Chains and Presets

Are you looking to add a retro flavor to your drums? Here are a few tricks for getting big, verby and decadent drum sounds using vintage plate reverb, gate, delay, tone-shifting and more techniques for getting that iconic ‘80s vibe.

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Producer/mixer Chris Baseford shows you how to control a complex plugin chain for lead vocals, based on two layers of parallel compression – with his ‘Lead Vocals’ chain preset, included in the free StudioRack plugin chainer.

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Watch how to mix tight, bright hip hop vocals quickly, using the Waves StudioRack chain preset ‘Basic Rap Vocals’ by producer/engineer Matt Schaeffer (Kendrick Lamar).

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Your drums might lack the power they need. Hear how StudioRack’s Drums Driver preset can add that power and presence to your drum bus, thanks to a tasty combination of vintage console effects and Eddie Kramer compression.

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Sometimes you want to drive your drums to extremes when mixing. Producer Cam Blackwood (George Ezra) takes you under the hood of his Waves StudioRack Crusty Bus chain created for this purpose.

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Producer/mixer Damien Lewis (Rihanna) takes you through his ultimate 808 processing chain for Waves StudioRack, to help your 808s hit hard with punch, depth and density. Download StudioRack FREE.

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What works for mixing lead vocals isn’t necessarily best for backing vocals, which need to complement the lead and enhance the song’s arrangement. Use StudioRack’s ‘BVox Polish’ plugin chain preset to polish BVs to perfection.

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Learn how to quickly mix acoustic guitars, using this custom StudioRack plugin chain. Watch how the chain was created, learn how to control it using the included macros, and download the free chain preset to use in your mixes.

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The “Classic Oldies” preset includes all the elements of old analog recording chains: passive EQ, optical compression, analog tape saturation and non-linear consoles. Get this sound in the StudioRack plugin chain.

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Hone your mixing skills by studying the chains of the pros. In this video, producer/engineer/mixer Nick Brophy (The Rolling Stones, Avril Lavigne, Big & Rich) takes you under the hood of his unique StudioRack vocal chain.

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