Nice. I feel like the Fairchild is underappreciated by modern mixers. Don't get me wrong. It's a legendary compressor, but I don't see people using it in a lot of mix tutorials. To my ear, it's got a gluey smoothness that works perfectly when something like the 1776 feels too grabby and aggressive. You can't necessarily do 10+ db of compression with it like you can with an 1176, but in this case the vocal already sounded pretty controlled in its raw form.
Very cool. I liked the idea of a 2nd de-esser. I'm super interested in that Vintage Verb. I keep seeing it come up in other videos. I already have their Shimmer and Super Massive. I went nuts on plugins during the last Black Friday sales, so I'm trying to restrain myself. I've just been rolling with Pro-R 2 ....but dang .... after hearing this, it's kinda hard *not* to cave. Lol !!! Cool vid, Rhys.
Haha thanks mate! Yeah vintage verb is a plugin a don’t regret buying - use it alllll the time. Valhalla dsp never do sales either - it’s just always $50 I believe
The NT1A was my first mic and it was always fairly brittle sounding to my ears. I think the NT1 is a bit better sounding which is what they used in this clip.
@@spinlightstudios I'm so glad you said that! I've been going around circles re-recording parts at different levels trying to figure out what it was. I think I'll add a low pass and start saving for a new mic.lol Thanks again, love your channel! It's good to know I'm not just hearing things....other than the voices ha!
I had the same problem years ago and started hating the mic because of that metallic high end that always sounded harsh. Then a friend of mine used a similar mic on a mic pre that had transformers in it and completely “fixed” that problem. It had a Jensen transformer on the input and output stage of the pre and did a thing. Silky smooth after that’s 🙌🏼🎉 we used a Aphex 1788 mic pre so anything with a similar transformer would will do the trick.
can you go over your bus set up a bit more please? I got lost where you said you had the effects within the stack. I get why its beneficial I'm just confused on how you set it up for the effect track to be there
Awesome video! Keep up the good work man. Learning a lot from u! What’s ur current mastering chain? Do u use gold clip? U had a video of it but i’m wondering
Can you make templates for sale? I would like country, pop, rock templates with chanell strip also. Can you review the new version of Presonus Studio One( 7 version)?
I’ve been thinking about making some templates - it will most likely happen at some point - just when time allows! I don’t use studio one but I think Creative Sauce did a video on the new version if you look them up :)
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Nice. I feel like the Fairchild is underappreciated by modern mixers. Don't get me wrong. It's a legendary compressor, but I don't see people using it in a lot of mix tutorials. To my ear, it's got a gluey smoothness that works perfectly when something like the 1776 feels too grabby and aggressive. You can't necessarily do 10+ db of compression with it like you can with an 1176, but in this case the vocal already sounded pretty controlled in its raw form.
I was letting my friend help me pick between compressor plugins and he said the fairchild sounded better every time haha
Definitely don’t sleep on the Fairchild. When it’s right it’s right 🤌🏻
Sounds wicked man!
Thanks man!
Very cool. I liked the idea of a 2nd de-esser. I'm super interested in that Vintage Verb. I keep seeing it come up in other videos. I already have their Shimmer and Super Massive. I went nuts on plugins during the last Black Friday sales, so I'm trying to restrain myself. I've just been rolling with Pro-R 2 ....but dang .... after hearing this, it's kinda hard *not* to cave. Lol !!! Cool vid, Rhys.
Haha thanks mate! Yeah vintage verb is a plugin a don’t regret buying - use it alllll the time. Valhalla dsp never do sales either - it’s just always $50 I believe
Thank you! You are so right about the Rode NTA1. I've been battling with the top end and I thought it was just me. I suspected it was the mic!
The NT1A was my first mic and it was always fairly brittle sounding to my ears. I think the NT1 is a bit better sounding which is what they used in this clip.
@@spinlightstudios I'm so glad you said that! I've been going around circles re-recording parts at different levels trying to figure out what it was. I think I'll add a low pass and start saving for a new mic.lol Thanks again, love your channel! It's good to know I'm not just hearing things....other than the voices ha!
I had the same problem years ago and started hating the mic because of that metallic high end that always sounded harsh. Then a friend of mine used a similar mic on a mic pre that had transformers in it and completely “fixed” that problem. It had a Jensen transformer on the input and output stage of the pre and did a thing. Silky smooth after that’s 🙌🏼🎉 we used a Aphex 1788 mic pre so anything with a similar transformer would will do the trick.
@@eddyvilarthat's awesome I'll have a look into that!
Thanks for everything..😊
No problem!
That fairchild!!! 🔥🔥
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This vocal sounds pretty good even unprocessed. What kind of preamp did they use with the Rode during recording?
I’m not sure, I imagine a scarlet focusrite. Rode NT1 is a pretty clean mic.
thought the same thing
Sounds good!
Cheers!
can you go over your bus set up a bit more please? I got lost where you said you had the effects within the stack. I get why its beneficial I'm just confused on how you set it up for the effect track to be there
Awesome video! Keep up the good work man. Learning a lot from u! What’s ur current mastering chain? Do u use gold clip? U had a video of it but i’m wondering
Thanks! Yeah I go between gold clip and Kclip3 for clipping on mastering :)
I have a question, why not the Kirchoff EQ?
I don’t own it 🤷🏻♂️
@@spinlightstudios Oh my bad. lol. Try the demo.. I would love you hear your perspective of it..
What microphone was that? the raw track already sounded beautiful!
Rode NT1 - I did mention it in the video 😉
Can you make templates for sale? I would like country, pop, rock templates with chanell strip also. Can you review the new version of Presonus Studio One( 7 version)?
I’ve been thinking about making some templates - it will most likely happen at some point - just when time allows! I don’t use studio one but I think Creative Sauce did a video on the new version if you look them up :)
You said you're sending the delay to rhe reverb?
The delay is also being fed to the reverb because it’s part of the vocal bus and I’m sending the vocal bus to the reverb
@@spinlightstudios oh you have the delay on the bus as an insert rather than a send?
Rythm and Blues it’s definitely not but cool video
Need help getting the raw recordings to sound that good 😂
Haha just need a condenser mic and record in a room with a bit of treatment to stop it being too “roomy” sounding :)
Mmmmm not poppy and wispy enuff for me…
Ironic they call smooth op poor man's soothe. It's way better
Smooth operator is great, that’s why I’m using it. It’s just a joke because soothe is like 4 x the price.