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hey there guys

what's up Shanahan here

back with Academy FM

today we want to address

getting a little more analog warmth to your sound

as you guys can see here

I have a pretty basic setup here in session

I didn't want to use a full track with a lot going on

because I think it's simple and easy to see

here what we're going to try to address today

as far as getting that warmth to each stem

and what we're going to use

is the NLS plug in from waves

now before I jump into this

I think it's good to address that

we do live in a digital world

that's very apparent

but what companies are trying to do

is help us out with these type of plugins

that can give you that emulation

from using analog desks back in the day

that we all can't get our hands on

they're so expensive

it's even expensive to get into a studio

and work in one

so using plug ins like this

that I'm going to use in a moment

can help you get the most full analog warmth you can

to some of these stems

all from this one plug in

and a couple simple techniques to do that

now I'm just going to play this real quick

the samples that I'm using here

for our example

again I want to use a simple layout

so we can just see everything and hear everything

clean and clear

the big difference

all right so nice basic setup

little bass sample there that we're gonna use

now first thing I usually do

if you guys can see here I just have my percussions

so first thing I want to always do

is grab those all together

I'm linking them over now

since we don't have a lot going on

what I'm gonna do is use my stereo output as my bus

if we had a lot of other things going on

you simply would just grab all of these

and as you can see I have them linked over to bus one

so make sure you're just grouping these to a bus

everything's going into one spot

so then we can actually put

an NLS bus emulator on that actual channel

so we grab all of these

and now let's go open up the plugin

and they'll all open up at the same time here

and right down here

you're gonna open up the channel

and that'll open up 4 of them

so what you guys are gonna see here

what this is doing is opening up

if you guys were to picture a huge analog desk

it's gonna have individual channels

so you're actually controlling it

just as you would in logic's mixing board

but now it's actually controlling through

any of these 3 desks

Neve Mike Spike

these are all the different emulations of those actual

studio desks

so each is going to have a different character

now before I jump into each of these

as I said I bust them over

we're now going to go to our master channel

and we'll just solo these off

and put on the master channel

the bus one

so that's going to be just above it

and that's going to be this one right here NLS bus

so now all of these are going to be linked through this

so you can see the slight difference in the plugin

this is going to be for individual channel strip

the manipulation we're gonna do with the warmth

and now we're gonna link them all into the bus

emulator here

now how you guys use this is pretty simple

there's 8 modes or notches you guys can do here

each one basically

lets you go into 8 different faders here

meaning we can control 8 different sounds

and kind of analog warmth to each sound

if we want to put say

the kick drum through a different one

we could link the kick drum here

and let's say maybe we have our snare drum over here

or whatever it may be

maybe a hi hat

and we want to link that to a different one

you put that just on a different number here

so that's going to now link over to number 3 and so on

so very easy to use

let's just keep everything on one so we know

everything's kind of feeding through this first channel

now once I play everything here

it's not going to sound too different here

but you're going to see once I select different modes

or in other words

different desks

you're going to get that little bit of change

in the warmth

the overall sound is going to give a little more drive

and nice warm sound to it

okay let's solo this bass for example

okay so now we know that's on number one

so let's just link that over here

so that's coming through this channel

so we can control everything

we can give any drive to it

that's gonna be everything bussed together

the main thing on how to Change Everything

and I'll start playing everything together

the main thing is we're gonna switch

through the different studio modes here

and you can play with the drive

listen to everything together

how much it's gonna change

now when you guys are doing this

you want to make sure you're going back and forth

with your levels

also in the mixing console down below because

when you're going through different desk modes here

you are gonna feel the sound come a little bit hotter

in spots you know

it's gonna change suddenly

or in other words

being over driven

so make sure you're paying attention to

if you're pushing the sound too far

and you guys can see

as I'm mixing through the bottom here

the individual channels

for each individual sound

the actual plugin will change

if I select a different one here

it changes it to the spike mode

for that individual channel

so if I open up another one here

and this is the clap same thing

so if now if I go to the Nevo

it's going to change everything for me

so the cool thing is

if you have them linked like we did on number one

it changes it for you

per what you're selecting on the bus

and we're getting a little bit of muddiness

out of that kick

so let's check that out

in other words just a little bit too over driven there

and like I said we could now link the kick

let's link the kick over to number

yeah 3 for example

the kick is going to come in here

so I now can put the kick drum

through a different style desk

so listen to the main thing I want to really point out

and now this is a subtle detail

some of you guys might be saying

well I'm not hearing a drastic change

that's not really the point

when you guys are working through these type of plugins

channel strip processors just in general

you're going to get like a 2 to 5% difference

is going to be that minimal difference

that's going to add kind of a flavor an overall sound

you know it's gonna help the sound in a minimal amount

but when you sit back and hear the difference

to me it's gonna be night and day

even though it's very very minimal

so listen specifically between the mic and the Nevo

on the high end

basically that crisp spot and the frequency

listen to the difference

so if I were to solo the hi hats

guys will hear the main difference

the mic emulation gives

in my opinion a little more on the mid low warmth range

which is super important for house tunes

and kind of dance genre in general you know

having that mic mode on gives more punch in my opinion

so when you guys are messing with us

always mess around with the drive a little bit

bring it back

because again each mode

is gonna give kind of an overdriven sound to it

so for my kind of flavor and what I'm making

I like that over driven sound

now you guys can see a moment ago

I checked off the noise section

each you guys will also notice side note

like the CLA compressors have that noise mode

generally speaking you want to switch that off

which you guys can see here on each one of them

you can switch off individually

that's up to you

if you want kind of that emulated noise from the desk

you know they have that option which is kind of unique

it's cool to have

I usually flip it off

just so it's kind of clean and clear

it has as much punch as possible

so very simple

to use you know

like as I said in the beginning of the video

if you guys grab them all at once

and link them over to a bus

as you guys can see I'm doing it on the output channel

again just because we have a simple layout here

not too much going on

everything's feeding through the stereo output

so we can just throw the bus on there

but generally speaking

if you're working in your main session

with a lot going on

just simply bus them over

you know to whatever it may be

you'll open up a new channel

and you'll put the bus compressor right on there

so that everything's being fed through that plugin

so that's basically what we did there

now just to AB this to me big difference

for me how I would describe it is

it is giving almost a glued effect in a way you know

listen to how the hi hats kind of detach from the mix

they're not really sucked into the mix enough

in clean and clear

and that's also making it just feel almost unmixed

you know not getting that nice warmth sound

that we want to the entire record

so for my opinion guys switch between these 2 modes

the spikes great too

but if you're doing something in this genre

these 2 modes here are great to use

depending on how much crisp you want there

in the high end

if you want a little bit more of a brighter excited mix

the Nivo might be more kind of a fit for you

but if you guys like that more rounded

kind of clean mid low range

the mic with a little more overdrive

is really the way to go in my opinion

alright guys

so that's it for today on the video

that's a little bit of a way to apply

a nice analog warmth to your entire sound

now try this in your main session

try it while you're mixing down

and maybe you're at your finishing stages of your track

and you kind of want to polish things off

and put them through kind of a desk like this

with this plug in

it's so useful to have for us

so if you guys are new to this

please try it out

as you guys can see

we got a little bit of a night and day difference

with the on and off through these different modes

very easy to use guys

definitely try it out

as always please let us know if you have any questions

and we'll catch you guys at the next video