How to cut of the high frequencies+ Get Thickness

[Nizzyo]

Scissors?

[CJ123]

Originally Posted by Nizzyo

Scissors?

Not slicing up the waveform, as in the top frequencies how would you level them up in a straight line as in the picture?

[pzp9999]

What you are refering to in the picture in representative of the amplitude being limited...and has nothing to do with the "highest frequencies". Not that frequency isnt respesented...just not in the way i am assuming you think it does by your question. In order to make the bottom track look like the top one you would generally apply a limiter/ maximizer to the track. Due to make up gain the lower waveforms will probably increase and not retain the same amplitude though.

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[CJ123]

Originally Posted by pzp9999

What you are refering to in the picture in representative of the amplitude being limited...and has nothing to do with the "highest frequencies". Not that frequency isnt respesented...just not in the way i am assuming you think it does by your question. In order to make the bottom track look like the top one you would generally apply a limiter/ maximizer to the track. Due to make up gain the lower waveforms will probably increase and not retain the same amplitude though.

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ohh rightt As you can see im still new to this haha thanks appreciate that! Ill try to add it now

[craigdouglas]

why on earth would you want to take off the transients.... you will be left with noise

[KRStudio]

Yes but it will be thicker "beefier" noise!

[Atomisk]

Originally Posted by KRStudio

Yes but it will be thicker "beefier" noise!

And above all else, it will be FILTHY WUBSTEP!!!!1

But seriously OP, The Y axis of the waveform corresponds to amplitude, and the X axis refers to time. The shorter the wavelength; the higher the frequency. You really have to zoom in on the waveform to see the waves. What you're asking about is compression and limiting - You can use dynamics processors to control the amplitude of your track.

But don't look at the waveform to make your descisions - use your ears. You usually don't want things all bricklike and limited, that will just make your mixes sound overcompressed or even distorted.

[Lights]

Any limiter will do the trick. Set the limiter to hard and turn up the gain going into the limiter until you hear what you are looking for. Specifically you might want to buy 'sausage fattener' from dada life (I think that's the name) to add that thickness.

Other more versatile plugins that will do all kinds of limiting for you:

- PSP vintage warmer 2
- iZotope Ozone 5 with the limiter set to hard
- fabfilter pro-L
- IKMM classic clipper
- VladG Limiter 6 *free!*

Note: I'm giving you what you asked for but I personally wouldn't do this to an extreme. But many genres of music do this these days