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    Acoustic Foams: Misunderstood or Underrated ?

    Mixing in a perfect room doesn't help like you think it does, the proof would be to mix in headphones on the flattest cans you can find or use referencing software. Does this make you a pro? You'll be no better off. You reckon you could mix better than say...JJP if you switched studios? You...
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    Acoustic Foams: Misunderstood or Underrated ?

    I've taken room measurements before and after treatment, there is not much improvement at all. I've used the recommended density rockwool, I can't remember now, RW30? Can't go wrong with placement, i have the RFZ set up, and the corners are treated. The rooms response is still pretty shit. How...
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    Acoustic Foams: Misunderstood or Underrated ?

    I normally get scowled at when I mention how overrated treating your room is. So many people out there think it's the 1 thing that will make your mixes go from good to great. Grab some headphones and mix, if you still can't do it. Treated room aint gonna help Edit: I do prefer a treated room...
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    gain staging, meters, luffs

    I lmfao everytime I hear people say they are leaving -6db or whatever to leave headroom for mastering. I lmfao even harder when I hear of mastering engineers demanding this
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    midrange

    Mids are everything, it is the only way to balance the low end bass frequencies and high end harsh freqs. Not enough mids and turning down the low end just turns your track into a thin harsh mix that can actually turn out to be quite painful. I'd rather have plenty of mids and the illusion of a...
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    mix in mono?

    95% of the music I listen to is in mono (bluetooth alexa speakers, or crappy laptop/phone speakers. All music sounds good on stereo speakers, it's hardly mixing is it if you can't get something sounding good in mono or on harsh phone speakers and what have you
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    Vocal comping

    If I remember and I am feeling up to it I will always do a second take, even if I do not comp it in the end. Sometimes unpleasant elements are not noticed on the take that you thought was good. Could be a compressor doesn't sound as good on a specific note by accentuating a badly plucked...
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    Recording accoustic guitar: Getting rid of pick noise

    A heavier pick adds a ton of low mids and bass plus is much more rounded off that it's difficult to hear any pick attack at all IME. That's why I don't like using them on full bodied acoustics. Those light bendy nylon picks are too slappy, and the pick attack sounds way too loud to me. Medium...
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    mix in mono?

    Yes some people swear by it. But I only do it for like 30-40% of my mix. I'll flick backwards and forwards a bit near the end for checks. Mono compatibility is very important to me. If you're gonna mix in mono, try it properly with a (sum to mono) plugin on your master. Or if your DAW or...
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    mix in mono?

    The vocal is generally half a db too loud in mono, but just right in stereo. And rhythm guitars can fall way back in mono. But a bump with EQ below 600hz (200-300hz works a lot) can make it present and punchy in mono without having it fall back too far because you can get the perceived balances...
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    mix in mono?

    Not optimal Pan first > Sum to Mono
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    I could not have said it better myself

    I'm proud to be black (said the black man) I'm proud to be brown (said the brown man) I'm proud to be white (said the racist)
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    I could not have said it better myself

    I'm with him on that one to be honest. The good and evil is in plain view now, there is no excuse for not knowing right from wrong, 1 side is consistently batshit crazy and the other is consistently normal and grounded. If bad things happen to you and you are in support of it, then it is...
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    Filtering the bass

    Do I high pass the bass? Only if there is a subby kick, and not always, but definitely most of the time because I am probably using bass enhancing plugins (Rbass)
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    What do you think of this AI stuff?

    There is a massive difference between a fag, and a gay person. I know loads of gay people, They are like brothers and sisters to me. (They share my opinion too, if their opinion was as warped as yours, they would be no friend of mine) Besides that, It was obvious calling you a fag was gonna...
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