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10 time-tastic tips
01 PITCH-SHIFTING / THICKENING
Subtle pitch manipulation when blended with your original dry signal is a great way to thicken sounds. There are various plugins you can use for this, including TimeShaper 3. Load a straight-line Pitch preset, switch the LFO length to quarter note and set the Time Range to 20ms. With the wet/dry mix on 100%, adjust the slope of the LFO to get the desired pitch offset and then blend back in the original audio to taste using the wet/dry mix.
02 SUDDEN TAPE STOP
We looked at how you can use a tailored plugin to create tape speed-up and slow-down effects. From a production perspective, one of the most common usages is the sudden tape stop, which works as an excellent way to introduce a drop section or break in the track. Try sub-grouping multiple track elements and apply the effect across all of them. And if you’re looking for a mainstream track example, check out I Gotta Feeling by the Black Eyed Peas.