In this Tuesday Tip we’re taking a trip into the world of the popular LA-2A and it’s use on a vocal in a singer songwriter song. Jody shows you how he uses 2 in different spots to lessen the impact of compression and still get a solid vocal sound.
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In this weeks episode, Chris and Jody take another deep dive into a classic piece of kit. This time, the LA-2A Leveling Amplifier. They take brief look at the history of the unit, it’s different versions, through software versions as well how they like to use it in their workflow and mixes.
As always, there’s also some nonsense discussed.
And if you’re keeping score at home, the Logic emulation is called ‘Vintage Opto’.
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This Tuesday tip shows the importance of the parametric EQ. Learn a needed secret to using parametric EQ to improve the sound of your mix with a sure fire method to isolating problem frequencies. Follow the steps and you’ll get confident with your parametric EQ using this informative tip.
Shoutout to: iZotope Ozone 9 EQ
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That ever mysterious staple to mixing, EQ. Chris and Jody discuss the most common types of EQ types and what they’re generally used for when creating sounds, recording, and more. Should you be cutting? Should you be boosting? Or should there be some sort of combo between cuts and boosts? What is corrective EQ? Find all this out. It’s also not unlikely that there will be some nonsense discussed.
We do give a little tribute to Eddie Van Halen in this episode as well.
Shoutout to: Waves, Fab Filter, Pultec, iZotope, Maag, Marcel Jacob, BOSS, Steven Slate, Seymour Duncan, TSE Bass Overdrive, BOSS GT-1000CORE, and Justin Sayne.
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