SOUND ON SOUND
Not everyone wants their compressors to sound the same. But once you’ve set yours up how you like them, why change anything?
Any reverb plug‑in can be used to create the perception of depth — and your mixes will be more engaging and three‑dimensional as a result.
These audio examples accompany the ‘Depth Of Field’ workshop article from SOS April 2025 issue, discussing the use of three reverb treatments.
All mix engineers need technical skills — but what’s most important is our ability to bring out the emotion in the music.
Mixing gets so much easier when your processing chains are configured to deliver the same results in response to the same levels!
Mix engineers used to prefer hardware to software because it sounded better. Is that still true? And if not, is there still a reason to use it?