Using Protools Pugins - The Biggest Mistake!
One of the best parts using a digital audio workstation like Digdesigns Protools is the ability to use plugins. Protools comes standard with some good ones like EQs, Compressors, Gates and more. The Plugins can be very powerful if you use them right. If you dont they destroy your music in a flash.
The biggest mistake people make when working with Plugins is iver using them or adding to the mix with out knowing what they really do. If your bass sounds sucks dont just slap a compressor on it cause you read some place you should compress the bass. For every plugin that you open up should be able to explain what that plug in does and know exactly what your reason is for adding it into your mix.
IF your listening to the bass and it sounds a bit to resonant you should open up and EQ to remove the resonance not add more low end or jsut start boosting and cutting any random freqeuncy.
A good way to learn what each plugin does is to take one sound and try each plugin and setting on it and experiment until you are familair with the type of results each one will create. You will find that even plugins made by two companies that have the same FX will not sound the same. A goodexample of this would be the Digidesign compressor and the Bombfactory 1176. They are both compressors but each one has a distinct sound and way of compressing your tracks.
Got questions or comments hit me up at GNX MUSIC - http://www.gnxmusic.com
The biggest mistake people make when working with Plugins is iver using them or adding to the mix with out knowing what they really do. If your bass sounds sucks dont just slap a compressor on it cause you read some place you should compress the bass. For every plugin that you open up should be able to explain what that plug in does and know exactly what your reason is for adding it into your mix.
IF your listening to the bass and it sounds a bit to resonant you should open up and EQ to remove the resonance not add more low end or jsut start boosting and cutting any random freqeuncy.
A good way to learn what each plugin does is to take one sound and try each plugin and setting on it and experiment until you are familair with the type of results each one will create. You will find that even plugins made by two companies that have the same FX will not sound the same. A goodexample of this would be the Digidesign compressor and the Bombfactory 1176. They are both compressors but each one has a distinct sound and way of compressing your tracks.
Got questions or comments hit me up at GNX MUSIC - http://www.gnxmusic.com
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