Here are my notes from Dan Worrall tutorials.

Dither video

Rule 1: Use 16 bit dither when creating a 16 bit file
Rule 2: Always use dither when creating a 24 bit file
Safebet: encode wav at 16 bit with dither, and then encode mp3

Drum loudness

Levels:

Mute everything but the drums, and set level to -23 LUFS-S (average signal level).
Dialup the speaker to hear it loud.
Unmute the other elements, starts at 0 and dialup until it feels right.
Tweak with EQ/Compressor, but don’t touch the anchor level.

Dynamics:

Setup bus group and slap compressor.
Use high ratio until something nice happen, then dial down.
Use saturation and distortion.

Methods, iterate, each settings depends on the others:

- start with the volume faders
- attack the biggest problem next
- work quickly, get to step3 as soon as possible

ReaComp

Threshold -30db
RMS size to 0
Attack < 100ms : 3 ms
Release > 30 ~ 50ms < 300ms : 70 ms
Knee ~ 2db (no weird knee) : 2.1 dB

Chain two, first one in Feedback mode (and infinit ratio). Link threshold. Adjust make-up gain on the second one

Emphasis and de emphasis EQ

Duplicate a track, reverse phase, observe the sound is canceled.
Add ReaEQ and observe the sound is still canceled.
Add another ReaEQ, set gain on the first one, and oposite loss on the second one, observe the sound is still canceled.
Insert an effect in between.

Select parameter modulation for EQ frequency, use Link from parameter, and pick the freq of the other EQ. Try with Slick EQ, and confirm with the null test.