The Midnight

As shown here from The Midnight's March 3rd, 2021 Twitch.tv Stream ''Tim is breaking down Neon Medusa'' we can see Tim using UAD's Oxide Tape Recorder Plugin to add some saturation to some drums on Neon Medusa

Tim uses it throughout the course of this series.

Tim uses it throughout the course of this series.

Tim uses it throughout the course of this series.

Tim uses it throughout the course of this series.

Tim uses it throughout the course of this series.

Tim uses it throughout the course of this series.

Tim uses this throughout the series.

Tim uses this throughout the series.

In the Sonic Academy tutorial series "How To Make Synthwave with The Midnight," Tim from The Midnight uses the TDR VOS SlickEQ plugin extensively.

Tim uses this throughout the series.

Tim uses this throughout the series.

Tim uses this throughout the series.

Tim uses this throughout the series.

Tim uses this throughout the series.

In The Midnight's March 3rd, 2021 Twitch.tv Stream called ''Tim is breaking down Neon Medusa'' Tim explains why he uses Fabfilter's Pro-Q 3 plugin to make the intro for Neon Medusa sound less muddy or sharp. He also discusses on why he adds or cuts out high or low frequencies that won't help the song alongside with how he will gain stage i.e. in this demonstration use the Output Level knob on Fabfilter's Pro-Q 3 so that when he uses other EQ Plugins or a Compression Plugin it won't affect them in the process shown at 14:29 into the stream.

In The Midnight's March 3rd, 2021 Twitch.tv Stream ''Tim is breaking down Neon Medusa'' Tim shows and talks about how he uses Boz Digital Labs' Plus 10db Equalizer on a synth bass intro he created for Neon Medusa using Xfer's Serum. He says that he uses it on the bass to add some higher frequencies to it but how he wishes the plugin had the ability to low-cut frequencies which apparently it doesn't. But, he does say that he will use the plugin to cut out frequencies sometimes as well.

In The Midnight's March 3rd, 2021 Twitch.tv Stream ''Tim is breaking down Neon Medusa'' Tim talks about how he uses Boz Digital Labs' Plus 10db Compressor on a u-he DIVA soundest he himself created for The Patchbay for u-he's DIVA (the preset from the soundset/preset he made for DIVA he is seen using here is called SYN - Interstellar). He uses Boz Digital Labs' Plus 10db Compressor as he explains in the stream to tighten the attack on the synth from u-he's DIVA on the track.

Link to where the soundset for u-he's DIVA from Tim can be purchased is linked here: https://thepatchbay.co.uk/product/the-midnight-diva-soundbank/

Link to where Boz Digital's Plus 10db Compressor can be purchased: https://www.bozdigitallabs.com/product/plus-10-db-compressor/

In The Midnight's March 3rd, 2021 Twitch.tv Stream ''Tim is breaking down Neon Medusa'' Tim briefly shows here how he uses Nicky Romero's Kickstart plugin to sidechain one of the tracks on Neon Medusa which appears to be a synth pad from u-he's DIVA.

In The Midnight'd March 3rd, 2021 Twitch.tv ''Tim is breaking down Neon Medusa'' Tim McEwan of The Midnight talks about how he uses Boz Digital Labs' The Hoser plugin (which he likes to call a smooth and velvety equalizer) on an arp he made using u-he's Repro vst for Neon Medusa. He uses The Hoser to take out muddy low frequencies in the track.

From The Midnight's March 3rd, 2021 Stream ''Tim is breaking down Neon Medusa'' Tim talks about and shows how he uses Softube's Tape Saturation plugin on Neon Medusa. He shows how he cranked up the saturation on the plugin and discusses how he thinks the plugin is not great for drums but how it is good for vocals, synths, guitars etc. He says it adds ''Harmonic Saturation'' and ''Breathes life'' into anything you use it on.

In The Midnight's March 3rd, 2021 Twitch.tv Stream ''Tim is breaking down Neon Medusa'' Tim McEwan of The Midnight briefly talks about as shown here at the 52:15 mark into the stream how he will use Accusonus' Beatformer very sparingly on Neon Medusa otherwise it will bring up all of the saturation, noise, and punch in a mix which won't make it sound great as an end result.

In The Midnight's March 3rd, 2021 Twitch.tv Stream ''Tim is breaking down Neon Medusa'' Tim uses Sonalkisis' Creative Filter Plugin on a track to low cut frequencies right before the drop of Neon Medusa gets to the chorus of the song.

In The Midnight's March 3rd, 2021 Twitch.tv Stream ''Tim is breaking down Neon Medusa'' Tim uses Native Instruments'/Softube VC76 Vintage Compressor on Tyler Lyle's vocals for Neon Medusa.

From The Midnight's March 3rd, 2021 Twitch.tv Stream ''Tim is breaking down Neon Medusa'' Tim shows how he is using Fabfilter's Pro-DS Plugin on Tyler Lyle's vocals for Neon Medusa to make it sound more smooth.

From The Midnight's March 3rd, 2021 Twitch.tv Stream ''Tim is breaking down Neon Medusa'' Tim McEwan of The Midnight shows how he is using UAD's Pultec EQP-1A Pro Legacy Equalizer Plugin to roll off some frequencies and adding some highs at 5K and rolling them off around 10K on a kickdrum track for Neon Medusa.

In The Midnight's March 3rd, 2021 Twitch.tv Stream ''Tim is breaking down Neon Medusa'' Tim McEwan of The Midnight shows how he uses Boz Digital Labs' Manic Compressor Plugin to add some presence and tighten up a kickdrum on Neon Medusa even though he also says he doesn't like the clipping sound that appears when bypassing it in Logic Pro X.

As shown here from The Midnight's March 3rd, 2021 Twitch.tv Stream ''Tim is breaking down Neon Medusa'' Tim uses SPL's Transient Designer Plus to help the attack of one of the kickdrums on Neon Medusa.

As seen from The Midnight's March 3rd, 2021 Twitch.tv Stream ''Tim is breaking down Neon Medusa'' Tim can be seen using UAD's SSL 4000 G Bus Compressor Collection Plugin on some drums for Neon Medusa to help glue together the drums.

From The Midnight's March 3rd, 2021 Twitch.tv Stream ''Tim is breaking down Neon Medusa'' we can see Tim using Brainworx/Plugin Alliance's bx_ciomsole SSL 4000 E Solid State Logic Plugin. He says he is just using the EQ from the plugin to turn up some high-mids for drums on Neon Medusa.