Compression & Saturation Shaping with Fooler

Compression & Saturation Shaping with Fooler

The Fooler is pretty much a one-of-a-kind plugin: It gives you detailed control over the sidechain signal of literally any compressor there is – even if a particular one doesn’t offer this functionality at all! In this tutorial, we will use the Fooler to process some...
Rock mix refining with GTS-39

Rock mix refining with GTS-39

Are you ready to find out what a seemingly simple compression tool like the GTS-39 is really capable of? Well, we hope so! In this episode, we will take a rather lousy mix of a rock song and turn it into a thunderous and professional sounding piece of music – all with...
Pounding trance bass with STA-limit

Pounding trance bass with STA-limit

STA-limit is one of those compressors that you can always reach for if your sound lacks this little bit of character and strength. Thanks to its clean and easy design you’ll also be able to get a terrific result within just a few minutes. Let us show you what we mean...
Synth shaping with Mattertone

Synth shaping with Mattertone

Today we’re going to have a look at the Mattertone plugin. Mattertone is a multiband envelope shaper, and thus it’s a great tool for emphasizing (or taming) transient-heavy material like drums, for instance. However, we will do something a little unusual and apply the...
Drum loop enhancement with PolyJam

Drum loop enhancement with PolyJam

Programming realistic sounding drums, i.e. setting up different velocity values for most of the notes, can be fairly tedious. Likewise, if you’re working with a ready-made drum loop and repeat it a couple of times the overall sound might be rather static and boring...