The Basement Family

05/30/2026

05/13/2026

The dirty Lightning are hitting the practice room tonight I smell live bootleg vol4

05/05/2026

Free show. https://www.reverbnation.com/TheDirtyLightning
It’s been a great ride with these guys. Go see them this is going to be good.

03/31/2026

— ENGINEERING WALL POSTER
FULL CHAINS • SLIM CHAINS • DISTRESSOR SETTINGS
Tall Vertical Layout — Updated with Capitol Mastering (LUFS Mode)

UNIVERSAL CHAIN — FULL
1. Pro-Q3
2. Curves EQ
3. SSL G Bus Comp
4. A-Type
5. MixRoom
6. BassRoom
7. Capitol Mastering Compressor
8. The God Particle
9. L2
10. Levels
11. SSL Meter Bridge
12. VSX

UNIVERSAL — SLIM
1. Pro-Q3
2. SSL G Bus Comp
3. A-Type
4. L2

ROCK CHAIN — FULL
1. Pro-Q3
2. SSL G Bus Comp
3. A-Type
4. Curves EQ
5. Capitol Mastering Compressor
6. The God Particle
7. L2
8. Levels
9. VSX

ROCK — SLIM
1. Pro-Q3
2. SSL G Bus Comp
3. A-Type
4. L2

BASEMENT ROCK — FULL
1. Pro-Q3
2. A-Type
3. SSL G Bus Comp
4. Curves EQ
5. Capitol Mastering Compressor
6. The God Particle
7. L2
8. Levels
9. VSX

BASEMENT ROCK — SLIM
1. Pro-Q3
2. SSL G Bus Comp
3. A-Type
4. L2

DRUM BUS — FULL
1. Pro-Q3
2. SSL G Bus Comp
3. A-Type
4. Curves EQ
5. Capitol Mastering Compressor
6. The God Particle (light)
7. L2 (safety)
8. Levels
9. VSX

DRUM BUS — SLIM
1. Pro-Q3
2. SSL G Bus Comp
3. A-Type
4. L2

BASS BUS — FULL
1. Pro-Q3
2. A-Type
3. Curves EQ
4. BassRoom
5. Capitol Mastering Compressor
6. The God Particle (very light)
7. L2 (safety)
8. Levels
9. VSX

BASS BUS — SLIM
1. Pro-Q3
2. SSL G Bus Comp
3. A-Type
4. L2

VOCAL BUS — FULL
1. Pro-Q3
2. A-Type
3. SSL G Bus Comp
4. Curves EQ
5. Abbey Road Plates
6. Capitol Mastering Compressor
7. The God Particle
8. L2
9. Levels
10. VSX

VOCAL BUS — SLIM
1. Pro-Q3
2. SSL G Bus Comp
3. A-Type
4. L2

MASTER BUS — FULL
1. Pro-Q3
2. Curves EQ
3. MixRoom
4. BassRoom
5. SSL G Bus Comp
6. A-Type
7. Capitol Mastering Compressor (LUFS Mode)
8. The God Particle
9. L2
10. Levels
11. SSL Meter Bridge
12. VSX

CAPITOL MASTERING COMPRESSOR — SETTINGS
Mode: Mastering (LUFS Mode Enabled)
Target: Integrated LUFS
Attack: Slow (30–40 ms)
Release: Auto
Ratio: 1.5:1 – 2:1
Gain Reduction: 0.5–1.5 dB
Knee: Soft
Sidechain HPF: 80 Hz
Stereo Link: 100%
Makeup Gain: Unity / Match Input

MASTER BUS — SLIM
1. Pro-Q3
2. SSL G Bus Comp
3. A-Type
4. L2

DISTRESSOR SETTINGS — QUICK REFERENCE

Vocals
6:1 • Attack 5 • Release 4 • HPF On • Dist 2 • GR 3–6 dB

Bass
4:1 • Attack 4 • Release 5 • HPF On • Dist 3 • GR 5–10 dB

Drum Bus
6:1 • Attack 6 • Release 3 • HPF On • Dist 2 • GR 3–8 dB

Guitars
4:1 • Attack 5 • Release 5 • Dist 2 • GR 2–5 dB

Parallel Smash
10:1 • Attack 7 • Release 2 • Dist 3 • GR 10–20 dB (parallel)

03/30/2026

An (almost) snappy round of plugin favourites with our mentor 😅 ...