What do you do if your plugins don't have a Dry/Wet Knob? In this video I'm going do a deep dive into how to set up aux tracks and do parallel processing.
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Here's my friend Chris on how to do Parallel Processing in Cubase:
Here's my friend Colt who has a great video on Parallel Processing:
0:00 Intro
0:58 How and Why You Need This
2:53 Aux Tracks and Layers
04:05 Audio Demo - Unprocessed Drums
04:50 Saturation Layer
05:56 Faders vs Send Knobs - Same Thing!
07:39 Difference from Splitter Technique
08:31 Sending the Same Mix to Effects
10:13 Post/Pre Fader Examples
11:10 Avoiding Too Much Low End Saturation
12:22 Audio Demo - Saturation on Drums Arouser LT and Big Freq
14:21 Using a Control Surface for Mixing Control
15:08 Compression Layer Explained
16:26 Audio Demo - Compression Layer Arouser LT
17:18 Advanced Technique
18:57 Audio Demo - Transient Shaping
19:58 Why a Polarity Flip Shapes the Sound
21:00 Final Thoughts on Drum Mixing