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Mixing/Mastering / Re: Professional Mixing Services
« on: August 17, 2016, 12:01:02 am »
I'd use Alex over at www.pulsatingwaves.com, or Daniel Kandi at https://www.facebook.com/DanielKandiMastering
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Mixing/Mastering / Re: Reverb on Percussion
« on: August 16, 2016, 11:56:03 pm »
I believe the reverb sounds like a delay because its decay time is set to exactly 1 beat. To calculate this, divide 60 by your track's bpm. This is a common technique used to get very 'clean' reverbs. You can then calculate Large Room, Hall, and Mega Hall reverb times by using multiples of the previous calculation.
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Samples/Plugins/Software/Gear / Elevener - New Plugin from EDMProd
« on: April 01, 2016, 07:46:19 pm »
Hey all, just thought I'd let you In on this new sonic maximizer plugin soon to be released by EDMProd called "Elevener". http://edmprod.com/elevener
Since early 2015 behind the scenes, EDMProd and Panorama Mastering have been working in conjunction developing a plug-in that allows you to achieve what has never been achieved before in digital audio.
Apparently some users were included in the beta and have released a few demos of the plugin in action. Check this one out:
Anyone else included in the beta?? Feel free to post your impressions/demos of the plugin here!
Since early 2015 behind the scenes, EDMProd and Panorama Mastering have been working in conjunction developing a plug-in that allows you to achieve what has never been achieved before in digital audio.
Apparently some users were included in the beta and have released a few demos of the plugin in action. Check this one out:
Anyone else included in the beta?? Feel free to post your impressions/demos of the plugin here!
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Samples/Plugins/Software/Gear / Re: Secret weapons...
« on: March 26, 2016, 02:37:00 am »
My secret weapon is more of a mixing trick to get your tracks to "pop", like they are going from 2D to 3D, and get them one step closer to sounding like a professional track.
1. Send all of your tracks (sometimes omit kick/sub) to a high-passed small room verb at very low (almost inaudible) levels.
2. Use analog-modeled plugins on each bus to get a tiny bit of preamp-esque saturation. I like to use IK Multimedia's Black 76 with default settings or SoundToys Decapitator with N or T style selected, dry/wet to 35%.
Also, the IK Multimedia White 2A because it takes 5 seconds to set up and works like magic.
1. Send all of your tracks (sometimes omit kick/sub) to a high-passed small room verb at very low (almost inaudible) levels.
2. Use analog-modeled plugins on each bus to get a tiny bit of preamp-esque saturation. I like to use IK Multimedia's Black 76 with default settings or SoundToys Decapitator with N or T style selected, dry/wet to 35%.
Also, the IK Multimedia White 2A because it takes 5 seconds to set up and works like magic.
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Sound Design / Compressing Reverb Sends/Aux?
« on: March 24, 2016, 09:32:01 pm »
Wasn't sure whether this topic would fit under sound design or mixing/mastering...
I usually use small/medium/large reverbs on send tracks. Apart from high passing them, that's usually all I have on the send/aux.
I've seen in a few tutorials that some producers place compression on their reverb sends, some before the reverb, and some after. I understand that this technique may be used to "smooth" out the reverb.
Do you guys do this? If so, what sort of compression settings do you recommend? Thanks
I usually use small/medium/large reverbs on send tracks. Apart from high passing them, that's usually all I have on the send/aux.
I've seen in a few tutorials that some producers place compression on their reverb sends, some before the reverb, and some after. I understand that this technique may be used to "smooth" out the reverb.
Do you guys do this? If so, what sort of compression settings do you recommend? Thanks
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Mixing/Mastering / Re: Sonic Clarity question?!
« on: March 24, 2016, 08:13:01 pm »
Don't forget layering. A lot of sounds you'll hear in professional tracks are not just one synthesizer/patch. They can sometimes be 3 to 5! Then they are meticulously sculpted and fit together with EQ and maybe "glued" together with compression to create the illusion of one sound.
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Samples/Plugins/Software/Gear / Re: Bitwig
« on: March 24, 2016, 07:48:06 pm »This might not be the right thread to bring this up but I was inspired to download the demo version of bitwig;
my immediate and only issue so far is that I can't figure out how to change the velocity sensitivity for my keyboards/overall sensitivity in general? I have a korg microkey and a m-audio keystation, both are fairly responsive but in bitwig they dont deviate more than 5-10% if even.
Believe me I searched online for almost an hour before I gave up and came here, I hope someone might know the answer.
I looked around for this the other day as well, but couldn't find anything to change MIDI velocity on the fly like with Ableton's built-in plugins. There are plenty of free third-party plugins that can do this, though.
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Mixing/Mastering / Re: Placing sounds back in the mix
« on: March 20, 2016, 02:19:54 am »Most things have been mentioned here already, but one interesting point was that you should use a narrow reverb instead of a wide one. Which makes sense, because if the sound source is really far, all the sound waves come from the same direction.
