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Samples/Plugins/Software/Gear / Re: The Big Free Reverb List
« on: January 19, 2016, 08:51:31 pm »
Quote from: Dean Zone on January 19, 2016, 02:16:39 pm
Here's another for the list:

Magnus Ambience; http://magnus.smartelectronix.com/#Ambience

That one is already listed on there (#3), but thank you for sharing, its nice to see that in terms of a preference trend of the free plugins listed!

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Samples/Plugins/Software/Gear / Re: Fabfilter? What do you guys think?
« on: January 19, 2016, 05:53:19 am »
I won FabFilter's Volcano 2 in contest a while ago and I love it to death. The filters are all super clean and it has some really wicked capabilities. The only thing about it is that its a little bit slower to work with in comparison to most other filters and it uses more resources than most, so I tend to just rely on basic EQs for a lot of that unless I really need it's capabilities.

As for Pro-Q 2 I've also heard tons of great things about, not to mention it looks great, but logic's channel EQ has proved a great reason not to purchase it yet.

I'm pretty sure they have trial versions / let you download prior to buying so I'd say develop your own opinion on them while you can.

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Mixing/Mastering / Re: EQ TIPS
« on: January 19, 2016, 05:37:08 am »
Quote from: Jackthrilla on January 07, 2016, 07:35:20 am
Types of EQ curves
Bell Curve
Used to increase or decrease a wide range of frequencies. (more overall mid range, less overall mid range etc.)
Peak
Used to increase or decrease a targeted range of frequencies (More punch in a kick, More bite in a snare).
Notch
Used to decrease a specific problem frequency (A resonance in a single bass note or synth, a ring in a snare drum). 449hz -12.8 db Q 8.57
High Shelf
Used to decrease or increase the overall brightness (adds air to a vocalist, add sizzle to a synth or snare). 3.54hz 7.56db Q 0.71
Low Shelf
Used to increase or decrease the overall bass (reduce rumble in a sound, increase low end power in a bass). 255z -6.32db Q 0.71
High Pass Filter
Used to eliminate bass frequencies (clean up unwanted bass from a hi hat or vocalist, sweep for effect).
Low Pass Filter
Used to eliminate high frequency (clean up unwanted high frequencies on a bass or synth, sweep for effect) 2.37 kHz 0.00db Q 0.72
Band Stop Filter
Used to eliminate a group of frequencies (seep for effect). 790hz 0.00db Q 0.61

To add on to this, you will often see these grouped into larger categories of EQ terms. Shelves and Filters are the more obvious of the two, but most of the time people just group peak, notch, and bell curve altogether under term "band".

Another point is that when you increase the Q value on a Band Stop filter, you will sometimes see this called as a "Notch Filter". The difference between this and a notch band is comparable to that between a high-pass filter and a low shelf.

Also you will sometimes see low-pass filters be called hi-cut or hi-pass filters be called low-cut.


A lot of issues you may stumble upon right away will be sheerly due to the wide variety of terminology, but it isn't really something to worry about. Just stick with whatever your EQ of choice calls it and once time comes along it'll be easier to adapt.

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Sound Design / Re: Weird, Unique, Non-Standard Plugins for Sound Design
« on: January 19, 2016, 05:19:57 am »
Quote from: mattlange on January 18, 2016, 07:21:57 pm
grm tools, soundhack, etc

+1 on soundhack stuff

here is some other pretty quirky stuff I like:

http://aegeanmusic.com/doppler-dome-Specs (Simulates the doppler effect)
https://soniccharge.com/bitspeek (It's like a vocoder that makes you sound like a speak 'n spell)
http://www.tokyodawn.net/proximity/ (simulates distance of an sound w/ various means)
http://www.loomer.co.uk/shift.htm (a pitch shifting plugin based around grains)
https://www.native-instruments.com/en/products/komplete/effects/the-mouth/ (Turns any audio input into melodic output)

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Sound Design / Re: What are some techniques you use to make your supersaws bigger?
« on: January 19, 2016, 04:40:43 am »
This may seem counter-intuitive but I like to cut-off (hipass) the signal pretty steeply right at about the frequency of the lowest note of either my chord or lead. This causes less conflict with little artifacts in the low end when mixing the saws, which also means they have a tighter space to fill.

Saturation is also nice at little concentrations when I'm using the supersaw as a lead.

