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Volume Buddy – Automatic Gain Compensation for M4L

May 19, 2021

Save yourself a bucket load of time and hassle with this sick gain compensation M4L plugin. No more do you have to constantly adjust the gain after you add in an effect and you can actually clearly hear what the effect is doing in real time without having to battle against the inevitable change in audible volume. A serious game changer! Volume Buddy 2 https://gumroad.com/l/volumebuddy

Erosion For Adding Grit, Colour And High End

Jan 20, 2021

Erosion is such a useful tool. Ignore it at your peril! It can be used to add high end where there isn't any, grit and texture to bring elements to life and help them punch through in a mix.

Fixing a Muddy Mix

Jan 6, 2021

One of the most common issues with a mix down is the muddy lows and low mids. Often there are some unfortunate resonant frequencies in the kick, bass and synths that need cutting out. Let's take a look at how to do just that.