AIDE AUDIO official blog featuring sound design tips and the latest updates.
OPTO, FET and VCA compressors differ in how their gain-control element moves. What each one sounds like, which to use on vocals, bass, drums, buses and acoustic guitar, how attack and release behave, and where saturation after the compressor fits.
Getting started with VS-2 Versa Synth, a free synth that turns a text description into a patch: choosing an engine, GENERATE vs REFINE, writing prompts, 16-part multitimbral setup and per-part effects.
The difference between dBFS and dBu, proper plugin input levels and headroom, LUFS (integrated / short-term), True Peak, and how streaming loudness normalization works.
How saturation generates harmonics, and the specific tape phenomena (tape compression, head bump, high-end rolloff, and wow & flutter) that give tape its character.
Why kick and bass clash in the same low range, causing mud, masking, and lost punch, and how to separate them with EQ carving, sidechain compression, sidechain EQ, and mono-summing.
How octave-down processing actually works (three methods compared), a practical workflow for adding sub bass to a recorded bass part, and how to push it into synth-bass territory with saturation and bus compression.
Learn what causes background noise in every recording and why EQ alone can't remove it, then get practical noise reduction settings for home-recorded vocals, acoustic guitar, drum samples, and streaming/podcast audio.
A breakdown of the six core compressor parameters (Threshold/Ratio/Attack/Release/Knee/Makeup), plus a simple bass setup and how to use a compressor with a learning function.