Mixing with The WOW Thing

As a challenge, I’ve been remixing songs using just one of our plug-ins. This week I remixed with the WOW.

The video is a bit long, because I explain a lot and have too much fun, but the  video is chapter marked and I wrote some quick takeaways below.

Key Takeaways

• The WOW Thing adds a lot of brightness and clarity. Plan accordingly.
• The more you crank up WOW, the more stereo-recorded tracks or submixed things will gain ambiance and reverb. More WOW = More Wet.
• Plan your bottom end a bit. TrueBass has a bunch of different low and low mid frequencies to pick from, so spread things out down there. Don’t add TrueBass to the drums and the bass and guitars and keyboards all at the same frequency. Layer things down there. Like lasagna.
• Don’t ignore the potential for saturation. Overload the WOW Thing (or really any of our plug-ins) and you’ll get saturation. Saturation will add subtle compression and some high harmonics to help a track to stand out without using a compressor or an EQ.