FathomFive
TL;DW:
Build this bass-enhancer into an aux on your mix to generate controllable tape-like fullness and bass depth.
This is a first for Airwindows VST: FathomFive introduces a special Airwindows algorithm that acts like a combination between an EQ and a bass amp. This plugin can be used in sound design or on isolated tracks, but it’s also part of an Airwindows DAW workflow I outline in the video I’ve made. The idea is this: rather than blur and damage your sound by running through lots of ‘fake analog’ effects on your buss to impart deepness and analog-like tone, use the Airwindows plugins Console4 and FathomFive to get a big-sounding mix while letting most mix elements through with minimal processing. You can run the ‘bass bloom’ behavior on an aux, and feed it with only the elements you want, and then integrate it into the sound with Console4 which both works the way Console wants to be used, and addresses limitations that Console has when used all by itself.
It’s all in the rather long video, and of course you can simply download and use the plugin if you prefer making up your own rules. There are no rules, I’m only explaining one very specific use case where FathomFive works symbiotically with Console.
Hope you like it!
Hi Chris
Speak with somebody like Chistian Budde or RS Met, might be able to help you with the “vst’s storing presets within projects” problem.. Good luck.
Hello Chris,
I have just tried Fathom Five and it`s awesome. It is killer on 808s and subs. Thank you. It went to my channel strip for 808. You did a great job, thank you.
Fathom five is great Chris thanks.
….i meant to say thanks for the tip of using it as an auxiliary. It really does create tape like fullness to the mix.
What an awesome tip !
I recently tried to use FathomFive to mimic the bass sub from a guitar input, and sometimes the output of FathomFive would have weird phasing issues when the SubOctave slider is up. The result is that the generated sub would become stereo only and completely out of phase. Since this is not open sourced yet, what could be the factor that triggered this action? Because it was perfectly fine when I was recording, and suddenly becoming like this soon after I finished recording the “bass” track.
Brilliant bass booster, Sir Chris of Airwindows!!
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hello Chris, is there any tool in your treasure box that can do the trick that waves LowAir does? which can add a bit of bass for female vocals although it’s probably not the main purpose of this plugin