How To Make - Uplifting Trance 2019 with James Dymond / 804

[Kerris]

Hi James. Thanks for getting back to me. I subscribe to Slate Digital so have all their plugins and the FL Studio Producer ones. Is there a Slate Digital alternative to the Maag eq4? I was thinking of the Slate Digital Eiosis Air EQ.

Many Thanks

Kev

[James_Dymond]

@Kerris I don't have the full Slate Digital collection so I'm not sure about the Digital Elosis Air EQ.

But I've used the SD "Revival" plugin and it has a really nice top end boost (the "Shimmer" toggle at the top).

The Maag EQ is particularly special with it's Air Band EQ shelf, which is why it works so well.

[Tekalight]

@Kerris

Eiosis Air EQ is a great one & you can do similar things as the Maag EQ 4 but with more tweaks & settings, the joy of the Maag EQ is the predefined frequencies which makes it easy to dial in & get instant results. Alternatively & surprisingly there's a free plugin that emulates the Maag EQ an that have similar freq. & band choices. Just check it out, really incredible for a free plugin, it's called Luftikus ( Click on the name for Link ). You can check this comparison video between the 2 as well https://youtu.be/3B8g-pMrsxI

[SIXFOOT9]

Hi great tutorial. Im wondering why am i clipping on the master channel given that none of the busses or the faders are over -11.

[Tekalight]

@SIXFOOT9

First thing to keep in mind is that each individual tracks & busses outputs are summed to the master, so overall level just increase when you're adding tracks to the Mix, therefore it might just be that setting those faders at -11 is still too hot, give it a try at -14.

Another reason could be processing on your Master like Compressor or Limiter or even on individual tracks if you have some instruments or audio files creating short momentary peaks. That could be either right at the source ( i.e soft-synth output level ) or post effects ( after compression...etc ).

[markalav]

Great stuff James, really helped me simplify my tracks where I was definitely guilty of over-producing and the results are so much better, especially in terms of clarity. Many thanks!

[Strigata]

Re FL Studio being a top DAW, i stand corrected. Would still love to know how James made the mid bass sounds though