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Tell us about a preset you made for StudioVerse – what’s the story behind its creation?
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I am always looking for unique and interesting ways to add presence without EQ. Nothing wrong with EQ; I use EQs constantly. But sometimes I am looking for something that I can’t quite get with traditional EQ. The Brightness Enhancer preset I made for StudioVerse is interesting because it gives you 3 different types of harmonic excitement options: 2 different types of tube drive, and one tape drive.
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Plus, you can dig in deeper and adjust the frequency range that you are driving by sliding the crossover point, so you can really choose the exact range you want to enhance. For example, you may want to get more excitement from a vocal, but you don't want to get more harshness. This allows you to select above 4k so you just boost the sizzle.
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Where can we hear these chains in action?
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I remember using Brightness Enhancer on a recent Jai Wolf single called “Don’t Look Down”. It’s fairly pop, so the lead vocal is meant to be very present and bright. It sounded good early on in the mix, but I wanted to get just a bit more presence without harshness. So, I added the Brightness Enhancer preset and boosted the tube drive while also boosting the tape drive.
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Share with us a moment you remember from working on this song.
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One thing in particular I remember about working on this song with Jai Wolf was that I was able to get the drums, synths and vocals all bright at the same time without the overall mix becoming harsh. Everything sounded very upfront and in-your-face, but without me overly compressing tracks or the entire mix. This comes from the saturation.
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Share one interesting trick you created in the Macro section of this chain. Or one useful tip you'd recommend that people try with this chain. Anything that would make people smile when they try it :❩
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Try using the tube drive and tape drive knobs together. They are designed to work in tandem. The tape drive at the end of the chain really helps saturate the high frequencies, so you can boost a lot of the drive on the tube macro, and then contain everything by driving the tape macro. This way, the boosting doesn’t get out of control or become too harsh.
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If I was a nerd and wanted to learn something from this chain, what could it teach me?
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This is quite a simple chain compared to many of my other presets. What’s interesting about it is how the different drives interact with each other and allow you to push things harder but still get usable results. It also shows users that it makes a big difference which frequency range you push into the saturation. People often make the mistake of driving the entire signal into saturation/distortion, which can muddy things up quickly.
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