Make Pop Music just dropped Poptopia 2 Serum 2 Presets. There's a bunch of cool modern sounds; over 300 custom presets for pop, hip hop, r&b, electronic, synthwave, hyperpop, indie, house, and more.
Austin at Make Pop Music is still one of the best YouTubers creating teaching content for producer. I learn and pick up tips every time I watch his channel.
@justinsomuch The trick to getting a snare to sit is most of the time, the snare feels small because it needs more length. Adding some extra sustain with compression or trans design, or adding a subtle room / reverb gives it MUCH more body in a mix without being a transient nightmare.
Goes to eq snare*
boosts the snares presence- clash with vocals, blurs hats now harsh, kick loses punch
Now the whole mix has to be rebalanced
every fix creates a new problem that's why mixing isn't easy
@justinsomuch Well I should say, I only accept the ones that are ready. 90% of inquiries aren't ready so I just say "hey, before you drop $1500 to get a mix, I think this production, engineering, and performance can be improved before mixing starts."
iLok, I lost my USB while rearranging the studio.
And you make me jump through 1,000 hoops to get my DIGITAL software licenses back?!
This is the stupidest service I've ever seen.
@justinsomuch One thing to watch for is a lot of cheaper rack cabinets are actually made for computer servers and they're metal. In a studio they will ring and resonate like crazy. They'll become mini plate reverbs when certain frequencies hit them. You'll want wood, or a decent MDF option.
@StewartTuttle@justinsomuch I got a Stedman. Expensive but it is built well and definitely doesn't darken the vocal like a lot of cheap / overly thick pop filters do.
@justinsomuch Racks are insanely expensive. I will pay good money for a pop filter. I have yet to find one. The filter is not the problem it the clamp.
@justinsomuch If you record vocals or acoustic guitar, it's always nice to have a good preamp or 2 for extra character and depth, a nice compressor or two to control the sound on the way in, and then just good conversion. I love tracking vocals and ac gtr through a pre, EQ, and compressor
I wish someone would make a video comparing budget compressors in the $100-$500 range, maybe using the original gear as the catalyst for the comparison. I would do it but i'm broke which is the reason I need the video.
@justinsomuch I'll be honest, most of my gear is just to track through so I can have fire tones on the way in. If I had a limited budget, I'd get things like pedals, hardware synths, weird quirky outboard units, shit with sauce and character. Other than that 1/2