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Let’s solo out this synth and take a listen. Next, I’m going to use Little Plate on a synthesizer track, not only to alter the space in which the synthesizer sits, but also the tone of it. Had I not seen this, I might not have gotten the inspiration to experiment with the decay time, and this technique would not have come about, so great job on the design, SoundToys, as usual. I have probably half a dozen great plate emulation plugins, but this is the first one that I’ve seen that has this giant knob sitting in the middle. I might do something like volume automate down Little Plate, just because I don’t want all of that space taken up, but it just adds some ear candy. I think it’s just a cool little production technique. The fact that it’s already a warm sounding plugin the second you load it really helps not make those esses sound too harsh, and so what I’ve done to fill in the space between when the backup vocals go away and when they come back, I’m using a long decay time. If you listen to the backup vocals, they do have some harshness and a lot of sibilance going on. So what I’ve done is just take advantage of the really nice, warm sounding decay of Little Plate. We’ve got a lead singer that’s being processed one way, and we have backup vocals that sound nothing at all alike. Sometimes, when you have a lead singer and backup vocals that are literally the same person, you’re going to have trouble making them sound like they’re in the correct space, because it’s all the same person. This adds an extra layer of performance to what was already a pretty cool sounding track. So I’ve switched back over to Read mode, and let’s solo these backup vocals and Little Plate to hear what I did, and you will also be able to see the performance on the user interface.
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Okay? And we’re going to go into Write mode, and I’m sort of just going to play with Little Plate like a little performance. What I’m going to do before I start messing around is make it so I can automate all of these features. Adds a very subtle chorus-y effect to the reverb, and then this big old knob here we can go between half a second to literally infinity. In this case, I’m going to keep it all the way wet. Some of the features - we have a dry/wet mix, which is always great. Just stock, immediately inserted, it sounds good, and that’s always a good sign. Let’s have a listen to the vocals out of context with Little Plate. I think this is great design, and I will talk about why. The first thing I noticed about the user interface is that we have a big fat knob sitting in the middle of it. We have some processing on this aux, and then this is sent to a Little Plate auxiliary track. So let’s use Little Plate to fix that.Īs we see, I’ve got these four backup vocal tracks being hard sent to this aux. So to reiterate, I’m happy with the tone of the vocals, I’m just not happy with the space in which they sit. So let’s listen without Little Plate on the backup vocals. I like the tone of the backup vocals, but they’re just not sitting in the right space, so my hope is that I can use Little Plate to accomplish some unique things.
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And then we’re going to hear these backup vocals that sound really close to the listener. What we’re going to hear is a lead vocal that’s already been processed with a delay via EchoBoy and some saturation via Decapitator, and I like where it’s sitting in the mix. It’s heavily influenced by the 1980’s with a lot of synthesizers.
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So let’s dig a little bit deeper, take a look at this Pro Tools session, and I will show you how I’m using Little Plate in the mix. I’m still mixing it, so it’s not yet released, but keep an eye out for it. The track I’m using is called “Miss Polyester” by the band, Pushing Static. As is tradition at SoundToys, they love creating tools that can help you push sonic boundaries, and we see this reflected in several of the plugin’s features, and I’ll be covering them. It’s called “Little Plate,” and it’s an emulation of the classic EMT 140 plate reverb unit. Hi, I’m Ian Vargo of The Pro Audio Files and.