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D-OTT 3 Band Grid Compressor - Expander

Tutorial | Jul 17, 2024

I just watched a video where Dave Lindenbank created a compressor inside of the grid, and I took his patch and created my own preset called DOTT (Dave OTT) - a three-band compressor expander. It's completely free to download and it includes band splitters, compressors, expanders, threshold and gain controls, VU meters, and EQ and saturation options. It's a powerful tool for squeezing the signal and I hope you enjoy experimenting with it.

In this video, Dave Linnenbank demonstrates how to create a simple compressor in Bitwig's Grid. After watching his tutorial, I created my own preset called D-OTT, a multi-band compressor/expander, and in this video, I showcase its features and functionality.

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Questions & Answers

Maybe you dont watch the video, here are some important takeaways:

What is the main purpose of the video?

The main purpose of the video is to showcase a preset called DOTT (Dave over the top), which is a multi-band compressor expander. The video demonstrates how the preset sounds and how it works, emphasizing that it is completely free to download.

What are the key features of the preset?

The preset includes a band splitter using the Crossover 3 module, splitting the signal into three bands. Each band has a compressor and an expander, with separate controls for threshold and gain. There are also VU meters for gain reduction visualization, and additional features like wet gain learn and a sculpt EQ.

How does the preset affect the sound?

The preset can be used to compress and expand the signal, reducing or catching peaks, and giving the option to expand or squeeze the signal. It also includes a sculpt EQ for added boost and a tube compression effect for warmth. The video demonstrates how the preset can be applied to an addictive drums preset.

How can viewers engage with the preset?

The preset is available for free download in the video's description. Viewers can use the preset as is or tweak it to their liking. The video encourages viewers to share their own presets or provide feedback and ideas for improvement. The video also invites viewers to like, subscribe, and comment on the video.

Transcription

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[00:00:00] Hey folks, I just finished watching this video here of Dave Linnenbank creating some kind
[00:00:06] of compressor inside of the grid.
[00:00:09] And I tried to take his patch here and bring it up to the next level or maybe to a different
[00:00:14] level and I created a preset here called D-OTT, Dave OTT, Dave over the top.
[00:00:22] It's a multi-band or three-band compressor expander and I want to show you how it sounds
[00:00:30] and how it works.
[00:00:31] And the preset is of course completely free.
[00:00:34] You can download it also in the description below.
[00:00:37] So this is how it looks like.
[00:00:38] We have here a band splitter, the new Crossover 3 module, splits it up into three bands.
[00:00:44] We have also here a splitter at 88.3 Hertz and 2.5 kilohertz which are exactly the splitting
[00:00:53] frequencies of the OTT preset or OTT VST.
[00:00:58] And then each band has here a compressor at the top and an expander.
[00:01:03] And we have different controls for threshold here and for the expander threshold.
[00:01:10] And then output gain here and make up for each channel.
[00:01:15] There are some VU meters here for the gain reduction so you can see what's going on.
[00:01:20] I want to show you how it sounds here.
[00:01:22] Let me put this in here.
[00:01:24] I'm just using here an addictive drums preset.
[00:01:30] Sounds like this.
[00:01:36] And then I bring this D-OTT in here.
[00:01:42] Bring down the threshold to reduce the peaks.
[00:01:49] So it's a compressor now, right?
[00:01:56] So we can use here also the wet gain learn.
[00:02:12] So inside here you can see the gain reduction on each band.
[00:02:20] And these remote controls here are mapped to all controls on each band.
[00:02:26] So if you want to dial in different settings for thresholds you need to go into the grid
[00:02:32] and use these knobs here, right?
[00:02:34] So at the moment this is basically a global threshold.
[00:02:41] So here the global threshold more or less reduces only or catches peaks on the mid
[00:02:50] and the low end here, not on the high end.
[00:02:53] So we can go in and just down here the threshold of this one.
[00:03:12] Something like this.
[00:03:13] Then we have a ratio setting here.
[00:03:20] It's very subtle.
[00:03:34] So it's very mid-rangey drum sound here at the moment.
[00:03:39] And then you can also increase here the low threshold to expand the signal.
[00:03:55] So this is very extreme, but you can do it if you want to.
[00:04:25] And then I've also here a sculpt EQ at the end.
[00:04:52] So the sculpt EQ here brings in a bit of boost at 60 Hz and 5 kHz.
[00:04:59] And there's also here the tube compression or tube saturation for a bit of coloring.
[00:05:09] So it has a bit of warmth to it, to the sound.
[00:05:13] It adds a bit of warmth to the sound.
[00:05:16] And yeah, you can just disable it here if you want to.
[00:05:19] I just created this here in a short period of time, so I just want to share it for free
[00:05:24] in the description below.
[00:05:26] You can also tweak it to your liking if you want to.
[00:05:28] It's also nice if you would just share your initial presets.
[00:05:34] Maybe you find some things that you want to change here to make it even better.
[00:05:41] I just want to give you this.
[00:05:43] I want to, I just want to put it out there basically so you can play around with it and
[00:05:47] have some fun and gain some knowledge or have some ideas around it.
[00:05:53] So it's a three band expander compressor and you can really squeeze the signal with this
[00:05:59] one here.
[00:06:01] And I think that's it for this video.
[00:06:03] Leave a like if you liked the video and leave a subscription if you want to.
[00:06:08] And also comment if you have some new ideas.
[00:06:11] Thanks for watching and I'll see you in the next video.
[00:06:13] Bye.