Turn the visula... OFF
- MichaelAlan
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Turn the visula... OFF
Has anyone else turned the visual controls off on an EQ or comp and come out with totally different results... I feel like if I do this my mixes sound completely different.
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I was thinking about this recently. In my DAW it shows the frequency chart for your channel EQ moves, and I've found I'm a lot more iffy with my decisions when using that, vs. a plugin where it's just knobs like an SSL channel plugin or the like. I always try to use my ears and not my eyes, and in the past I've generally thought of that as a measure to make sure I'm not going too far with things, but I find I'm more decisive and make bolder moves when it's not as visually apparent that I've pulled 10db of a given frequency out.
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Slightly off track, but I frequently turn off my computer monitor when playing back a take I just edited or comped. So neither myself
or the band can see where the edits are. It's a good way to really tell if you have any edits that are noticeable - and it's like a fun party trick for bands that weren't aware of the editing capabilities of a DAW. It usually blows their minds.
or the band can see where the edits are. It's a good way to really tell if you have any edits that are noticeable - and it's like a fun party trick for bands that weren't aware of the editing capabilities of a DAW. It usually blows their minds.
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Gebo wrote:Slightly off track, but I frequently turn off my computer monitor when playing back a take I just edited or comped. So neither myself
or the band can see where the edits are. It's a good way to really tell if you have any edits that are noticeable - and it's like a fun party trick for bands that weren't aware of the editing capabilities of a DAW. It usually blows their minds.
I have one client who has developed the habit of staring at her knees when I play back an edit, because I asked her once not to look at the screen lest she "hear" edits she could see.
Most of the time if a client asks me where I made a cut, I refuse to tell them until they've signed off on it. Again, I don't want them to "hear" the edit.
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"Lots of people are nostalgic for analog. I suspect they're people who never had to work with it." ? Brian Eno
All the DWLB music is at http://dwlb.bandcamp.com/
When I did my ex-band's last album last month, what was our second, I hadda keep from larfing every time I did an edit if one of the guys was in the room, because inevitably they would be looking for it, often at the expense of listening to the music, and so I'd have to explain it, show it, and play it back.
And again, and often again.
But since I mix ITB, I, me, have just learned to zone on playback, look at other things.
I mean, whaddya's think them lava lamps is for?
And again, and often again.
But since I mix ITB, I, me, have just learned to zone on playback, look at other things.
I mean, whaddya's think them lava lamps is for?
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I always try and do this when mastering audio, most of the time I am using the Sontec custom eq or the Massive Passive so there is not so much visual candy other than the hardware itself, which is helpful.
I think the better your room is the less inclination to use analysis or graphs etc.
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I think the better your room is the less inclination to use analysis or graphs etc.
cheers
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This. Meters, graphs, and other visual cues are there to make sure you can trust what you are hearing. The better your room, the more you can trust what you are hearing, and the less you need visual cues.SafeandSoundMastering wrote: I think the better your room is the less inclination to use analysis or graphs etc.
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