DAW, plugin or any music related stuff.

 

Pretty much any plugin I use regularly, most of all FabFilter, TDR and u-He stuff - and boy there's so much to go over if we're really going in-depth.

Not a single DAW tho. Despite making music and mixing for almost nine years I still find them all clunky, still didn't find a workflow that would fit me. There are always nonsensical hoops to jump through.

 

I could tear into Cakewalk pretty deep.

 

Softwaresynthesizer, i am a Sound Designer!

 

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Yamaha AW4416 operating system.

 

jdownloader :D

 

DMG Audio plugins, FabFilter plugins, Soundtoys plugins and maybe Renoise and Reaper.

 

Live and Vital (in-depth for dummies).

 

Is that a mixer or multitrack recorder?

 

VCV and some of the modules within it

 

Logic Pro, Omnisphere and some of FabFilter's stuff. Also Acustica/Nebula

 

Both : it's a hardware workstation including a 16 tracks recorder with advanced editing functions and a 44 channels mixer based on the 02R.
https://www.soundonsound.com/reviews/yamaha-aw4416-0

It was a great machine, but a bit complicated for most of the home-studio crowd (steep learning curve, knowledge of studio procedures / routing needed) and a bit small for a project-studio. So it was not a commercial success and Yamaha stopped support around 2005. It was released in 2000. OS 1.1 was painfully slow but upgrades made it a really cool machine. The last 2.0 version added a midi control surface function.
44,1 /48 k with varispeed, 16 or 24 bit recording. The mixer sounded better than a first generation 02R.
Rock solid, except the motorized faders which were very sensitive to dust.
Some editing functions, as well as the mixer were better than anything computer based.

I think there's a facebook group about it which is still active.

 

May I ask you why?
I mean, there is more than plenty of tutos of anything over YT and internet, and I think that most experienced users here did and will answer willingly over specific audio questions and matters.

 

Stock EQ.

 

Just wondering if I could really go deep into a specific plugin or Daw. Even though there are plugins I've used extensively, there's always a feature or a button that I never touched.

 

It's beneficial to be familiar with the plugins you use daily, but you usually don't need all of their features. Often, there's a PDF manual that's full of technical terms, but some of it is really worth understanding. I bought a textbook on effects by a sound engineer. I understand some of it and some of it I don't, but he gives practical examples from everyday life, making it more accessible.

The book is called Effects & Dynamics by Thomas Sandmann.
Professional know-how for mixing and mastering

 

Airwindows Drive is a saturation plugin. If the slider is all the way to the left on the GUI the signal remains untouched, and the further to the right that you go the greater the saturation.

Lesson over. That'll be it. Please like this post to let me know if it's been at all helpful. Now go use your ears to apply what you've just learned and make some beautiful music!

Lois, out.