Audient User Tip - Stu Welsh on Source Fader Parallels!
Stu Welsh’s very own Beliefspace Studio opens this month in his hometown of Plymouth, where he’s already started taking bookings for what promises to be a busy autumn. The studio centres around an Audient ASP4816, which is perfectly in line with his aim “… to build a digital studio with an analogue heart.”
Having written his own Foundation Degree in Audio & Music Production for dBs Music Recording School, Stu definitely knows his onions, so let’s hear what recording nuggets he’s got for us:
Use both faders during Mixing
The excellent routing on the ASP4816 opens up more possibilities in the mix stage, and being able to route the DAW signal to both the Long and Short Faders facilitates some creative mix techniques.
Check out the following example:
Press the “source” button on the Short Fader, so the ‘LF’ lights up
Assign a section of the EQ to the short fader
EQ the short fader signal to taste (remember this is post any Long Fader EQ on the ASP4816)
Now, instead of sending the Short Fader signal to the Mix Bus, assign it to a Sub Group via the Routing Switches
You can now use the insert point on that Sub Group to apply dynamics, such as compression or limiting to that portion of the signal only
You can now mix the Long Fader signal, with the Short Fader -> Sub Group signal
By employing this method, you can be quite extreme on your short fader -> sub group processing and mix it to taste with the original Long Fader signal later. Great for adding air to a mix, if EQ alone isn’t quite cutting it.
Stu has even produced a nice R&D style signal flow diagram to get the point across! Thanks Stu! :-)
About Stu
Stu Welsh is passionate about music and audio technology, and enjoys nothing better than filling his time with all things associated with it.
He set up his own studio at the tender age of 21 and quickly built up a wealth of experience recording bands, voice-overs, training materials and sound effects. With this knowledge he went on to teach at dBs Music, where he’s now the Audio & Music Production course leader. If this weren’t enough, he also runs a specialist record label, Fiercely Independent Records, specialising in limited and special edition releases.
Check out the studio: http://www.beliefspacestudio.co.uk/
Check out the label: http://www.fiercelyindie.co.uk/
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