Parallel processing doesn’t have to just stop with compression or gain regulating effects it can work well with distortions, EQs, reverbs anything where you want to have independent control over the balance of dry and wet signal.Ī number of people have mentioned that latency can be an issue with adding effects to a return track. Balancing different frequency bands with an dry signal can introduce phasing issues, so be careful to check things in mono and/or with a phase correlation meter or similar. Be sure the Show/Hide Mixer section is enabled and send your track to the return.Īnother advantage of using this technique, is that it allows us to further process the compressed signal removing bass, de-easing, using mutli-band effects and so on. I’m going to use the Audio Damage Rough Rider, which can be downloaded for free on their website. I’m going to create a send ( alt+cmd+t on a Mac, ctrl+alt+t on a PC) and add a compressor to it. I’m using Ableton Live 9 but this can be done on all DAWs. This is The Soul Lifters’ Hot, Funky and Sweaty. I’m going to demonstrate this with a break beat. The net result is a (usually) heavily compressed copy that can be blended in with the original but where the dynamics and transients are preserved. One of the most common examples is ‘New York Compression’, which is achieved by sending a copy of your track to a compressor on a send. This is particularly helpful when you want to process a sound but the plug-in doesn’t have a dry/wet knob or you want to be able to control the effected signal with additional effects, such as EQ, reverb etc. Parallel processing is a technique for mixing an effected version of a track with a dry version.
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