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Samples/Plugins/Software/Gear / Re: Volume increase when high-passing with Eq8 on Ableton?
« on: January 19, 2016, 04:33:49 am »
It is most likely due to the fact that you are using a non-linear phase EQ.



Essentially whenever you are EQing, most times the software you are using will cause phase changes in the signal. This in turn will affect the levels you read on your meters or can sometimes change what you hear.

An easy solution to this would be to get a Linear-Phase EQ. I'd check this article if you aren't sure what to choose or what to look for: http://bedroomproducersblog.com/2012/02/06/bpb-freeware-studio-best-free-linear-phase-eq-vstau-plugins/


The only caveat to using linear-phase equalization is that it is more latent and resource intensive, so it's best to leave it for clinical mixing applications.

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Samples/Plugins/Software/Gear / Re: Questions about new equipment
« on: January 19, 2016, 04:27:32 am »
For a pair of monitors in the price range I would say go for the JBL LSR305s. If you aren't able to get those the M-Audio BX5 D2s are your next best bet. Got to demo them at a music store and thats what sounded the most ideal to me. The rokits were alright, but the bass seemed a little odd to me.

As for midi controllers, you should be a little more specific with what you are asking. Do you want weighted keys or not? What size of a keyboard are you thinking? What controls do you want / how many (think knobs, wheels, and sliders)? A lot of these answers you may get from your personal opinion, but also make sure to buy what is appropriate based on the context of how you produce!

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Samples/Plugins/Software/Gear / Re: Audio Interface worth it?
« on: January 18, 2016, 09:01:41 pm »
Audio Interfaces are, in most people's case, a high quality alternative to recording directly into the microphone line of their computer

-One advantage is that you (almost always) have an XLR input, meaning that you can easily use a high quality condenser or dynamic microphone in recording.
-Another is the 1/4 inch inputs, which allow for easily recording the outputs from stringed instruments such as guitars.

Aside from those you will get gain controls, sometimes an EQ, phantom power, and various other things such as insert channels or monitoring outputs. The main point of getting an a USB input into your computer is so you can avoid the noise from your computer's soundcard and ADCs / DACs (sorry I forgot lmao), but also to have access to (hopefully) higher sample / bit depths from recording. The main reason that people usually get USB interfaces as opposed to USB mixers, is that mixers will generally always give you a stereo input while an interface is multi-in, meaning that you can do multitrack recording in your DAW.



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Samples/Plugins/Software/Gear / Re: Creative Delay Plugins that us guys should know about
« on: January 18, 2016, 08:38:02 pm »
+bubbler by soundhack http://www.soundhack.com/freeware/

Not your traditional delay here, takes grains from the input and creatively processes them back out depending on what you specify. Really fun for making textural stuff imo

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Samples/Plugins/Software/Gear / Re: The Big Free Reverb List
« on: January 18, 2016, 07:42:42 pm »
Just got word about KR-Reverb FS crashing for ableton on windows. Not too sure about versions, but if you do consider getting this plugin (which I actually do recommend by the way, it has some nice dark algo qualities to it) I'd test it on a safe project first.

I'll be sure to update you guys if I hear any other issues!

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Samples/Plugins/Software/Gear / Re: Good free Compressor/Eq plugins?
« on: January 17, 2016, 06:45:57 pm »
Just stumbled across these guys today http://www.tb-software.com/TBProAudio/products.html
Im into the EQ purely for the 12 bands, but that compressor looks nice too! I'll be trying those out in a moment.

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Sound Design / Re: such a cool little sound
« on: January 16, 2016, 05:48:00 am »
no prob!

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Samples/Plugins/Software/Gear / The Big Free Reverb List
« on: January 16, 2016, 05:40:29 am »
Im always looking for new kinds of room space to put my sounds in, so I've compiled a list of tons of reverb plugins I've seen all over the internet.

Feel free to add ones that I haven't already said
Also let me know if any links break / plugins are troublesome so I can fix the list as soon as possible.

