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Questions About Purchasing Professional Mixing and Mastering
Relic, I'm in no way critiquing your idea, nor do I want to be right. My opinion comes from observation and experience. The thing is that both observation AND experience can be proven wrong. I really WANT to be wrong. You need to be a gamechanger (LL Cool J back in the 80's, N.W.A.) or play... -
Questions About Purchasing Professional Mixing and Mastering
I have to respectfully disagree with you on your points there. I think to reach a broad audience, if that's what you're trying to do, it is absolutely necessary to dumb-down songs. If you want to maintain a form of "artistic integrity" while bringing in new elements (like a guitar solo) -... -
Smearing the top end?
Also, another idea I just thought of was take your compressor, and sidechain it w/hi-pass at 7-kHz and compress the track you want to add "air" to. This is not recommended for the general mix, just BG vox or stuff like that. Then squash it with a threshold that's insane, like -50db and apply... -
Questions About Purchasing Professional Mixing and Mastering
I don't want to thread jack... but I think more cats should focus on writing songs for the "average joe" too. That's why people that are musicians or more sophisticated regarding production hate the lowest-common denominator type shit (like Soulja Boy)... the thing is... think of writing a song... -
Smearing the top end?
Google and http://www.gearslutz.com/board/so-much-gear-so-little-time/33031-exciter-vst-plug.html are a good start to learn about high frequency exciters. I wouldn't look at that as your solution though... because I don't think that's your problem. But have a look. If you have a more specific... -
Dr. Dre son’s death ruled a heroin overdose
I see addicts rushing to find out who his dealer was. It happens often, the child of someone successful with a lot of money falling into the grips of hard drugs. Think of how much he could have learned from his father if he had any musical interest. How many tips and tricks his son could have...- God
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Questions About Purchasing Professional Mixing and Mastering
"Divine Aspects": That was unbecoming of me to tell you to go fuck yourself, but you should know that $5,000 a day mixers are not "rip-off" mixers. When I relay a story like one of the stories I place in this forum - I am always looking to make a mix better and the mix is never done until... -
Smearing the top end?
1. A good analog rackmounted multiband EQ goes beyond 16kHz - that's what they using in mastering labs - would be the optimal way to go. 2. If you can't get that - use get a great multiband EQ for your DAW or mastering program and boost to a range that is between 12-16kHz and see if it... -
Questions About Purchasing Professional Mixing and Mastering
Those $5,000 day "rip off" mixers probably mixed that shitty Lil' Wayne CD you have in your car. If you have a CD player. Go fuck yourself, there was nothing said AGAINST the Smash Bros. -
Smearing the top end?
The "sheen" depends on what kind of equalizer the mastering engineer uses. It lives from 10kHz upwards into ranges that are not in human hearing range - but affect lower harmonics (I think), though still boosted, like 32khz. Adding a shelved boost from 15kHz upwards gives the mix more "air"... -
Questions About Purchasing Professional Mixing and Mastering
HOLY SHIT, Class - their rates are low. You sure they don't just run all their shit through a program default and call it a day? I'm used to $1,000 per track with the dude sitting their tweaking the multiband comp. Those rates are dangerously cheap, I'm skeptical. -
Questions About Purchasing Professional Mixing and Mastering
THIS IS POST IS NOT BUSINESS OR LEGAL ADVICE, DO NOT MAKE DECISIONS THAT HAVE LEGAL OR MONETARY OUTCOMES BASED ON THE STATEMENTS IN THIS POST: Low G: If you want a high quality mix and a great mastering job - you will have to pay. 1. The people I deal with ARE professional and you... -
...and this is precisely why i refuse to commit to a woman.
COLD: You're making excuses as to why are you going back to her. The question is... why don't you have other women that you're seeing at the same time? She basically tested you and you didn't stand up for yourself by showing that you were not emotionally engaged (by texting many times) -...- God
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- Forum: The Basement
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...and this is precisely why i refuse to commit to a woman.
CT: She fucks you quickly after she sees you, posts it on MySpace to "tell" her friends. She then doesn't want to feel slutty and makes up a story about "a path of a relationship" - so she can justify to herself and her friends that she really ISN'T A WHORE THAT FUCKS GUYS SHE JUST MET. So...- God
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- Forum: The Basement
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"Essential" Rack equipment?
Put your softsynths on a "softsynth-dedicated" computer and slave it to the computer with your DAW. DreamPolice is right, the math on the synths is the same... unless you want to use a Yamaha FS1-R. That synth RULED and was complicated as fuck to use. Oh, shit... I haven't heard the name of... -
Adventures in kick drum EQ'ing.
Apparently I've been called into the studio more than I want to do these days. I noticed people around this forum are not thinking LATERALLY. Apply this to the way you stack and EQ your kick drums for hip hop. Create room for your bass line, etc. Here's an example: I was sitting in front... -
My favorite studio photograph.
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My favorite studio photograph.
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Anyone automate EQ's here? Story and question...
It doesn't matter - even if you capture a good take, there are variations in strength of voice/air pressure vs. microphone that cause variation. Try some EQ automation on a vocal track by removing offending frequencies throughout the song. You'll hear them. Maybe the rapper says "shit" at... -
Anyone automate EQ's here? Story and question...
I'm interested in hearing some of your tips and tricks on automated EQ. It would help everyone on this forum - especially the newbs.