Perhaps, those who aren’t hearing a difference are listening in an environment that is untreated and poor sounding? Or, through cheap monitors or headphones ( or, God-forbid, a cell phone speaker, LOL) that lacks clarity and definition across the frequency spectrum? Or, perhaps they’re expecting some cosmically HUGE difference, some type of “instant fix”, which is not what this was designed for. I guess I don’t know what to say to those who aren’t hearing any difference(s) with this plug, or who aren’t hearing the differences between the various console choices… because it’s certainly there. It’s fun to see Slate’s level of dedication to try and capture some of that wonderful stuff. Believe, me, I’ve witnessed some pretty strange things I refer to as analog anomalies that have yielded some incidental freaky subtleties – at one point I swear some musical/analog angel sat in on one of our mixes back in the early 80’s resulting in a ghost track – hard to explain. But, if you are like me – and have experienced what these (what I often call fathom harmonics) can do – it’s not hard to see why Slate has put forth these kind of efforts in capturing those mysterious, musical harmonics. I can get great mixes (if I apply yourself to the task) with, or without VCC. Everything Graham has articulated in terms of a minimalist approach in order to keep things at a manageable level has already been clearly documented in his tutorials. At the same time, I’m so very, very grateful to what the realm of digital has afforded us. One really helpful hint in terms of appreciating VCC hinges on whether or not you’ve actually recorded through a studio board and/or to tape. Thankyou so much, I hope you could help me here since I’m into this stuff more now ? Like Alex’s answer for my question before its pretty hard to get level if mix in headphones.
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I want to ask is it true to use a sidechain compression is a good way to make vocal sit on the mix? Couls you explain how to use it? Because sometimes its pretty hard for me to make vocals to sit in the mix since I only use headphones to mix. Should I record recording to input meters? or follow the green led with noises? or just use my feelinga and ear LOL?Ģ. The separation and imaging from the analog summing is very apparent, especially when your track count gets high," remarks mixer Jay Baumgardner (Papa Roach, Evanescence).1.I want to ask which one is good, First track vocals with a raw unmixed tracks(music) or track vocals with a mixed track? And why?Ģ.Also I want to ask why the track that I recorded always showing a small waveform, I already make the normal view in my DAW but its small, Am I record things too quiet? I recorded the track with a level of -24 to -18 dbfs, but the led on my interface (Focusrite 6i6) not turned green yet at that level, if I crank the gain up till it shows a green led, I can hear a pretty noisy sound coming also it past the -18dbfs. "When you mix through an analog desk you get this life and body to the sound that just doesn't happen when you mix inside the workstation. Audio engineers rely on analog mixing to provide the nonlinear musical qualities that digital mixing does not produce. You can even push the DAW faders up to find each mixer's sweet spot," says Steven Slate.ĭespite the digital revolution in the audio industry, many of today's top commercial albums are still mixed on analog consoles. The imaging and depth improves, instruments sit better in the frequency spectrum, and mixing becomes easier and more musical. "When using the Virtual Console Collection, your DAW instantly takes on the personality of a real analog mixing desk. Virtual Mixbuss goes on the first insert of the master fader. Virtual Channel is applied on individual mixing channels. Each plug-in allows the user to choose from one of five modeled consoles. The Virtual Console Collection consists of two plug-ins, Virtual Channel and Virtual Mixbuss. The Slate Digital VCC 2.0 Virtual Console Collection brings the sound of 5 of the world's top analog consoles into your DAW workstation.
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Over the past ten years, multiple audio manufacturers have produced simplified analog summing boxes that allow DAW users to get the benefits of analog mixing without having to use a full fledged analog desk. Digital Adapters & Miscellaneous Cables.