Dylan Droll

How to Keep Vocals Clear with Reverb, Using Atlas Reverb's Built-In Ducker

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A lush, wide reverb on…

The Atlas Reverb Ducker: The Feature That Changes How I Mix Vocal Space

Every reverb plugin promises depth. Almost none of them solve the actual problem depth creates: reverb that sounds huge in a solo bus and buries the vocal…

Waves Atlas Reverb Review 2026: My Honest Take on Waves Audio New Algorithmic Reverb

Waves just dropped a new reverb plugin called Atlas, and I spent the release day inside it before writing a word of this. Here's what it…

Waves Magma StressBox vs Soundtoys Decapitator 2026

If your vocals are disappearing into the beat, saturation is usually the answer. Not heavy distortion. Not compression. A controlled layer of harmonic content that gives the vocal enough edge to cut through…

Waves Curves Equator vs Soothe 2 (And What Just Changed With Soothe 3)

If you have been mixing with Soothe 2 for any length of time you already know what it does well — and you have probably also noticed…

The Waves Vocal Chain I Use on Every Acoustic Rap Track

Acoustic rap is a weird space to mix vocals. You've got an acoustic guitar sitting in the same frequency range as your voice, intentional dynamic swings from quiet to…

Best Waves Plugins for Vocals in 2026

Best Waves Plugins for Vocals 2026

If you mix vocals — whether you are an independent artist recording yourself or an engineer working on client sessions — Waves has more vocal plugins than you will ever need. The problem is…