Depth
- Adds space and width
- Makes tracks feel wider and bigger
- Increases apparent stereo width
- Great for guitars, synth pads, vocals, drum kits, or whole mixes
Gater
- Intuitive gating effect for drums
- Removes unwanted bleed
- Increases drum “snap”
- Also great for cleaning up vocals, guitars, and acoustic instruments
Grit
- Adds tube warmth and saturation
- Helps a track stand out in a mix
- Adds life to dull, flat sounding tracks
- Try it on bass, vocals, and drum kits
Max
- Increases apparent overall loudness
- Compresses dynamic range
- Brings any track forward in the mix
- Good for smoothing vocals and acoustic instruments, or adding power to bass, drum kits, and synths.
Pulse
- Auto swelling/tremolo effect
- Adds saturation with increased intensity
- Slow and gentle to sharp and speedy
- Try automating for a rotary cabinet-style effect
Shaper
- Sculpts and chisels transients
- Turn to the right to enhance attack
- Turn to the left to enhance decay
- Built for drums, but works well on any transient-heavy source
Smoother
- Removes harshness while preserving presence
- Great for softening the “Sss” sound in vocals
- Gently smooths upper midrange
- Mellow out guitars, overheads, vocals and more
Space
- Adds reverb and ambience
- Simulates environments ranging from small room to large hall
- Can help tracks sit farther back in a mix
- Good on any track that sounds too dry or “in your face”