Go to Plugins part two. The previous video looked at the selection of sounds you use, meaning the plugins that you use lube libraries, etc, etc. This video will deal with your choice of audio treatment. In other words how you choose to manipulate your sounds. I think we can all agree there are plugins and functions that we use more often than not during our productions. These are like our go to plugins.

We use them because they are easy to use and because we know them. Here is the default chain that I use on most of my tracks. I like to use a gain plugin right on top channel EQ compressor, what I call the utility plugin, and then some type of saturator analog summing emulator. Obviously the point here is to get To the root of it, it's about using all the important tools to get everything ready for the mixing production stage. This part here is not about creativity. This is about getting back to the basics.

So once you've drafted your idea, once you've sketched out your idea, now you've got all the plugins ready that are necessary to complete your project. Some people ask why I like to have a game plug in at the top of my menu. Well, the reason goes back to workflow if I take up my track automation and I use it well, throughout the session, I can no longer use my channel instruments volume. So that limits me that basically means that I have to go back inside of the track automation view. And every time I need to make a change, you know, I have to make another adjustment. Well, I don't want that.

What I want is I want to be able to make fast changes using region automation, as we've talked about. Right. So let's just say you want to lower that section raises section and lower this section. That was quick. I go back to track automation, this is free to do whatever I want with it. I started asking myself, how can I work faster and I realized if I use this game plugin, and I used it to automate rather than the track automation, then I was going to start making a lot more headway because every time I went back to my main channel strip, I no longer had any impediments, since there wasn't any automation written on it.

I hope that helps. Next is EQ Use more often than not nine out of 10 times eight out of 10 times, if even just to create a low or high pass filter, this is necessary on a channel strip, I would just put it on every single one not even think about it, you can perform surgical EQ, you can perform creative EQ, it's up to you definitely have that on your channel strip. Moving on to compressor, this is a must. Even if you don't use it, the tonal character that will give your track will be warm and, and a great complement to what you're doing. So here I'm using it creatively on this on this beach. Check it out.

I'm going to bypass it first. So that's the fun D I wanted to get some more grit out of it. song is a dance kind of hype song so I wanted to give it more energy Listen. Nice. Okay, moving on. This is what I call a utility plugin.

Great company called killer hertz. And this is their premier snap heap. Cool thing about snap heap is that you've got all of these great features, chorus bit Crusher, form and filter frequency shifter things that we use in our everyday sessions that can be quickly recalled by the touch of a button or two. So this is why I like to have this plug in here. Very useful very quick if you just need to make a couple of you know slight EQ adjustments. You can do that in an instant.

It's, it really does a lot. It has a tape stop effect. transients shaper. reverser Kashi reverser sound really cool, highly recommended. And the idea with the utility plugin is you can quickly translate what you hear in your head. All the plugins you can possibly need are already there.

This eliminates having to search for the quote unquote right sound and get your ideas down on paper quickly. And then to top it all off, I usually end with a saturator or analog emulator, which is right here. I like the color that it gives to my tracks. And I like what it does to my mixes. It's mostly for warmth and grit. Really cool stuff.

Please remember that these choices are based on having the most seamless workflow. It is almost as if you are wearing different hats for the writing sketching portion of your session, you are wearing the creative hat. When you wear this hat you want to work and you want to work fast. Once you get the idea down, then you can take your time sculpting the sound until you realize your entire musical vision. Thank you for watching. I'll see you on the next video.