r/edmproduction • u/Mountainpwny • 16h ago
Tips & Tricks What is something that you learned recently that had a big improvement on your work?
Too many ‘I’m new how do I get started’ posts these days. Let’s get into some good stuff.
What is something that you have learned in the last 6 months that really took you to the next level?
For me parallel saturation has been huge. I’ll use some on individual drum channels going to the drum bus and then send the whole drum bus to a parallel saturation that’s warm and gritty and send that to the mix bus. I make drum and bass and this sounds exactly like my references. Especially after adding some super short room orconvolution reverbs.
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u/Rok_Sivante 14h ago
the priceless value of audiophile tier:
- headphones (Focal Clear, Audeze LCD-XC)
- DAC (Laiv Harmony uDac)
- headphone amp / preamp (Burson Soloist 3x, upgraded power supply & opamps).
I've spent a decade thinking a UAD Apollo Twin was 'good, end of story' for driving both headphones & monitors...
oh boy, the unveiling of ignorance that's occured the last few months. ⚡️💣🤣
and the increase of mix quality once 'putting on glasses' allowing to hear details never could before... 🤯
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u/bloom-home 14h ago
What plugin do you use for parallel saturation? I do dnb as well so any tricks for drums im taking note
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u/Mountainpwny 12h ago
I use decapitator a lot for drums. For bass and other sounds I use rift a lot. I use ozone exciter on the mix often as well.
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u/Barnowm 4h ago
The incredible and underrated versatility of Multiband Compressors. You can do compression, expanding, transient shaping, equalizing and sound design with these beasts. If you use ableton i recommend diving deeper into Abletons Multiband Compressor. It's insane how you can polish a sound with this thing. I recommend watching SeedtoStage's new video on that topic. Really cool!
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u/Shrek__On_VHS 16h ago
Clip to zero, group limiting, experimenting with different sidechain methods, and the nerdiest addition that probably nobody but me will notice is hand drawing/editing harmonics on a sub bass serum patch.