Always place a de-esser before Fresh Air. If Fresh Air introduces too much sibilance (harsh "S" and "T" sounds), place a second, gentle de-esser immediately after it. 2. Opening Up the Master Bus / Mix Buss
Open the Slate Install Center and install the VST3 version of Fresh Air. Scan in FL Studio: Open FL Studio. Go to Options > Manage Plugins . Click Find more plugins at the top left. Once the scan finishes, type "Fresh Air" in the search bar.
Fresh Air naturally increases the perceived and actual volume of your track. Use the Output Trim slider at the bottom of the plugin to lower the volume so that turning the plugin on and off doesn't change the overall loudness. This ensures you are judging the tonal quality, not just the volume boost.
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Use it to make cymbals shimmer and the snare "snap" more effectively.
Fresh Air is a dynamic high-frequency processor . It is not a standard shelving EQ. Standard EQs boost everything above a certain frequency (including harshness, sibilance, and noise). Fresh Air uses an intelligent algorithm to add "air" (frequencies roughly between 8kHz and 20kHz) dynamically .
Load Fresh Air on a Send track. Turn the Mix knob in the top left of the FL wrapper to 100% wet. Blend in the send fader. This allows you to air up a piano loop without affecting the transient attack.
Because Fresh Air requires an iLok account (which is free and does not require a physical USB dongle), setup has a few specific steps:
Inside the FL Studio wrapper (the gear icon at the top left of the plugin window), you can map the Link knob or output trim to turn down slightly as you turn the Air knobs up . This allows you to judge the harmonic excitement accurately without volume bias. Parallel Processing via the Mix Knob
In the Plugin Manager window, click in the top left corner.