IT IS WHAT IT IS. what is there to explain?
top two vocoders are just to look at. theyre just visualizations. like bars and waves in media player. top is left channel bottom is right channel
mastering suite. kompact mastering sounds proper for any genre. best stock i think.
the splitter just splits the signal and routes into the vocoders at the top.
the eq is just to add final eq to a song. it's the last effect that gets processed so you can use to boost treble or w/e if its lacking. almost never use this as it tends to push the mix into the red.
mclass eq is the eq before it goes into the mastering combinator. you know how those patches tend to fuck with the sound of the track so you can touch it up here. also its pre-"master" so no matter what you do, it almost never goes into the red. (barely use this either. i just add eq to individual sounds).
the master mixer. not very good for looking at levels because only 3 "leds" for each channel. but conserves space. just adds the drum mixer and the everything else mixer.
TWO REDRUMS. reason is, the mixer has 14 channels, redrum has 10... so. second redrum is used to add 4 more samples.
the drum eqs. (almost always use each one). gets pretty hectic where the wires are. used to eq each drum sample. verrryy useful. then get routed back up the drum mixer.
second splitter and compressor. i usually put the kick in the first redrum slot so i have the first redrum signal routed after the eq, into the splitter, one signal gets sent back to the drum mixer to join the rest, while another gets routed to the compressor, which is used as half assed side chain compression for everything else. this is usually kept on bypass because i only use it when i want a track to have that feel. alotta trance tracks have this.. you notice?
last mixer is for adding samples, bass and other instruments and sound effects. this is routed to the main line mixer.
also if you want an instrument or sample or w/e not to be sidechained then just manually redirect wires to the line mixer.
DONE.
so hows my setup?
anyone else willing to post?