Parallel Filters, God Tier: The Delta Channel

In which I show you another reason Reaper is better than your DAW for mixing. I know, you don't want to hear it. Probably better to skip this one entirely to be honest...

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[eqwerewrqwerqre]

You are literally a wizard. With every single other youtuber, i watch their videos, maybe get a cool ideas, but walk away having experienced some easy listening little idea thing. But THESE VIDEOS MAN. There comes a point in every single video where i have to squint my eyes and go, "what the fuck did he just do? " and then logically and slowly work my way through the steps to understand the chain of transformations taking place. It's like a college lecture or something. But BUT when I'm done and i understand it, it isn't like i walk away with some new idea to mix or something. That eye watering process of concentration and listening fundamentally changes my perspective and adds to my whole understanding.

It's not like i walk away knowing how to make a cool thing with my toolbox. It's like i learned an incantation to unlock a secret drawer and found an entirely new tool, that upon contact, slightly morphs into my hand in a way that changes how i look at and use all other tools.

Alright maybe the analogy got a little strained but you get the point. You are the #1 audio engineer mentor for an entire generation of students, young and old. This isn't a trick, this is wisdom. God bless you i hope i can make something so insightful some day

[nobodynoone]

"If you love it then you gotta put a filter on it."

[KenjiStandlee]

This is one of those videos that I know going in I'll need to watch at least twice to really understand. But it's so rewarding!! Thanks so much for putting this together and sharing what you've learned.

[super.kebab]

these videos are soo humbling, frustrating and damn relieving at the same time, like you're teaching actual magical tricks that involve so few simple tweaks that it makes me wonder if I'm actually dumb
just when I felt I was about to get in the no progress zone in my mixing skills, you just come in and say "not under my watch" and BAM here's black magic for you, enjoy
please never stop this

[IDDQDSound]

That last trick was awesome. I think in the past few vids a lot of people are asking how these filters are different from regular EQs. It just comes down to convenience for me. If I can move a fader to brighten up my mix instead of having to visit 3 EQs on 3 different tracks, or if I can balance my low end using one fader, that’s just way faster than the classic approach.

[petrasbalsys]

Amazing as always!!

An idea for fellow Ableton users :
Create a new audio track, set it to "Sends Only", route whichever instrument you want to have an inverted polarity send, add a Utility device, flip the polarity on both L and R, and then use this to feed the parallel filter return bus!!

Was able to follow along with the video no problem, of course it's a little bit more tedious than on Reaper, but whatever!

[rootscape]

Hello everyone. Dan, thank you for your awesome videos. I'm Studio One user and I definitely have this worked in my DAW.
1) Send your Synth to Return (FX) channel
2) Send your guitar to Bus, flip the phase of this Bus, turn fader down, and make pre-fader send to Return(FX) channel.
3)Enjoy, or do the macros for shortcut.

[bassplayingchris]

The parallel filter series has been awesome! We're happy to hold your gin & tonic any time.

[lisofm]

my god, what an amazing tip. I really like the idea of construction the channels in a way that the balancing of the mix consists of less and less steps over time. The most common example would be to level multiple percussions relative to eachother, and grouping them for volume control over all of them. This tip takes the concept to a whole new level. I will definitely experiment with this!

[MichaelTNewell]

I figured out a method for Ableton which I feel is relatively simple.

1. Create Delta send channel (pre-fader). Add desired filters. Send anything that isn't being inverted to this channel (e.g. snare for 500Hz bandpass boost).
2. Create second "Inversion" send (pre-fader). Add utility and invert polarity on left and right channels.
3. Set fader on the Inversion channel to -inf (or sends only). Enable send to the delta and set to 0db.
4. Send anything you wish to notch/cut to the inversion channel. It will then be inverted and sent to the delta channel.

Hope this helps out.

[gmula]

Dude! I got here after watching your analog summing video and subscribing. Now I'm 3 minutes into this one and I'm thinking I just found my favorite new channel. This is brain candy of the best type. Thank you for existing!

[chrisfinster]

Best mix tip on the internet right here. You're a gem Worrall.

[milztempelrowski]

This became my favorite production-channel.
1) A soothing voice for doing naps (eeeh... I meant taking notes! That's it. Yes. Notes & learning all day, Sir.)
2) A little self-irony to get through the more theoretical sections.
3) And most important of all: no "Wow! Do you hear that difference?" when there is absolutely zero difference. (thanks for telling us about the Null-Test)

Keep up the great work!

[BodyOfPlayMusic]

The gating idea has so much potential!!

[songsbyjayy]

This is some next-level stuff... cheers Dan for sharing

[SoloElROY]

Dan you are an incredible engineer...
I come from this geeky/audio-bender way of mixing because it feels amazing to pinpoint the problem, link knowledge together to find a way and solve it.
Lately I've been experimenting with mixing with composition and layered/change of instruments: if the chorus feels too bloated remove an instrument, a layer (of a certain freq.) or change the phrase... if the bass enters maybe change of kick drum or drum pattern, etc.
I've found that this usually leads to compositions that I've never thought I can come with and the amount mixing "tricks" are less cause it was kinda mixed by the song itself...
Of course these techniques are not of one or another, in fact I think can work together amazing.
Anyway thanks for the videos and sharing your knowledge!

[mtbsieppo]

How cool, it never crossed my mind that you can make a dynamic eq with stock plug ins this easily! Super useful!

[ChaceBonanno]

Wow using the same aux and an inverted polarity send is genius. Never thought to do anything like that. All about working smarter!

[lordgraga]

This is the best an most amazing stuff. Mind expanding and applicable at the same time. It's dead easy to make kicks and snares punch through now, and I don't even have to set up side chain compression or anything. Hats off.

[habsi]

A huge thank you for your videos! While they are far above my skillgrade, they inspire me and, what is more important, teach me to hear better.
What a treasure!