FabFilter

16 mentions in 10 episodes.

Barry Cant Swim

20:57 · FabFilter plugin bundle · named · high confidence

“Everyone's like, you should get the FabFilter plugins. And I'm like, yeah, I'm gonna do it soon”

FabFilter is repeatedly recommended to him by peers but he hasn't switched yet because of the learning time involved.

Bob Vylan

54:59 · Saturn · named · high confidence

“FabFilter's Saturn 2 is also an amazing plugin. Both Saturns, yeah, the FabFilter stuff is amazing”

Johnny used FabFilter Saturn 2 among the saturation and compression chain giving the re-recorded break a dirty vinyl breakbeat feel.

1:34:58 · Pro-Q · named · high confidence

“It's just FabFilter Pro-Q, just kind of cut the low end out, and then Pro-Q again to boost some of the mid and higher frequencies”

Bobby's saved 'GDP Main Vocal' chain starts and ends with FabFilter Pro-Q for low-cut and mid/high boosts.

Danny L Harle

21:20 · Pro-R · named · high confidence

“Now we've got Pro-R 2 here, which is my absolute favourite, and I honestly think this reverb is like one of the secrets”

Calls FabFilter Pro-R 2 one of the secrets of his sound, praising its per-frequency decay control and chorus character on the lead synth.

1:29:45 · Pro-R · named · high confidence

“for this album, Plasmonic, Razor and Pro-R 2”

Names Pro-R 2 in his top plugins for the album alongside Plasmonic and Razor.

1:29:54 · Pro-Q · named · high confidence

“I'll tell you what the best plugin of all time is, FabFilter Pro-Q 4. It's extraordinary, the capabilities from what is ostensibly an EQ”

Extended demo of Pro-Q 4: piano-note frequency targeting, spectral dynamic EQ, multiband compression and mid/side EQ for carving space.

Djo

55:14 · Saturn · named · high confidence

“Yeah, a lot of Saturn on this record.”

FabFilter Saturn saturation is used heavily across the album, including the piano chain.

Four Tet

44:06 · Pro-L · named · high confidence

“This has just got like the FabFilter Pro-L 2, and it's got an Ozone Maximizer, just like a couple of limiters to get the level I'm looking for”

Masters his own tracks with FabFilter Pro-L 2 as the first of two limiters on the master bus.

Jeff Goldblum

1:06:23 · Pro-Q · named · high confidence

“As far as plugins, FabFilter Q4 — it used to be Q3 — that's really useful.”

Scott Gilman singles out FabFilter Pro-Q (now version 4, previously 3) as his most useful plugin on the record.

Lorde

1:36:48 · Pro-Q · named · high confidence

“just using Pro-Q, just finding... cranking whatever frequency this is, 390, which is G4 on the keyboard”

Pro-Q was used to resonate a recorded LA rainstorm into a tuned drone note for Shapeshifter.

Pomplamoose

28:54 · Saturn · named · high confidence

“There's some harmonics processing with a filter called Saturn that I really like”

Saturn used for harmonic distortion on the live drums.

33:01 · Saturn · named · high confidence

“there's also more harmonics processing. So this is Saturn again on those vocals”

Saturn reused for harmonic saturation on the hard-panned doubled chorus vocals.

45:00 · Saturn · named · high confidence

“there's this smudge filter on the FabFilter Saturn 2 plugin, and the smudge kind of elongates the sound, including the clicks”

Saturn 2's smudge control used to elongate and grain-up the Hammond organ solo's key clicks.

RDS

11:11 · Saturn · named · high confidence

“but also soft synths like Saturn is something we were using a lot”

FabFilter Saturn was a go-to plugin for distorting harmonics and getting character into sounds on Inhale Exhale.

The Favours

12:08 · Pro-Q · named · high confidence

“There's Valhalla Room, Pro-Q 4”

FabFilter Pro-Q 4 is used for EQ on the CP-80 bus.

25:14 · Pro-Q · named · high confidence

“There's a lot of like Pro-Q, you know, a little bit of clipping. Compression.”

FabFilter Pro-Q was part of the low-latency processing printed on the drums as they were recorded.