How to Make Your Mix Warm & Deep Sounding with Analog-Style Plugins

Sep 17, 2024 | 11,972 Views

Ever feel like your mixes sound a bit thin and lifeless? Broaden the character of any mix and add depth with many flavors old-school analog audio processing has to offer.

In this video, Jerry’s shows you how to blend rich and warm sounding vibes into a mix using a range of analog-style plugins from Waves. Want to bring extra depth, weight, and character to your tracks? Jerry’s got you covered!

Learn how to drive drums, bass, vocals and even an entire mix through plugins that provide authentic classic analog tubes, tape, and transformer sounds and hear how each breathe extra life and richness across a mix.

If you are looking to instill a greater sense of character in your music with some easy to apply analog magic, this tutorial is well worth checking out.

Video Chapters:

0:00: Drum Bus Example
0:10: Introduction: Why you may need analog warmth
1:13: Adding warmer tones to Drums
4:35: Adding analog saturation to Vocals
6:53: Adding extra weight to Bass instruments
9:19: Running a full instrumental mix through tape emulation
12:10: Sign-off

Check out Waves Creative Access Ultimate to get instant access to the plugins featured in this video along with every plugin Waves has to offer.

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