I personally think that this reduction of dynamic range is the missing piece that many people are looking for when they can’t get their 808s to sit right in their Pop songs. This device lets Pensado morph the decaying type of 808 you may find in a Hip-Hop track into a Pop-oriented 808 that sustains much longer. The 808’s broad dynamic range is addressed with the JSP Finality Advanced Limiter. This form of top-down processing is something you don’t always see, but it’s a clever technique none-the-less. It seems as though he may have inserted FilterBank into his signal flow after he’d already low-passed it. When he applies the UAD Cambridge EQ and uses it as a low pass filter, the sound starts to take form. The interesting thing about this is that it doesn’t sound terrific not until Pensado adds the next device. Pensado starts off by applying McDSP’s FilterBank to cut some of the frequency content below 100 Hz. He lets us hear for ourselves how each device he adds to his processing chain is affecting the 808.
Pensado takes us through his workflow without saying very much except for a couple comical punchlines. He starts off with a real dirty 808, like the kind you might find in 808 Warfare. Dave Pensado showcases some great plugins this week on Into The Lair that he uses to control an 808 to fit within a Pop song.
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