UNDERSTAND THE ENVELOPE

One of the most misunderstood features of the Auto Filter is the Envelope section. I’m gonna show you a couple of fun things to do with it, but first you’ve gotta know how it works. The Envelope section is used to detect the volume of the incoming signal and use it to control the filter’s […]

SHAKEY VARIATIONS

So, the main reason I took the time to explain how the Auto Filter’s envelope section works was so I could move into talking about the Auto Filter’s sidechain capabilities as I did yesterday. If you’re new to this, the important thing to understand is that the sidechain section of the Auto Filter works with […]

THE OTHER KICK-BASS SIDECHAIN

Every now and then, I get nice results from sidechaining the bassline to the kick drum using a high pass filter instead of a compressor. There are other ways to get this same sort of thing done, but this approach can yield a really interesting sound. What’s nifty about this approach is that you’re filtering […]