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You stack plugins on top of plugins in every session just as part of your normal signal chain. Some people EQ before they compress, others compress before they EQ, and for some it’ll depend on the situation. Regardless of your EQ/compression approach, have you ever considered how you mix could be improved by stacking a powerful combo of compressors on a particular track?
This week, I want to make a case for why your lead guitars deserve the same amount of attention, and (usually) similar processing to your lead vocals. For some this might already seem commonplace, while to others, it’s going to sound absolutely crazy and unrealistic.
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As engineers and producers, we’re tasked to get the most we can out of the space between two speakers. Seems like a simple task, right?
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What’s the largest session you’ve ever worked on? 50 tracks? 100 tracks? 200? At what point do you start losing individuality between the tracks and start muting instruments for space?
Echoes and delays can sound amazing when used in the right context, but what do you do when they’re muddying up your source audio track?
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