but there a lot of good Multiband plugins, Waves C6 for less cpu, Fabfilter Pro-MB, Izotope Trash 2

fabfilter mb

i hope u guys are calculating your reverb times !

that, and dry/wet verb signal is just as important

if ur using it as a send it should always be 100% wet no?

also something ive found recently is to use 1 reverb for the early reflections creating that initial space around the sound

and then another reverb with just the tail to fill the space made by the 1st reverb

very cool

Yes, but if you want to you can always adjust it on the send

Maybe I haven't noticed a difference yet, but I started doing it more and its cool

The best way to have control for me is just to do an all wet send, and then do fader automation so I can have more or less of the ambience generation

Yeah early reflections is good, but also adjusting pre-delay is a really solid way to unclutter a reverb heavy mix

I found its especially true on snares or any percussive elements

yeah ive realised automation is a huge part of making a track feel dynamic between each section and never getting boring. i damn near automate everything at some point lol

oh yeah pre delay is definitely key, ive found if i want a dreamy kind of vocal i’ll leave it pretty low but for making certain instruments pop out of the mix its very good