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Whats your technique with Spectrum?

What are you looking for?

I look for frequencies mainly, and I keep it at the highest resolution.

timothyallan wrote:I look for frequencies mainly, and I keep it at the highest resolution.

what a radical way to use it

what does the image look like when a mix is good?

If the mix is good, it should look similar to this:

these forums are full of assholes, its supposed to be for getting help no?

simmerdown wrote:

these forums are full of assholes, its supposed to be for getting help no?

Depends on what you are looking for, mister. "Are ya lookin fer trouble?"

a mix that looks good by todays standards would look sorta like a diagonal line going from 10 o clock down to 4 o'clock .
high on the low end and low on the high end.

simmerdown wrote:what does the image look like when a mix is good?

Load a track that has a good mix into Live, open up Spectrum, and see what it looks like.

I really like the "accurate and fast" preset for spectrum, though I switch the upper limit from auto to 0. Try listening to a lot of your favorite tracks while watching spectrum. there are definite patterns...

Judging a mix by what it looks like on a spectrum analyser is no different than judging a painting by what it sounds like hanging on a wall... This forum ain't gonna give you the answer.

simmerdown wrote:what does the image look like when a mix is good?

^ that was back in the seventies man.

hehe..
more like this weekend...

thats some good advice actually, thankyou!