TL;DW: uLaw is a Console-like encode/decode pair, but much more extreme. uLaw Sometimes you do a plugin that’s not all that sensible. Those can be special, though, because those are the ones people can’t get anywhere else. There’s a process called uLaw compansion. It’s not really compression and expansion, though: it’s like a kind of […]
TL;DW: Blend a stereo track of two mics on an amp. Golem And back to earth we go, but some people will love this little utility plugin. Golem takes in a stereo track, typically two mics on a guitar cab (a popular technique among metalheads), and mixes them to mono in the middle of the […]
TL;DW: Very Fine Adjustments. HermeTrim If you’ve seen EveryTrim, you know how this works: it’s the all-possible-trims trim. +- 12dB of left, right, mid, side, and master volume. By request, and a handy little tool for all manner of stereo tweaking. It’s very nearly as clear and accurate as PurestGain, which itself is very nearly […]
TL;DW: Left/Right, Mid/Side, and Master in one plugin. EveryTrim This one’s by request: while I was getting NC-17 ready for its big day, I thought I’d bring out a nice little utility. EveryTrim is like PurestGain only more so: it is very simply every basic stereo trim you can have (in loudness terms, anyhow!) You […]
