EQ:
I usually do the following…
Sub - cut everything above the bottom end of the kick
Kick - cut everything below the top end of the sub, a few notch cuts and boosts if needed
Everything else - cut everything below 200 to give the sub and kick room
Other than that, it all depends on what the track needs.
I do mostly subtractive EQ. I might boost a few mids/high mids in synths.
I like to notch cut frequencies in certain sounds, and then give a slight boost in the same notch to others if it needs a little breathing room.
I haas effect percs & hats if they’re mono sometimes
It’s all situational, i generally EQ almost everything, one thing i almost always do is highpassing the entire drum folder.
Sometimes i boost specific frequency ranges before sending the signal to distortion to get a different sound.
As for compression, mostly using it on pads, reverb tails & stuff. Sidechaining what needs to be sidechained. Compared to some other producers i’d say i use it somewhat sparingly
i do this a lot with the Brute preset for Live - Compressor, sometimes i’ll stick 2 on something and sidechain the 2nd one to diff tracks so the distortion from the first compressor gets affected, often in cool rhythmic ways, like kind of random polyrhythms. But as-is that Brute preset can give you that ‘flappy speaker’ vibe, regardless of the freq of the sound running thru it, minimal tweaking required imo
I almost only use Reason stock plugs and some REs, it’s a bit overwhelming to try to find out what VSTs are good and useful. Also broke af most of the time.
