Glad to hear it feels more whole overall, and thank you for the compliment re: lyricism. I think the line you’re referring to is “salad mix and gorgeous garden gimmes” – kidney beans don’t agree with me, lol

Thanks for the encouragement and this extra credit, Dana! I agree with these pieces to tweak – I’m on it! Super helpful re: limiter/mastering Q too. I’ve watched that video you made before and will refer to it again now that I have a specific situation to apply to.

Hi Paul! Thanks for the positive feedback! I’m feeling so much better about the mix, and it’s really getting me into the groove of the song now, rather than being caught up in noticing little issues.

This song started as an off the cuff phrase about eating soup al fresco with the music duo Sleater-Kinney, and just morphed into a song about…

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Hey y’all! Here’s the (possibly final) mix of the song. The De-essing tips from Dana and awesome insights from Paul were so helpful to give me a laundry list to run through as I cleaned things up.

One thing that’s been a huge upgrade is that I was putting my de-essers AFTER compression in the chain a lot of the time, and that was of course…

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I really dig this, Jesse! Interesting warped notes with delay later on there too before the “lap steel” sound starts. Thanks for sharing

Gotcha, yeah I’ve been loving the UAD Pultec series since getting my Apollo last Fall.

Really interest about the Clarity M – something to put on my wish list. Thanks, Dana!

Also.. I’m listening to your interview on Ari’s Take right now, super excited to hear more of your story and experiences.

For sure! I like fx plugins where there’s an intense shift in sound, so I can dial it in from there rather than working across a very subtle spectrum of change in how the effect alters the source.

Great points, Dana! Yeah, I’m sure the EQ slope is part of the issue in some cases. I think the Slate plugins that I’ve been using are decent, but on some of the hardware EQ emulations the HP doesn’t cut everything out, so who knows. It’s not something I’m worried about tho, just something I’ve been surprised to see when I pull up a parametric…

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Hey y’all – love this topic, and appreciate the insights laid out thus far.

As a side note, I think I’ve noticed that different parametric EQs – for example in comparing the stock Logic ChannelEQ vs the InfinityEQ from Slate, seem to have varying ability to truly cut frequencies to the level I’m trying to eliminate them.

For example, when using…

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I also LOVE the idea of bringing the choral synth element in later in the song.. very cool

Paul, these are all very on point remarks, thank you! I agree wholeheartedly, and your descriptions/recommendations help to clarify some things that I could intuitively sense but didn’t have the answers for. This will make a nice checklist to tweak some things. I agree, I waited way too long to post this, kept getting in my own way with…

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Hey Dana! These are awesome tips and so clearly described, thank you very much.
The ideas give me some new tools and really build on my current workflow. I do use Melodyne for tuning/timing so am excited about that idea. I’ve started running my vox through the Manley Vox Box which has helped with some light de-essing there.. haven’t used…

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Great insights, thanks @dana !

I’ve been using this on some synths lately – super fun plugin!

Awesome, thanks Dana!

Hi Everyone!
I’ve been meaning to post here for months, and kept second-guessing this song which I’ve been picking away at. You know those tunes that have been sitting in your hard drive for a couple years and need to be polished up? This is one of those.

I’m curious about the following:
1) I’ve struggled to get a good de-essing response on…

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