I've seen a tutorial on the internet where a guy puts a frequency shifter on his master to make it sound nice & phat... Any of you guys have experience with the frequency shifter?
Hmmm...not exactly sure what a frequency shifter is to be honest. Are you sure it wasn't a frequency/harmonic exciter? If you could post a link to the vid, that would be a huge help. Cheers.
I'm pretty sure its not a frequency shifter. Its like a form of ring modulation. If it is I dunno why you would put it on a Master channel strip
There are only two software frequency shifter plugs that I can find. Things I read said it can amplify things but mangles the audio among loads of other very unwated effects on a master bus. I think your thinking of a Harmonic Exciter. Could be wrong apparently they are making a comeback.
i'll try and look for the youtube video again, but it was ableton's built-in frequency shifter that he put on his master!
Seriously mate, I wouldn't rely on a tutorial. I'm not sure what the ableton shifter is like but I don't think i'd ever put a modulation effect on a master channel. Anyone can make a tutorial. Not all tutorials are right. Try and work on the mix first if you can't get it loud without adding dynamics processors to the master. A lot of the time its simple things that create peaks like hi hats when they have a kick underneath. If I can't get them to play simultaneously without creating a peak I'll either EQ them so that they fit together or apply dynamics processing to the bus they are send to. If this isn't practical I'll create a small fade on the hi hat which usually does the trick and allows me to have a louder drum mix.
Another alternative would be putting an all-pass filter on the drum bus. Or, do it the hard way and zoom in on your hats/cymbals/high-end and move things just very slightly out of phase, would accomplish a very similar effect to an all-pass filter.
From the Uhbik-S docs: So they at least think it's a Frequency Shifter? Being similar to chorus/phaser would probably lend to using to make something sound phat I guess? I still don't get using a phaser to do this so beats me!
Frequency shifting and ring modulation can be used to add a metallic overtone to a sound. Similar effects can be achieved with FM as well