In my limited experience with RT's now that I have the software in my happy hands, they need a little help come mixing time. My chain in RB is eq, compression, and another eq if needed after compression. IMO, eq absolutely must be first in line when using RT's. Most all bass tracks I've used thus far seem to be pretty thick in the 400's and need to be at least notched somewhere in there, with the Q just wide enough not to do too much damage, but clear things up. A little boost around 2k or so helps bring out some clarity for the bass tracks as well. The RT drums all seem to have some pretty substantial rumble in the lower range and they also need to be notched, very carefully, to reduce this rumble. Too much and the kick drum goes to pot, which is exactly where this rumble is coming from, I believe. These two instruments are also helped by cutting everything out below 35hz, imo. All this helps the next processor in line- the compressor. And if compression loses me a little something, I'll eq a bit more, post compression. Verb and delay go to an aux. I use mostly Waves plugs in the chain. The problem I'm having in RB is that there is a delay when tweaking plugin settings. I'd like to cure that, for sure. But thankfully RB has plugin mode, so I can dump everything over to Reaper and really mix. It seems that for me, RB will fill the roll of all RT assembly and then once done, dump out to Reaper- a much more full featured DAW for mixing. Kudos to PG for including plugin mode. That's an open door to the world and it's no small thing we have it.

Btw- this chain usually does well for vocals too, but whatever order gets you your sound, than that's the order that worked!

Dan

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