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Mixing Toms with the Aphex Vintage Aural Exciter (Tip)

Mixing Toms with the Aphex Vintage Aural Exciter (Tip)

February 17, 2014

Neil Citron

Guitarist, Producer, Engineer

Steve Vai, Steve Lukather, Larry Carlton

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I used to do this mixing with the Aphex Aural Exciter hardware, and it works just as well with the plugin. I set the toms using the RS56 Passive EQ or some other EQ with a ton of mids and lows and not too much top. I then use the Aphex Vintage Aural Exciter as I would with parallel compression, but as a parallel EQ. Using an aux track I set the Aphex Exciter for the clarity and punch that I want, and I slide it in to taste. This works better than adding it to the toms directly (as an insert) – try it and you'll see what I mean. It adds all that a drummer would love, without killing the mix when the thunder happens. Thanks to Waves for making this plugin sound and act like the hardware!

Aphex Vintage Aural Exciter

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