It is worth mentioning that if you're not a Komplete 9 owner, any of the effects I cover here can be purchased on their own, or at the very least as part of a package, directly from the NI site. The whole process was extremely straightforward. Every DAW I loaded showed them all as available and working. I for one was really glad to see this happen, not that the Guitar Rig system isn't great but having the effects in plug-in form just gives you so much more freedom.Īfter an install (and authorization) of Komplete 9 Ultimate, I had every single one of the new plug-ins available as Audio Units, VST, AAX and RTAS. The first thing to make clear here is that NI have made the move from running all their processors from within Guitar Rig to a more streamlined plug-in format. In this review I'll try to break down the new additions into bite sized chunks and talk about each area separately. There are updates to the 'Solid Mix' series and a number of new processors from Softube. Realistically there are too many to cover in one place so I thought I'd focus on the processors that are now available as plug-ins. Some virtual compressors afford a degree of control over the amount and type of distortion applied, such as SUPERCHARGER GT, which is equipped with three flavours of variable tube saturation for great timbral flexibility.Komplete 9 Ultimate landed a short while ago and it brings to the table a staggering amount of instruments, sounds and virtual devices. VC 76, for example, is based on the classic Urei 1176 compressor, famed for its transistor-driven fatness and energy, and is phenomenally effective on drums while the smoothness and warmth of VC 2A’s LA-2A-inspired valve/opto design makes it a miracle-worker on vocals. Bear this in mind when choosing the ‘right’ plug-in for a given compression task. In emulating the analog circuitry of real-world gear, many compressor plug-ins also introduce harmonic distortion and other inherent acoustic characteristics to the signal, yielding ear-pleasing coloration that can make all the difference in the mix. Color your sound with character compression And, of course, there’s nothing stopping you from applying further compression after your post-compression EQ to iron out any newly added peaks, or another EQ after your post-EQ compressor to tame harsh frequencies that it might have brought to the fore.Ħ. Alternatively, if your compressor is being pulled astray by certain prominent frequencies in a guitar or vocal, EQing them down first could well be the answer. For example, if you’re working on a drum loop that’s obviously all over the place dynamically, it’s a good idea to bring it into line with compression before EQing. Ultimately, there’s no right answer: either way is fine, and it really comes down to the nature of the source material and what you’re trying to achieve by processing it. With compression and EQ so often applied in tandem, you may struggle to decide which should come first in the chain. The second, as touched on above, is ‘de-essing’, which – should you not have access to a dedicated ‘de-esser’ – is done by boosting the sibilant frequencies of the vocal in the sidechain signal, so that the compressor ‘overreacts’ to them, lowering the volume further than it otherwise would when loud ‘esses’ are detected. The first is the application of a high-pass filter on the sidechain to reduce the influence of kick drums and heavy bass sounds on bus or mix compression, preventing unwanted pumping. The sidechain equalizer on a compressor lets you shape the frequencies in the detection circuit input that actually triggers compression, whether that signal is a duplicate of the one being processed (i.e., the default behavior of any compressor) or an external source – and there are two particularly notable scenarios in which this proves invaluable. Control your compression with sidechain eq Basically, it’s the technique to turn to whenever you want to control the volume and/or dynamics of one signal with another for any corrective or creative purpose, so don’t be afraid to experiment!Ĥ. But sidechaining has always had many more uses than just that, from ‘de-essing’ vocals and ducking long reverb tails out of the way of acoustic guitars, to making space in cymbal-rich drumkit overheads for the snare to cut through. These days, the term ‘sidechain compression’ is part of the dance music vernacular, usually referring to the love-it-or-hate-it pumping sound created by putting a compressor on the bassline or even the whole mix, then routing the kick drum to its sidechain input so that the volume of the music drops every time it hits. Expand your sidechain compression horizons
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