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Multiband compressors offer unique advantages over their broadband cousins — but they also present some perilous pitfalls for the unwary.
There's rather more to FabFilter's redesigned multiband saturator than a slicker GUI.
FabFilter have decided to rebuild their multiband distortion and saturation plug-in from the ground up in a major redesign that brings it in line with the clean and simple GUI of their more popular plug-ins whilst peppering Saturn 2 with a host of new, enticing features.
I've always advised my students to set their high-pass filter slope at a steep setting of 48dB per octave to reduce boominess. Is this the best advice to give my students, who are very much at the beginner stage?
If your music-making workflow is centred on an iOS device, you can now pick up FabFilter's plug-in suite in app form for a fraction of the price of their desktop counterparts.
Splitting out your stereo signals into separate Mid and Sides tracks can open up a world of creative options in your mix.
The third major update to Pro‑Q is packed with functionality, and the headline feature this time around is dynamic equalisation.
FabFilter have reinvented their Pro‑L limiter for the new world of loudness normalisation.
Urban music is often a springboard for new producers and engineers, and 21 Savage's chart-topping album was no exception.
Unfinished business: our engineer reworks a track he produced several years ago, and finds he'd left himself with plenty more to do!
