#42 Channel strip secrets
With tons of free and commercial plugins at our disposal, it’s easy to neglect the bread-and-butter processors that come with our DAWs. While these may not be as flashy as the big boys, there’s something to be said for understanding their basic operation.
What’s more, the power of simple signal processors will be exponentially increased once they’re stacked in series – by piecing together your own custom chain, one effect after the other, you’ll have modular-like control over every component in the signal path. For example, push a signal into a distortion plugin to enhance harmonic content and give a low-pass filter more to chew on, then whack a compressor at the end of the chain to suppress excessive level jumps due to
