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  • Tips to Apply Invisible Reverb

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    General Workflow 1) Adjust Pre Delay 2) Increase Send (Starting from Zero) Until You Really Hear the Reverb on Top of the Signal, i.e. You Hear that this Sound has Reverb On it (e.g. Send Amount of -10) 3) Then Again Go Back to Zero with the Send, Increase Send (Starting from Zero Again) Until…

  • Creative Reverb

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    Make a Track More Stereo 1) Create 2 Sends with 2 Different Reverbs / Settings and Pan Each Hard Left / Right 2) Left a Dense but Dark Plate  3) Right a More Bright Plate Ducked Reverb Tail Reversed Tail – Reversed Tail Trick to Add Interest, Fade In Vocal, or Before / Inside Breakdown…

  • Compression Dance Master Settings (or Mix Advice)

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    1) Rapid Compressor to Catch Peaks – i.e. a More Colorful but Fast Compressor that Distorts the Peaks Nicely 2)  Transparent and Clean Compressor to Shape the Body – i.e. Feedback Type or also SSL Buss Comp 3) Both Compressors with Gentle Settings Such as -1dB to-2dB GR and Ratio

  • Energy Example with a Far Away Signal 

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    Direct Sound = -2dB, Just as a Comparison to What in the Real World Happens we Assume Direct Sound is -2dB Early Reflections = -3dB Since ER have to Travel and Come Back with Less Energy, but Since ER have to Travel Less Far than the Direct Sound the Energy is Pretty Close (Only Minus…

  • Energy Example with a Close Signal

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    Direct Sound = 0dB, Just as a Comparison to What in the Real World Happens we Assume Direct Sound is 0dB Early Reflections = -3dB Since ER have to Travel and Come Back with Less Energy, Quasi Half as Loud as the Direct Sound Late Reflections = -6dB Since LR have to Travel Even More…

  • David Guetta Ideas

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    – Uses Always 1 Low Kick (Bass Feeling) and 1 High Kick (EQ to Attack) – Advises One to Use a Kick that Works Over and Over in the Beginning (Uses the Same Over 2 Years) – Next Level is to Use Always the Same High Kick and Tune the Low Kick to the Key…

  • EQ Settings Dance Master (or Mix Advice)

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    1) Analyzer with Average / RMS Reading and Slow Update (Not a Moment to Moment Peak Display) – i.e. a Spectrum Analyzer that Clearly Sticks to an Overall Spectrum Envelope with a Rather Slow Update Over Time 2) Clean EQ (Nugen SEQ) to Balance Spectrum from Roughly 100Hz to About 5kHz 3) Now you Should…