Dynamics

video Automixing with Plugins

Automixing with Plugins

Mixing a panel of speakers can be difficult because of feedback, mic bleed, and other issues. Automixing plugins give us an amazing tool that makes this easier than it's ever been. Jeff shows us how to use the Duggan Automixer from Waves in this video.


video Glue a Mix Using Plugins

Glue a Mix Using Plugins

Bus Compression is typically something done more commonly in the studio, however with plugins we can easily achieve this Live! Lee walks us through how much is too much, and some potential trouble spots when using bus compression live.


video Using Dynamic EQ on Vocals

Using Dynamic EQ on Vocals

Once we have our vocal sounding good, we can often run into problems as our vocalists sing different songs as their intensity may be different song to song. Often we may hear a harshness in a certain frequency that we wouldn't in another song. Dynamic Eq is the perfect tool to remedy this, and Lee shows how to do it with the Waves F6 plugin.


video Podcast Post Processing

Podcast Post Processing

Jeff talks through the post-processing workflow for a podcast, and how he goes about editing the MxU podcast.


video Fighting Stage Bleed in Vocal Mics

Fighting Stage Bleed in Vocal Mics

Live stages are noisy and full of microphones. Guitar and drum bleed into vocal mics can be very hard to manage. We’ll use Waves PSE to help fight some of the stage bleed in our inputs.


video Setting Gain Before Using Plugins

Setting Gain Before Using Plugins

Whether mixing analog or digital, having proper gain structure will give us the best starting point for getting a good clean starting place for mixing. This is especially important as we begin stacking plugins. Lee explains this in detail in this video.