Tony Maserati on the B72 Bass Phattener: “The B72 actually has two distinct starting places. I’ve worked on a large variety of music for my artists, and there’s never just one sound or one preset. Try the ‘DI’ setting on your electric or acoustic bass and you’ll see how you can enhance the roundness, while keeping it lively throughout the song. The ‘Synth’ setting opens up a different door, with thickness, stereo spread, and harmonic flavor. It’ll fill the speakers like an old Prophet.”
Tony Maserati on the DRM Drum Slammer: “The DRM was designed to help the excitement of percussive transients get heard through mixes which are thick with instrumentation and vocals. Whether on programmed or live drums, DRM is a great starting point for your mix.”
Tony Maserati on the GRP Group Processor: “The Maserati GRP plugin is meant to help that final blend jump out a bit. It’s got a nice bit of equalization involved but no effects, no shredders, none of that kind of thing. In fact, the compression that I’m using in the network there is very, very subtle, because generally I don’t do major compression over my groups. It’s meant to add a nice sheen on a great blend of background vocals or compress a drum kit together, make it really feel like it’s got some nice air to it.”
Tony Maserati on the GTi Guitar Toner: “The GTi was created with all the different guitar players I’ve admired in mind. I tried to find settings that would be a starting place for getting their sound, from the ‘Clean’ in-your-face sound of, say, Elliott Smith to the wide chorus-y spread of The Police’s Andy Summers using the ‘Clean Chorus’ setting. On the ‘Heavy’ setting, a bit of level and EQ help your already crunched guitar sound scream through any thick instrumentation you’ve got. ‘Thick Rhythm’ lets you to subtly or substantially make your rhythm guitar sound livelier; it also works great on Wurlis and Horns. The ‘Soft Flange’ setting is just that; it adds interesting and subtly audible filtering to legato notes or sustained electric guitars. My intention was to make these effects usable in a wide variety of applications. The wild and crazy FX are out there; you already got ‘em if you need ‘em!”
Tony Maserati on the HMX Harmonics Generator: “In ‘Modal’ mode, the HMX will make your piano wide, with just the right amount of chorus effect, to give it life on a vocal demo, or raise your Wurlitzer’s presence, for some ethereal magic. ‘Bounce’ mode will add a bit of reverb and delay, to create energy and movement for a sensitive ballad or live-ness to a funky full-band setting.”
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