Produce Like a Pro interview
Warren Huart shows the Al Schmitt plugin and also interviews Al, as well as Emiliano and Robin from Leapwing.
Capturing the signature sound of one of the most iconic music producer-engineers!
We are really proud to announce our first signature plugin, developed with none other than legendary producer-engineer Al Schmitt, who unfortunately passed away recently. Our team worked with Al in analyzing his workflow, gear and processes of the last decades, from subtle harmonic characteristics to echos, compression and EQ. This then led us to create distinctive features that define his sound.
The Al Schmitt signature plugin has 6 distinct profiles: vocal, piano, bass, brass, strings, and mix (bus). Each one has different sonic characteristics and parameters based on Al’s workflow and perception of each instrument. Distilled to minimal controls, and conceived to allow you to get your sound instantly.
Having analysed countless of records, as well as Al’s workflow and gear, we worked meticulously to recreate his signature sound.
Vocal, piano, bass, brass, strings, and mix (bus) profile, each individually tuned with their own parameters.
Beautiful Retina design with most common controls on one screen and a complete range of fine adjustments only a click away
Available on Mac OSX (10.13 +) (M1-Native), Windows 8, 10 (64-bit only) in AAX-Native, VST3 and AU
Made by a dedicated support team who listen to the community
An industry veteran, Al Schmitt recorded artists for over 7 decades, all the way from Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles, Miles Davis; to Johnny Cash, Steely Dan, Barbra Streisand, Natalie Cole, Diana Krall, Celine Dion and Paul McCartney. As a winner of 20 Grammy awards, 2 Latin Grammys and a Trustees Grammy for Lifetime Achievement, Schmitt has helped artists garner an astounding 160 gold and platinum albums.
The reverbs, or echos as Al called them, are carefully tuned reflections that represent the beautiful depth that Al was known for in his mixes. Each echo comes with a 3 echo types, so you can select one of 3 tuned reflection patterns, depending on the application.
It looks good and it sounds good, because we were thinking of you when we designed it.
Our algorithm makes it easy to get a good sound and the simple interface lets you visualise the adjustments you make as you hear them.
Capturing the signature sound of one of the most iconic music producer-engineers!
