Sound Engineering and Music Production blog #21

Hello Steemians! Let's talk about the OneKnob series from waves.
The OneKnob series really comes in handy when you're mixing on the go. They are easy to use and yield decent results.
As the name suggests they have only One knob which does all. This series has different plugins for different purposes. Let's have a look at each of them.

1. OneKnob Pumper:
   
   This is my favourite plugin from this series. It creates a pumping effect, in other words, it's basically very similar to sidechaining. It saves you the efforts of manual routing unlike that of sidechain compressor. You can set the rate at which you want the ducking effect. The big knob lets you set the intensity of the 'pumping effect'. The Offset menu lets you set the start phase of the LFO between -180 and +180 degrees. Basically, the LFO, in this case, is synchronized automatic triggering mechanism that makes the pumping effect happen.
   
   
2. OneKnob Brighter:
   
   The treble booster plugin. It adds shine to your mix by boosting the high mids cleverly so that they cut through better in your mix. The knob is the booster.
   
   
3. OneKnob Driver:
   
   Put it on any element you like(guitars, vocals etc.), set the knob according to your taste, get the desired overdrive effect and you're good to go.
   
   
4. OneKnob Filter:
   
   It's a sweep filter. Being an EDM producer, I find this thing quite helpful. Like, I can put this on my groove bus and automate it during rider to get that sweeping effect where you hear only lows in the beginning and then the filter opens and BOOM-the drop! Also, OneKnob Filter’s Resonance button lets you specify how much resonance is applied at the filter’s cutoff, from no resonance to an extreme “whistling”.
   
   
5. OneKnob Louder:
   
   It can make your audio by up to 24dB, Using a combination of peak limiting and low-level compression with automatic makeup.
   
   
6. OneKnob Phatter:
   
   It can make your sound 'fat'. It adds more weight and low body to your sound. Hence it is ideal for kick drums, synth bass or bass guitar.
   
   
7. OneKnob Pressure:
   
   It can give you effects from light-parallel styled compression to heavy squashed signal. It's ideal to be used on percussive elements or drum busses.
   
   
8. OneKnob Wetter:
   
   In simple words, it's a reverb plugin. Use this on any track from vocals to drums ro anything you wish to add instant depth and dimension to your mix.

Alright, that's something about the OneKnob plugin series by Waves. Comment your views, share your knowledge, upvote if you like it and do not forget to check out my other blogs as well. Also, suggest me any topics you wish to know about in particular.

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