Hello,
I have just purchased my first UAD card and this is my \"virgin\" post, so hello all!
I am very excited to get to know these plug ins, and see how they perform as I have only heard rave reviews.
However if some of you UAD veterans could give me some pointers especially on using the Fairchild on the mix bus to add sheen and glue together mixes I would be super appreciative.
My genre is electronic dance music so think of that before giving me setting for jazz or rock n roll.
Questions
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1) I remember reading somewhere ( maybe on the Pro Sound web forum) that one of the cool things about the Fairchild is using it in certain modes kind of creates a very subtle enhancement of the stereo spread. From reading the manual, I am thinking that this would be either the \"Stereo, coupled left/right \" or the \"Stereo, coupled mono/stereo\" setting.
Any comments on what mode I should be using to create this?
2) Also what settings would you use to add a nice warmth, sheen, fairy dust, etc on the mix buss? I am not looking to raise the levels just glue the mix together and give it character.
3) How hard can the Fairchild be driven without getting too distorted. I would like to hit some lead female vocals on an electro hip hop track really hard to beef them up and slap you in the face.
Obviously, the best thing is to experiment and try what works for me, but if any vets out there could give me some settings to use as starting points, it may help me through the learning curve faster.
BTW: I am following good ITB mixing practices such as using K-System metering and always keeping my peaks at just over 0 on the K-14 system to avoid distortions (I'll let a mastering engineer with golden ears and a perfect room to raise the levels without squashing the mix).
Thanks for sharing your experience,
Siddhu
I have just purchased my first UAD card and this is my \"virgin\" post, so hello all!
I am very excited to get to know these plug ins, and see how they perform as I have only heard rave reviews.
However if some of you UAD veterans could give me some pointers especially on using the Fairchild on the mix bus to add sheen and glue together mixes I would be super appreciative.
My genre is electronic dance music so think of that before giving me setting for jazz or rock n roll.
Questions
-------------------
1) I remember reading somewhere ( maybe on the Pro Sound web forum) that one of the cool things about the Fairchild is using it in certain modes kind of creates a very subtle enhancement of the stereo spread. From reading the manual, I am thinking that this would be either the \"Stereo, coupled left/right \" or the \"Stereo, coupled mono/stereo\" setting.
Any comments on what mode I should be using to create this?
2) Also what settings would you use to add a nice warmth, sheen, fairy dust, etc on the mix buss? I am not looking to raise the levels just glue the mix together and give it character.
3) How hard can the Fairchild be driven without getting too distorted. I would like to hit some lead female vocals on an electro hip hop track really hard to beef them up and slap you in the face.
Obviously, the best thing is to experiment and try what works for me, but if any vets out there could give me some settings to use as starting points, it may help me through the learning curve faster.
BTW: I am following good ITB mixing practices such as using K-System metering and always keeping my peaks at just over 0 on the K-14 system to avoid distortions (I'll let a mastering engineer with golden ears and a perfect room to raise the levels without squashing the mix).
Thanks for sharing your experience,
Siddhu