EDIT: whoops should've included OS + Architecture. sorry lmao
:

Voxengo - OldSkoolVerb; http://www.voxengo.com/product/oldskoolverb/
Vacuumsound - Poor Plate; http://www.nullmedium.de/dev/audioplugins/
Magnus - Ambience; http://magnus.smartelectronix.com/#Ambience
Variety of Sound - epicVerb; https://varietyofsound.wordpress.com/downloads/
ANWIDA - DX Reverb Light; http://www.anwida.com/product.asp?pid=7
Kjaerhus - Classic Reverb; http://www.acoustica.com/plugins/vst-directx.htm
KResearch - KR-Reverb FS; http://www.kresearch.com/index.php?p=KRFree
Cyberworm - Mo' Verb; http://rhythm-lab.com/plugins/mo_verb/
Mutools - MuVerb; http://www.mutools.com/muverb-product.html
Hotto Engineering - Spring Reverb; http://www.hotto.de/vstplugins/springreverb.html
Togu Audio Line - TAL-Reverb II; https://tal-software.com/products/tal-reverb
Togu Audio Line - TAL-Reverb III; https://tal-software.com/products/tal-reverb
Togu Audio Line - TAL-Reverb 4; https://tal-software.com/products/tal-reverb-4
signaldust - Tila2; http://www.signaldust.com/p-tila2.html
GSi - TimeVerb; http://www.genuinesoundware.com/?a=showproduct&b=30
VSTZone - Amplio 2; http://www.vstzone.sk/#amplio
Leslie Sanford - Sanford Reverb; http://www.lesliesanford.com/vst/plugins/
Destroy FX / Jezar - Freeverb; http://destroyfx.smartelectronix.com/audiounits.html
Saltline - Liść-verb; http://www.saltline.co.uk/liscverb.html
7air - DRX8R; http://www.7air.co.uk/vst-plugins.html
DaSample - GlaceVerb; http://www.vst4free.com/free_vst.php?id=458 (for now)
Jeroen BreeBaart - OmniVerb; http://www.vst4free.com/free_vst.php?id=545
Silverspike - RoomMachine 844; http://www.silverspike.com/?Products:RoomMachine_844
Atom Splitter Audio - Mechaverb; http://www.vstplanet.com/Effects/Effects4.htm
Knufinke - SIR1; http://www.siraudiotools.com/sir1.php
MDSP - MdspDuckVerb; http://mdsp.smartelectronix.com/product/mdspduckverb/
LiquidSonics - Reverberate LE; http://www.liquidsonics.com/software_reverberate_le.htm
SinusWeb - FreeverbToo; http://www.sinusweb.de/freetoo.html
Synthescience - Freezechamber; http://www.vst4free.com/free_vst.php?plugin=Freezechamber&id=1466
gregjazz - Cinematic Reverb; http://gregjazz.com/downloads/
gregjazz - Mutant Reverb; http://gregjazz.com/downloads/
Antress - Modern Flash Verb; http://www.vst4free.com/free_vst.php?id=1184
LongSound - Microverb VST; http://www.longsound.de/html/en_vstfx.html
Samsara Cycle Audio - REV-B; http://www.vst4free.com/free_vst.php?plugin=REV-B&id=1607
Christian Floisand - RadVerb; https://christianfloisand.wordpress.com/downloads/

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Sound Design / Re: Odesza white lies synth
« on: January 15, 2016, 06:09:44 pm »
Quote from: T.S.I.D on January 15, 2016, 05:36:44 pm
It seems to me they either had an lfo controlling the volume or lfotoo/kickstart controlling the volume. Its ducking every 1 beat so 1/4 measure. The sound itself sounds like an organ and a suttle saw wave panned to the right.

Mostly this I'd, say. All of the little grooves that aren't from that are mostly likely due to the attack of the synth + MIDI input. from there the sidechain ducks that, so it gives off a very rhythmic feel. As for making the actual sound that is also pretty spot in imo, sounds like it's either an additive synth that has many high harmonics shared by organ and a sawtooth waveform, or could a wavetable synth that has separate oscillators making the organ sound and saw. It is also likely that they used some organ sample and layered it with a very simple saw synth. Like i've said before somewhere on this forum, sound design has so many parallels and different ways of getting similar sounds, so if you experiment around with these things you should be able to get pretty close to what you're looking for!

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Sound Design / Re: such a cool little sound
« on: January 15, 2016, 06:03:02 pm »
To me that sounds like a sine wave that has its pith bended (C#4 down to maybe C#2?). Not to much processing on it either really, just like a little reverb and then a delay.

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