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by blingstef
Sat Oct 18, 2008 4:23 am
Forum: Tips & Tricks
Topic: sidechain compression (SC)
Replies: 14
Views: 2269

sorry for the delay but humm... what i am actually trying to do is compress my bassline the ''good way''. i.e by using a sidechain compression. but when i use it, the effect is too noticeable, so i am going to try playing the comp settings like snakedogman suggested for that case. are there some oth...
by blingstef
Fri Oct 17, 2008 1:19 am
Forum: Tips & Tricks
Topic: sidechain compression (SC)
Replies: 14
Views: 2269

sidechain compression (SC)

hey wassup??? i have a problem controlling my SC. i assume that the use of a SC is to make for example a bassline 'dip' when the kick 'kicks in' :P . but my problem is that when i use the Sidechain Compression on my bassline i can hear the drop of volume on it evrytime my drum kicks in. What's wrong...
by blingstef
Fri Sep 26, 2008 6:46 pm
Forum: Tips & Tricks
Topic: Extreme NOOB question: Auto Filter
Replies: 8
Views: 3282

8O woahoh
by blingstef
Fri Sep 26, 2008 6:25 pm
Forum: Tips & Tricks
Topic: What to buy once you have laptop+ableton??
Replies: 13
Views: 4748

i found some latency issues, but again i = noob, so i'm sure you can get around that somehow. There's a good lesson in the manual called Driver error compensation. Use your axiom to trigger the sample and after doing every step of the lesson , you won't feel the latency anymore. I have an Axiom too...
by blingstef
Wed Sep 24, 2008 4:34 pm
Forum: Tips & Tricks
Topic: Mastering racks
Replies: 7
Views: 1937

andrew_ wrote:+1 to wavelab (and i'm only using version 4)
trying to master in ableton i can never get the level hot enough before it clips.
i tried wavelab but never figured out how it works. I mean there were not a lot tools (EQ,Comp,etc...) in fact I did not find a lot of them... Can you help me on that one?
by blingstef
Wed Sep 24, 2008 4:30 pm
Forum: Tips & Tricks
Topic: Recorder
Replies: 1
Views: 752

Recorder

hey how are y'all doing veterans livers? this is a random question but in many music videos i think i saw an external recorder. Do professional recording studios actually use external recorders to record whatever that comes out of the master bus of their mixing console? or is it just to make it look...
by blingstef
Thu Jun 19, 2008 3:46 am
Forum: Tips & Tricks
Topic: Tempo problems
Replies: 0
Views: 788

Tempo problems

Hi how are you doing? I hope that somebody will help me on this one... Here my problems with the tempo: 1. Let's say that i am makiing a track at tempo 90 bpm and i close the set. The next time that i open the set , the clips are always at 120bpm. The main tempo remains at the tempo i have set the f...
by blingstef
Wed May 21, 2008 2:09 pm
Forum: Tips & Tricks
Topic: best way to record vocals?
Replies: 2
Views: 818

Okayyyyy
by blingstef
Wed May 21, 2008 12:02 am
Forum: Tips & Tricks
Topic: synthfont
Replies: 0
Views: 744

synthfont

hey wassup i have a problem with my synthfont player.
i am using synthfont player but i can't figure how to use the 16th channels of one synthfont arrangement.... every time i try to use one (synthfont arrangement) channel as an new instrument. there is an error message telling me that i can't
by blingstef
Tue May 20, 2008 11:47 pm
Forum: Tips & Tricks
Topic: best way to record vocals?
Replies: 2
Views: 818

best way to record vocals?

hey wassup veterans? i would like to know what is the best way to record vocals? Dry or wet?
in case u'Re wondering i am using a mixing table that have some reverb presets... should i use some reverb during the recording process or should i leave it for the mmixing time?
by blingstef
Sun Apr 27, 2008 3:21 pm
Forum: Tips & Tricks
Topic: loudness war
Replies: 9
Views: 2352

lol ok... since we are on this topic, i would like to know how does todays music sound boxy? what i mean is that i am mixing a lot with headphones and one thing i have noticed different with my tracks (specially for the kicks, vocals) is that with professional music ''they don't come out the baffles...
by blingstef
Sun Apr 27, 2008 1:24 am
Forum: Tips & Tricks
Topic: loudness war
Replies: 9
Views: 2352

Say you have your output level set at -3db, but you want the final output to reach -1dbs. The make-up gain will fix that. All of these levels have varying effects on your final output, hence "pumping sounds" and loss of dynamics. U seem to make a difference between db and dbs... if so wha...
by blingstef
Fri Apr 25, 2008 12:56 am
Forum: Tips & Tricks
Topic: loudness war
Replies: 9
Views: 2352

another question...
is it possible to make a vst sound louder than it is?
i noticed that using the comp as a limiter i can make some vst sound louder thant they are ... i mean u hear it like it is 3 db or higher but the level meter is barely at -1db.... how strange heh? why is that?
by blingstef
Fri Apr 25, 2008 12:51 am
Forum: Tips & Tricks
Topic: loudness war
Replies: 9
Views: 2352

does wavelab have the ''same magic zone'' cuz i tried putting it in wavelab 5 and the clipping dot didn't flick even once!!!! that's very magic then.... what is this magic zone? anyhow.... how can i affect only the highest peak of an instrument in my mix? Eq? compressor? (i.e all the time the effect...
by blingstef
Fri Apr 25, 2008 12:21 am
Forum: Tips & Tricks
Topic: loudness war
Replies: 9
Views: 2352

loudness war

I know some of y'all think that nowadays music are too loud and that if u're not an mastering engineer u should not master ur own tracks and even if u were u shouldn't do it neither because u need a fresh pair of ears to accomplish the overall balance of frequencies and things, BUT i am tring to mas...