Craig, it is really very useful to me. I've spent a lot it'd time trying to solve this myself. It is simple and subtle. I think I'll be using it on a bass and kick bus rather than master but idk.

Presets are full of jems.

This one seems like kinda a pultec type of curve with the boost and attenuate.

Thank you for it.

Gonna give this a go - thanks Craig.
 
Experimented this weekend with a way to fatten vocals (because I am nasaly thin....)
 
1) So, I took an Anderton prescribed prepped vocal mono track (prepped = initial vol automation fix, Compressed, EQ, etc), and froze it.
 
2) Make two tracks with the frozen audio clip (mute the original track).  Pan as desired.
Create region effects (Melodyne) on both, and use the auto pitch, auto vibrato, and auto timing on each one, but do so sparingly, and more importantly, slightly different for each track.  Slip one ever so carefully to taste.....not too many millisecs.  The Melodyne adjustments provide variances in timing and freq which I like. 
 
I then create sends for both to a bus for other vocals effects (mainly reverb and slight delay).  Have a lot of fun with iZotopes DDlay, but unless the vocs are standing out the rev and dly can quickly muddy.
 
 
 

Hey Craig,
 
I just used your Week 132: Delay-Free Faux Stereo tip in my latest collab with our very own Mesh. It really brought his lead guitar to life and made the mix sound nice and wide. Great tip 

Week 133: Console Emulator Workflow Tip
 
I’ve been falling in love all over again with the Console Emulator. It started in the process of mixing the first songs for my next album. When I added the Console Emulator to every track and used quick grouping so I could bypass them, the sonic improvement was unmistakable and welcome.
 
But before doing that comparison, I found out that I hadn’t been too diligent about the Console Emulators. Many were turned on, some were turned off, some ProChannels didn’t have them, the settings weren’t always the same, and so on. So, this tip is about making it easy to do a “ProChannel Review” during the mixing process.
 
In Console view, there’s a show/hide ProChannel button above the FX Rack. Ctrl+click on this button in an unselected track to open all the ProChannels for all the mixer strips. (This is also very impressive to clients, and has been known to hypnotize cats.)
 

 
Once they’re all open, then you can use Quick Grouping to enable/bypass them all at once to hear the difference the Console Emulators. Note that Quick Grouping doesn’t always work as expected on the other controls; sometimes it takes a few tries.
 
Now you can just slide the Console View’s horizontal scroll bar from one end of the console to the other to make sure all the ProChannels are doing what you want. I place mine last in the chain (my ProChannels are often post-FX, too), and use different emulations depending on the music. The N-Type works for me for most material; the S-type is more subtle, and the A-type more aggressive so they have their uses as well, particularly for individual channels.
 
This may not seem like that innovative a tip...and it’s not. But the Console Emulator (which based on what I could measure, also emulates the transformer in a typical analog console) really does add something to the sound. This technique makes it a lot easier to verify that everything is as desired while you’re mixing. And if you haven't gotten into the Console Emulator...give it a try.
 

Anderton
I place mine last in the chain (my ProChannels are often post-FX, too), and use different emulations depending on the music.

Solid tip in my book, Craig (and literally in yours, eventually )
 
I'm glad you included the sentence I'm quoting because I was wondering if using an FX chain was the only way of controlling the order of things when using both the ProChannel and the FX rack. It prompted me to look it up in the documentation, where I found:
 
To route ProChannel pre-FX Rack or post-FX Rack
By default, the ProChannel signal is routed prior to the channel’s FX Rack (pre). To route ProChannel after the FX Rack (post), right-click any empty space in ProChannel and select Post-FX Rack on the pop-up menu.
 
For those interested in setting up an FX chain with ProChannel using the FX Chain module, here is the documentation on that:
 
https://www.cakewalk.com/...elp=ProChannel.10.html

Thanks Craig, another useful one.


I had not really considered too much the placement of the ProChannel and as you pointed out POST seems like the best option. Telecharge thanks also for your information on the subject. You can also click on the POST button below where it say ProChannel to switch between PRE/POST.
 
 

Anderton
... to open all the ProChannels for all the mixer strips. (This is also very impressive to clients, and has been known to hypnotize cats.)
 

 
Great tip again, Craig! I was just able to have my cat bring me a cold beer and some chicken wings!! :-)
 

Craig can do some tip on everbs, delays, compression and EQ?

fitzj
Craig can do some tip on everbs, delays, compression and EQ?

Sure, but can you be a little more specific? What is it you want to know?

"The N-Type works for me for most material; the S-type is more subtle, and the A-type more aggressive" C.A.
I don't know if this phrase just came out that way, or I missed out on this ages ago,
but it just solved how I can remember the emulators and how they differ!
 
N=Natural
S=Subtle
A=Agressive