Analog Mixing

The Social Club features the Solid State Logic Sigma Delta recallable Super Analogue Summing rig. It allows for real world analog summing that helps glue your mixes together in a way that is not achievable with in-the-box mixing.

The Sigma has two stereo busses. On the A Buss of the Sigma rests the Chameleon Labs 7721 Stereo VCA Compressor. On the B Buss of the Sigma resides the Warm Audio VCA Compressor. Get the best of both worlds with Solid State Logic’s legendary summing and that classic VCA buss compression that glues tracks together to give you that “finished record” sound. It’s truly a match made in analog heaven.

Analog Mastering

The final step in the post production process is Mastering. Adding the final polish to a song and bringing it up to an adequate volume level, without sucking the dynamics and life out of the song, is an art form.

For full analog mastering I use the Solid State Logic Sigma as my console and capture the analog signal back in with the Dangerous Convert-AD+. The Dangerous Music convertor allows me to really extract a higher volume out of the analog realm. For analog compression I have Chameleon Labs 7721 and Warm Audio VCA Bus Compressor. For digital mastering I use the legendary Weiss DS-1 MK3 or Fabfilter L2 for limiting.

Hardware

Hardware includes: Solid State Logic Sigma Delta, Dangerous Music Convert-AD+, Antelope Audio Orion 32+, Chameleon Labs 7721 VCA Stereo Compressor, Warm Audio VCA Bus Compressor, Solid State Logic 2+, Roland DEP-5, Yamaha Motif 8, Maschine Studio, Solid State Logic UC1, Softube Console 1, Universal Audio Quad, Amphion Amp100, Yamaha NS-10M (pair), Amphion Amp500, Amphion One18 (pair), Dynaudio BM9S Subwoofer (paired with Amphion), Klipsch Reference 12inch Subwoofer (paired with NS-10M), TC Electronic Clarity M 5.1, and more.

Software

Software includes: Steinberg Cubase Pro 12, Wavelab Pro 9.5, Logic Pro, Avid ProTools, Native Instruments Maschine 2, and more plug-ins than you can shake a stick at. Solid State Logic Channel Strip v2 & Bus Compressor v2, Valve Compressor, X-Verb,  Solid State Logic Native Channel Strip and Buss Compressor, Waves VST, Antelope FPGA, UAD DSP Plugins, Dangerous BAX EQ, Manley Massive Passive, Purple MC77, Chandler CurveBender, Chandler Zener Limiter, Baby Audio Smooth Operator, Valhalla Shimmer, TC Electronic 8821 Reverb, and more.