Don’t Sleep on Envelope Followers! 8 Creative Uses

Envelope followers are those awesome tools that track the volume of your audio and repurpose it to control other effects. In this video, Andrew Huang shows how to build dynamic auto-wahs, craft super responsive effects, tweak transient control, and even use envelope followers as quirky sidechain replacements.

He then explores pumping send levels, routing triggers across tracks, modulating the follower itself, and automating effect parameters for wild sonic twists. Eight clever tricks to breathe life into your mixes—perfect for anyone who wants more dynamic movement without endless manual tweaking.

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