Summary

In this chapter, you learned how to make your sounds feel large and trick your ears into thinking your digital instruments were played in actual physical environments. This will make your sounds feel natural and more enjoyable to listen to.

We discussed stereo width and the effects you can use to make your sounds feel larger. We explored tools used to manipulate stereo width, including panning, digital reverb, convolution reverb, delay effects, chorus effects, flangers, and phasers. We also discussed distortion effects. Finally, we discussed how to use mix buses to combine your instruments to make them more cohesive and appear related to one another.

In the next chapter, we’ll jump into recording live audio and the vocal processing best practices.