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Samples/Plugins/Software/Gear / Why there is no 'general discussion'
« on: January 06, 2016, 09:59:25 pm »
We've been getting a lot of requests for a place where people can talk about anything, and we thought it would be a good idea to explain why there won't be.

1. This is the producer's forum, a general discussion would attract people who have no interest in music production.

2. This is the age of social media, there is enough general discussion. Back in 2004 you needed a general discussion because there weren't things like twitter or facebook.

3. Forums that have general discussion tend to be more divided, and we want everyone on this forum to participate in every part of the forum.


Thank you for your support and understanding!

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Mixing/Mastering / Why there is no 'general discussion'
« on: January 06, 2016, 09:58:38 pm »
We've been getting a lot of requests for a place where people can talk about anything, and we thought it would be a good idea to explain why there won't be.

1. This is the producer's forum, a general discussion would attract people who have no interest in music production.

2. This is the age of social media, there is enough general discussion. Back in 2004 you needed a general discussion because there weren't things like twitter or facebook.

3. Forums that have general discussion tend to be more divided, and we want everyone on this forum to participate in every part of the forum.


Thank you for your support and understanding!

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Samples/Plugins/Software/Gear / Re: 32bit vs. 64bit
« on: January 06, 2016, 09:29:44 pm »
Basically, 64bit daws and plugins won't crash as much

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This is pretty damn cool, and the original is probably my favourite on Jake's album

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Mixing/Mastering / Re: Understanding Compression
« on: January 06, 2016, 09:46:23 am »
I think of compression as a hand turning down the signal when it gets too loud. The threshold is how much the hand turns down, the ratio is the intensity of the movement, and the attack and release is how lazy or on point the hand is

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Samples/Plugins/Software/Gear / Re: Awesome free plugins!
« on: January 06, 2016, 09:33:37 am »
Sorry, but Camel probably took it down for a reason (so they can sell more camelphat). If you can find an already public link be my guest, but I don't want trouble from software companies

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Samples/Plugins/Software/Gear / Re: Awesome free plugins!
« on: January 06, 2016, 09:26:42 am »


Juno 106 soft synth - https://tal-software.com/products/tal-u-no-62

I completely forgot this was free, so good I thought I paid for it

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Samples/Plugins/Software/Gear / Re: Awesome free plugins!
« on: January 06, 2016, 08:58:02 am »
mda ePiano is my go to when I wanna practice playing piano or write out ideas
It's also Madeon's favorite vst
http://mda.smartelectronix.com/synths.htm

all the MDA stuff, also the Melda free bundle is awesome, but my favourite free plugin is by far mjrotodelay. I've been using it as my go to delay plugin for over a decade now

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Sound Design / Re: The Kick Designing Thread: Click, Punch, Thump!
« on: January 06, 2016, 07:41:59 am »
I pretty much use the same layering technique, and I use metrum a lot for the low end/mids/tail because you can add a slight delay within the plugin which is very useful for aligning everything and sorting out phase issues

How often do you find yourself post-processing your kicks? I'm always worried about ruining the clarity of my low end, so I try to keep that track dry but a few dB above the rest of my normal pregain levels to make sure it sits on top.

I always group my layered kicks together and then ad a tiny bit of compression, maybe a tiny bit of Pro-MB multiband compression and maybe some excitement/saturation if required. The key is moderation though. When I apply loads of plugins to a kick group, not one is colouring the sound too much, only slightly to give a combined, additive effect.

EDIT: oh yeh, and EQ to get rid of unwanted his and lows of course

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Mixing/Mastering / Re: Tell us your master chain!
« on: January 06, 2016, 07:28:20 am »


You don't EQ it at all?, correct me if I'm mistaken but from what I've learned it is better to EQ in the master because you can get rid of frequencies that are below 20Hz and maybe to adjust the high end a little bit, or you could just have an incredible mix.

Also, the harmonic filling process that you are talking about its like saturation/colouring? or they are different things?, sometimes terminology isn't very friendly to be honest

I take out below 20hz and above about 18-20khz on each group/bus/element instead, when necessary.

Filling in harmonics isn't colouring in the same way that EQ colours the sound, it's literally just filling in the gaps a tiny bit to make it a bit more robust, but not more than a tiny tiny tiny tiny bit

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Mixing/Mastering / Re: Tell us your master chain!
« on: January 06, 2016, 06:58:54 am »
I never EQ the master bus, recently my master bus usually looks like this:

ozone maximizer (loudness)>oxford inflater with the clipping off (for filling in harmonics very slightly)>camel phat with everything off (to bring it back to 0)>oxford limiter (for a bit of extra loudness + slightly filling in harmonics again and limiting obviously)

I'm a bit surprised to see that people are using so many plugins on their master channels. Is there a specific reason you apply more effects to the master instead of doing it inside the mix somewhere or does it not matter?

I colour the sound within the mix, but on the masterbus i find bringing it up gradually plugin by plugin is better than just putting a limiter and cranking it up. My limiter is never pushed more than 1 or 2 db because of this and it allows for a better dynamic range

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Samples/Plugins/Software/Gear / Re: Good Vocoders?
« on: January 06, 2016, 06:47:59 am »
Madeon and Haywyre both use vocodex if I'm not mistaken, but theres a little know free plugin called the MDA Talkbox which can get you a great vocoder sound. It just requires a bit of channel routing

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Mixing/Mastering / Re: Tell us your master chain!
« on: January 06, 2016, 06:24:21 am »
I never EQ the master bus, recently my master bus usually looks like this:

ozone maximizer (loudness)>oxford inflater with the clipping off (for filling in harmonics very slightly)>camel phat with everything off (to bring it back to 0)>oxford limiter (for a bit of extra loudness + slightly filling in harmonics again and limiting obviously)

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Mixing/Mastering / Re: tuning drums
« on: January 06, 2016, 06:01:44 am »

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Mixing/Mastering / Re: Stereo Width
« on: January 06, 2016, 06:00:28 am »
Melda has great stereo widening plugins

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