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Soothe 2 Sidechain

10 min English

Reid Stefan teaches you how to sidechain mix in Pro Tools with Soothe 2 by OEK Sound. This Plugins is a unique multiband compression plugin that can automatically detect and remove harsh frequencies. Reid shows how to mix lead vocals, sidechain compression, kick, and bass all with Soothe 2

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SOOTHE 2 SIDECHAIN
Reid Stefan

Soothe 2 Sidechain

10 min

Reid Stefan teaches you how to sidechain mix in Pro Tools with Soothe 2 by OEK Sound. This Plugins is a unique multiband compression plugin that can automatically detect and remove harsh frequencies. Reid shows how to mix lead vocals, sidechain compression, kick, and bass all with Soothe 2

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Reid Stefan

The Realest Puppet In The Game is one of the top educators of modern music making with production, songwriting, mixing, and engineering credits including Suicide Boyz, Travis Barker, Steve Aoki, Alan Walker, KSHMR, & more! Reid Stefan tutorials are amongst the most popular on YouTube and Instagram and now you can enjoy full length Reid Stefan mixing videos exclusively on MyMixLab

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