But everything was going from tropical to a deeper sound. I had the vocal for this song I recorded in 2018 – the summer when I came back from Ultra Music Festival. The C6 Multiband Compressor is another big favourite.”Īnd on the flipside, Teffler’s favourite new plugin from Waves is the Vocal Bender. I love to tweak the mid section and push more depth into the bass. When I'm done with the mix and I feel like it's needing a little extra, I put the Vitamin on there. “You put that on your master bus, and it will bring everything to life. In terms of Teffler’s main go-to plugins from Waves, he starts with the SSL G-Series Compressor. I went through everything like a kid in a candy store, trying them on vocals and the drums – trying the Saturator, the H-Delay, putting them on the bus. I got the Waves Suite and that was my introduction to it. "Some had too much reverb, or it was over compressed, so I decided to learn mixing myself. I sent the song out to a few mixers, but I wasn't really satisfied with the quality.
So when I got the opportunity to work with them, it was a dream come true. Everything I used was Waves, from the CLA-2A, to the Vitamin. “Before meeting them, I remember I spent four months mixing the vocals on Good Love because I wanted it to sound right. “I connected with them last year after I DJed at a conference and a Waves rep was there and saw me play,” he says. A partnership with plugins giants Waves, he explains, has helped no end. The silver lining was that he found time to go and learn more about the music industry and improve his already considerable music production skills. That trajectory led to him being booked for his most major US festival appearance thus far for 2020, but with that year being that year, Teffler faced the disappointment of cancellation. It got me to tour in the UK and I did a bunch of college shows in the US.” That was what started to really catapult everything. “It went viral in quite a few Spotify charts in different countries,” he says. In terms of the song that put Teffler onto the trajectory he’s on now, it was Never Let Me Go, in 2017. But Calvin Harris really intrigued me – seeing how he was able to make crossover dance-pop music, with catchy melodies and also with the hard dance beat.” Before that, I would listen to a bunch of stuff on the radio, from The Neptunes productions, songs written by Max Martin, Katy Perry. “Calvin Harris was playing and the moment I saw him on stage, it just clicked: ‘this is what I want to do. “I was watching an MTV award show in 2012,” Teffler says when asked about where it all started for him. He gives Headliner the scoop on the persistence that went into this success and how a partnership with Waves plugins has changed the game for him. This American songwriter and producer got his big breakthrough in 2017 with Never Let Me Go, leading to collaborations with Afrojack’s record label, tours of Europe, and even a performance at Liverpool’s legendary Cavern Club. Teffler is one of those DJs who simply doesn’t care that summer is over, he will keep serving up those sunny beats, rain or shine.
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