When we mix, it would be ideal if we could load up a simple one-knob-style plugin, choose a preset, set an amount and simply move onto the next sound. But although you might get lucky on a few ...

Hard compression can work well with some club piano sounds, but with piano we’re mostly after a glue effect, so a quality mix bus compressor is best. For most applications, a medium attack, automatic ...

When we set up a basic send/return auxiliary effect, the return effect is often the only plugin on the bus return. For more complex auxiliary effects we can enhance and finesse the effect with some ...

Over the coming weeks on MusicRadar, we're going to walk you through building ready-to-go mixing chains for a variety of applications in the studio, including drums, bass and the all-important master ...

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