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- Tue Mar 30, 2021 11:42 am
- Forum: Creative Recording
- Topic: Windows Updates
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1349
Re: Windows Updates
It's definitely worth it to stay up to date with your operating system. If you're relying on old software, something's going to go wrong eventually (plus, Microsoft will stop officially supporting it at some point, if they haven't already). I understand waiting on patches and version updates until t...
- Thu Mar 25, 2021 5:32 pm
- Forum: Creative Recording
- Topic: monitor stands
- Replies: 20
- Views: 4739
Re: monitor stands
Before you buy anything, consider just draping or wrapping them with some nice fabric. Looks nice and no one will ever know! Also maybe add a pad of some sort between the blocks and the speakers.
- Mon Mar 22, 2021 6:09 pm
- Forum: Creative Recording
- Topic: Differences in monitoring: mix rooms vs mastering suites
- Replies: 44
- Views: 9581
Re: Differences in monitoring: mix rooms vs mastering suites
In case OP is wondering, REW is Room EQ Wizard, a free acoustic measuring program: https://www.roomeqwizard.com/
- Fri Mar 19, 2021 10:50 am
- Forum: Creative Recording
- Topic: Mid-quality compressors vs Logic's ?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1985
Re: Mid-quality compressors vs Logic's ?
I don't have experience with any of those, but as a general rule I think any stock software compressor can do the job just fine. Hardware is nice to have on the front end for tracking though!
- Fri Mar 19, 2021 8:56 am
- Forum: Creative Recording
- Topic: Audacity updated
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1259
Re: Audacity updated
Did they give the UI a makeover yet? That's what always turned me off.
- Tue Mar 16, 2021 2:58 pm
- Forum: Creative Recording
- Topic: Ddistributing Songs
- Replies: 31
- Views: 12110
Re: Ddistributing Songs
yeah i can't say record, because that denotes vinyl. And yet why? Record would simply signify recording, I'd think--there's really nothing medium-specific about it, but it is mostly used to denote vinyl. I'll call CDs records sometimes, or refer to an album (regardless of format) as a record. And p...
- Tue Mar 16, 2021 12:42 pm
- Forum: Creative Recording
- Topic: Hearing Imbalance
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5225
Re: Hearing Imbalance
I had this a couple of years ago and it turned out to just be an earwax buildup. If you don't see any wax coming out, it's probably all compacted against the ear drum deep in there. I tried that Debrox stuff with no luck, then I finally went to urgent care and they flushed it out with a syringe/squi...
- Mon Mar 15, 2021 10:48 am
- Forum: Creative Recording
- Topic: Ddistributing Songs
- Replies: 31
- Views: 12110
Re: Ddistributing Songs
I'm in the middle of laboring over an 8-song release right now and recently came to the conclusion that I need to just release a single now (from the album or unrelated) to scratch my itch while I finish up the larger project. After that, I definitely see myself switching to shorter EPs and singles....
- Wed Mar 10, 2021 3:24 pm
- Forum: Creative Recording
- Topic: mastering, limiter, diy.
- Replies: 25
- Views: 5480
Re: mastering, limiter, diy.
What are the current target specs for a "mastered" recording, and how does one figure that out using standard tools? I'm using Reaper on Linux and watched a 10-minute video about mastering practices, which did help a bit. There's no one standard, but I mention the Spotify thing because that's the l...
- Wed Mar 10, 2021 12:08 pm
- Forum: Creative Recording
- Topic: mastering, limiter, diy.
- Replies: 25
- Views: 5480
Re: mastering, limiter, diy.
I'm going to be the guy that says, find a real mastering engineer (like morespaceecho, not your friend who "masters") and pay them to do the work. I've been that "friend who masters," and let me tell ya, I wish they'd gone with a pro instead. They put volume knobs on stereos for a reason. Also, thi...
- Wed Mar 10, 2021 10:33 am
- Forum: Creative Recording
- Topic: mastering, limiter, diy.
- Replies: 25
- Views: 5480
Re: mastering, limiter, diy.
After doing the stuff everyone's described above, and easy way to hit a target loudness level is with Ozone's Maximizer module: https://www.izotope.com/en/products/ozone/features/maximizer.html Enter a target level in LUFS (like the Spotify standard of -14), click "learn threshold," let your song pl...
- Tue Mar 09, 2021 2:08 pm
- Forum: Creative Recording
- Topic: Going for it
- Replies: 48
- Views: 43585
Re: Going for it
I call it the center mic, although "heart mic" is another good non-genitalia-related term.
For the love of god, everyone PLEASE stop using genitalia-related terms for anything.
For the love of god, everyone PLEASE stop using genitalia-related terms for anything.
- Tue Mar 02, 2021 12:04 pm
- Forum: Creative Recording
- Topic: 4 track cassette recording: random(?) cracks, blips, and cuts
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1987
Re: 4 track cassette recording: random(?) cracks, blips, and cuts
It's super hard to tell from that brief example, but it sounded more like a quick "warble" than a dropout to me. It could be caused by one of the motors stopping or slowing for a second, or maybe the tape slipping against the capstan. Unfortunately, while it's easy to clean the tape path and demag t...
- Mon Feb 22, 2021 11:59 am
- Forum: Creative Recording
- Topic: M/S on the mix - am I doing it right?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2143
Re: M/S on the mix - am I doing it right?
Well , first of all, Mid/Side is a microphone technique, not a mixing technique. It's both! Check out the article from the original post, Ozone includes some really handy tools for M/S processing. I think of it more as a mastering technique than a mixing technique, but it can be either. These tools...
- Tue Feb 16, 2021 9:37 am
- Forum: Creative Recording
- Topic: Headphone mix suggestions?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2815
Re: Headphone mix suggestions?
I used to use one of these: https://motu.com/products/avb/monitor8
If you hook it up to your wi-fi (might require an accessory), your guests can pull up a web app on their phone/tablet/laptop to tweak their own headphone mix with whatever channels you want to give them access to. Pretty neat.
If you hook it up to your wi-fi (might require an accessory), your guests can pull up a web app on their phone/tablet/laptop to tweak their own headphone mix with whatever channels you want to give them access to. Pretty neat.