Holy crap why have I never thought of this
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Mixing/Mastering / Re: Workflow tips for automating correction of clipping in master during mixing.
« on: March 20, 2016, 02:13:00 am »
Are you asking whether or not there are plugins which identify the specific frequencies which are triggering the limiter?
If so, I'm sure there are many multiband compressors/limiters that do this. An obvious one that comes to mind is the Waves L3-16.
I don't believe I've ever seen a tool which identifies exactly which parts of the track are clipping without first rendering or playing back the track, but I would love to be corrected.
If so, I'm sure there are many multiband compressors/limiters that do this. An obvious one that comes to mind is the Waves L3-16.
I don't believe I've ever seen a tool which identifies exactly which parts of the track are clipping without first rendering or playing back the track, but I would love to be corrected.
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Mixing/Mastering / Re: Mixes like professionals
« on: March 16, 2016, 05:32:19 am »Don't underestimate the power of the channel fader, eq, and panning...
Totally agree here. I view these as core fundamental mixing tools that should be learned first and used liberally to get a 90% solution. Tools like compressors, stereo imagers, and saturators can get you that last 10%, but can also really set a sound back if used improperly. Unfortunately it seems a lot of beginning producers jump straight to the advanced stuff and usually mangle what would be a decent track in the process because they read online to do this or that to "make it sound better".
Bird up bro.
Yah boobay
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Mixing/Mastering / Re: Mixes like professionals
« on: March 14, 2016, 09:16:35 pm »Don't underestimate the power of the channel fader, eq, and panning...
Totally agree here. I view these as core fundamental mixing tools that should be learned first and used liberally to get a 90% solution. Tools like compressors, stereo imagers, and saturators can get you that last 10%, but can also really set a sound back if used improperly. Unfortunately it seems a lot of beginning producers jump straight to the advanced stuff and usually mangle what would be a decent track in the process because they read online to do this or that to "make it sound better".
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Samples/Plugins/Software/Gear / Re: Mac Or PC- Also Suitable Needs of RAM and Processing
« on: March 14, 2016, 09:02:02 pm »
Pretty much what everyone else has said.
16 gigs of RAM should be just fine.
I believe I may have the most controversial opinion when it comes to Windows vs OSX: I use both and have no preference.
16 gigs of RAM should be just fine.
I believe I may have the most controversial opinion when it comes to Windows vs OSX: I use both and have no preference.
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Samples/Plugins/Software/Gear / Re: Bitwig
« on: March 12, 2016, 07:39:07 pm »
Was an Ableton user for years. Eventually was really put off by Ableton's PDC.
Switched to Bitwig recently. Really happy with it. I feel it's simpler, more intuitive, and better looking than Ableton. Plus it's PDC actually works. Never going back.
Switched to Bitwig recently. Really happy with it. I feel it's simpler, more intuitive, and better looking than Ableton. Plus it's PDC actually works. Never going back.
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Samples/Plugins/Software/Gear / Re: name your favourite plugin for eq, reverb, sidechaining, compression, synth, daw
« on: March 12, 2016, 07:37:09 pm »
I'll take it a step further
EQ: Fabfilter Pro-Q / Maag EQ4 / Waves API-550B
Reverb: ArtsAcoustic / Waves TrueVerb
Delay: Soundtoys EchoBoy
Sidechain: Cableguys VolumeShaper 3
Compression: VintageWarmer 2 / Waves API-2500
Synth: Hive / Sylenth / Spire
Saturation: FabFilter Saturn
DAW: Bitwig
EQ: Fabfilter Pro-Q / Maag EQ4 / Waves API-550B
Reverb: ArtsAcoustic / Waves TrueVerb
Delay: Soundtoys EchoBoy
Sidechain: Cableguys VolumeShaper 3
Compression: VintageWarmer 2 / Waves API-2500
Synth: Hive / Sylenth / Spire
Saturation: FabFilter Saturn
DAW: Bitwig
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Mixing/Mastering / Re: How do you use pre & post fader settings?
« on: March 03, 2016, 09:50:22 pm »
I find it's easier to work with the post-fader option, as I use my DAW faders to mix, and I would like that to affect how much signal gets sent to the reverb as well.
It depends on the reverb and whether or not the track is relatively center in the stereo field, but sometimes I add stereo widening to push them away from the middle a bit. Not too far though, as it may begin to sound unnatural.
Also, there are cases where sidechaining the reverb to the original signal can cause a cool effect, but I don't use it too often.
It depends on the reverb and whether or not the track is relatively center in the stereo field, but sometimes I add stereo widening to push them away from the middle a bit. Not too far though, as it may begin to sound unnatural.
Also, there are cases where sidechaining the reverb to the original signal can cause a cool effect, but I don't use it too often.
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