How To Use the LFO Tool like a Pro

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Description: A very common tool by used by a lot of producers, especially EDM producers, is called the LFO Tool made by Xfer Records. Today I want to show you how it's commonly used for side-chaining "pumping effect", but also how you can use it to create movement in creative ways.
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Today, I want to talk about the LFO tool. This is a tool that a lot of EDM producers are using, a lot of DJs, and it's basically to control that pumping effect.
The first time I'd heard about it, I was using a different tool completely. I was watching a masterclass of Armand van Buren and watching what he does and making his, his tracks. And he's incredible producer, if you have a chance to check it out, but he uses the LFO tool like on every single track for something to give movement, to give all kinds of different effects. A lot of it is that the pumping effect for synths and bass, but he uses it in some really clever ways. So I downloaded it and I've been exploring it. And it's kind of a go-to now for me as well.
And I think if you haven't explored it, you're going to love it.
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Okay. Without further ado, let's jump into this tool and let's explore the LFO tool together.(Music Playing) I want to add something either a swell or synth or something. That's kind of a cry or scream. So I added this cool sound. This has made in Exhale, which is made by Output, and it's got some really cool sounds in it. And it sounds like this.(sounds playing)
And I love that portamento fall and rise at the beginning and end of those notes. So I recorded a couple of notes and I put them down here and I grouped them together and together they sound like this. .(sounds playing) And so in the mix, it would sound like this.(sounds playing) .
So I like that, but I want to add some movement to it. I want these things to sound a little bit more interesting, and they're going to be kind of background effect things. Now you could use an LFO tool or something to give it a pump. In fact, there's a a program called Kickstart, which I often use or used to use all the time, which does this simulated side chain effect without actually having to side chains, just pumping volume. So it sounds like this,.(sounds playing)
And it's cool. It's great quick solutions. Got a mix knob. You can set just a couple of rates here in discussing preset curves, but you cannot go in and actually dial in the curves, which sucks. And I don't like that. So LFO ...
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