From the course: Audio Foundations: Compression and Dynamic Processing
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Working with "modeled" vintage compressor/limiter plug-ins
From the course: Audio Foundations: Compression and Dynamic Processing
Working with "modeled" vintage compressor/limiter plug-ins
The old is new again, at least as far as compressors go. In the last decade, it seems a year hasn't passed that some company hasn't introduced a new and improved plug-in model of a vintage compressor. Aside from the company simply needing new products to sell, computers have also gotten much faster over the years, so the models could be more CPU-intensive and thus recreate every detail of the original with more precision. The good news is that new vintage model dynamics processors have never sounded more like their analog counterparts. I'm going to show you how to use two the most common vintage-modeled compression plug-ins: the Universal Audio 1176 and the Teletronix LA-2A. There are at least five companies that I can think of at the top of my head that have modeled these classics into plug-ins. And some will not feature the exact same name, due to licensing reasons, but as soon as you see the interface, you will definitely recognize the similarities. Here, I am using the Waves CLA…
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Effectively using side-chain inputs2m 6s
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Using side chains creatively5m 4s
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Keying gates and compressors (and/or ducking)4m 12s
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Managing gain staging and headroom and fixing over-compressed tracks3m 20s
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Compression first or EQ first?2m 56s
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Understanding mix bus compression3m 26s
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Get in the Mix: Using mix bus compression2m 47s
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Get in the Mix: Working with parallel compression3m 46s
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Working with "modeled" vintage compressor/limiter plug-ins5m 57s
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Building healthy compression/limiting habits3m 4s
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