DJ Spinn

Hi Jonny, Thank you for the compliment and having taken time to listen to my mixes. Now, when I mentioned using a “good” compressor, I meant just that. There are hundreds of compressor plugins out there from many different companies, including those that come with Audacity or other programs, but the fact of the matter is, using a “good” compressor will make your DJ mixes rich and smooth. For example, in my case, I use nothing but “Waves” plugins. I use a lot of their analog modeled plugins; like the SSL Collection, the CLA collection, the V-Series collection, the API collection, as well as their Masters Bundle, which comes with some amazing processors including their LinMB, which is a linear phase multiband compressor, and works wonders on my mixes. Out of that collection, my “go-to” compressors are the LinMB and the CLA-2A and the CLA-3A for compression. At the end of the chain I’ll throw the L2 in there to keep the peaks at 0 db. Lately I’ve been using the CLA-3A a lot more as opposed to the other two on almost all my mixes, and they sound great (as you heard for yourself); a very smooth and bold sound. For recording and mastering my mixes, I use Wavelab 8.5. Wavelab 8.5 comes with a nice set of stock plugs, but again, I choose to go with my Waves plugs no matter what. Now, I’m not sure what your budget is, but these are some very expensive plugins (if you don’t buy them on sale), but they are the best on the market – I cannot even begin to express that more. My goal when I’m mastering my mixes is; not to branch away too much from the original sound, but make it smooth, loud, and stand out from anything else that’s out there. I want the listeners to enjoy every aspect of every song, every sound, every nuance, every transition to the fullest.