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Hi .played around a ton with spitfire strings to the point of exhaustion . Stereo 2 tracks then layered with a duplicated performance. Finally scrapped the whole lot and opted for just a single track heavily eq ed compressed drenched in reverb and panned quarter way I don't know whether this...

Excellent many thanks for your help . Will do . For any that are in the UK cex sell them for about £55 b stock . Anyone had experience with second hand headphones there ?

For several years I've used audio technica m30x which quote 47ohms .(multitracking with a Tascam dpoo8ex) Recently these have gone and I'm considering another pair except I've just discovered the m40x are 35 ohms . Traditionally I have noticed I have to crank the headphone output high maximum ...

Double tracking the vocal in a traditional way (ie not cut paste and copy ) will add alot more perceived presence to a vocal . As I understand it the natural minor variation between the two sperate takes will add harmonic colour . If this is then compressed and eqed right it will be good...

This i won't be able to do (ie automated at least ) . As far as possible I try to generate as much dynamic in the composition itself such that an average position for any given track will have natural peaks and troughs. I think in the old days they used to ride the faders manually? . A worthy...

Yes this whole thing is tricky . A ton of trial and error going on . I try extra loud and extra quiet to identify anything poking out in the mix . In effect I've established in my mind that reducing one component then alters (increase) what else in the mix is coming through . Ultimately it's a...

I'll be at the back of the class figuring out a squashed cake style analogy

Trying this experiment going from 16 into 8 track and basically a blanket eq as it comes in . If I cut 3k I can turn it up much loader . Been doing a bunch of eq in the source tracks but something is grating. Until my ears readjust it feels like 3k cut makes it sound more like tape? . Maybe it's...

Yes it's going to be a lot of trial and error with this . Instincts tell me not to narrow the default at this time which is 0.5 . Otherwise i'm possibly more inclined to cut out something narrow and anomylous sounding this way . I'm hearing a ton of Junk in the piano in this track . I figure...

Thanks talisman. Yes I sensed that was what you were driving at in the earlier message . Makes good sense. Basically if someone leaves a cake on the kitchen floor and you step on it it's Q height is only 1mm but it's now twice the width -as a rough visual metaphor

Ok many thanks . I've roughly got it . Will let it all sink in a bit

Ok just checked the machine Q variable goes from 0.1 to 1. I figure they chose a mid point as the default of 0.5 . An average width curve then (whatever that looks like ) any offers ? Yes I'll just play with it and see what happens

I'm not sure that contradicts what talisman was alluding to. seemed that a higher value q steepens the curve ?. I wondered whether q is an industry standard value and as such whether q = 0.5 is considered low and therefore wide shallow ? There is no way on this mutitrack that the function of q...

Excellent many thanks . I guess that begs the question is the default 0.5 q value considered low - ie broader /flatter bearing in mind there is no graphic representation of the curve on the r16

Ok just realised what you're talking about . Yes there is a q number which default at 0.5 from memory. Do you know whether this would relate to a narrow /wide tapered bell curve Type eq or a cut off . I'm guessing a higher value for q broadens the width ? I'm still struggling with the notion of...

Definately has 3 bands which can be cut or boost up to - and + 12db .each band can also be selected to a different frequency . Been playing around with it . Getting a slight handle on the whole equalisation thing

Ok does that mean I would best imagine the (selected )150hz as the apex of a bell shape which tapers off frequencies below and above until it reaches the next (mid ) default parameter at I think 1k and similarly to 40hz below in a kind of symmetry. I guess the midpoint between 1k and 40hz would...

Ok but in simple terms is a selected frequency cutting a range of frequencies or a specific frequency . I really need this explained very simply .by way of example what does a cut of 3db at 150hz actually do on that machine

Hi . Trying to get my head around how to cut frequencies in the right places . My first real issue here is that I still don't understand on the zoom r16 whether a selected frequency to cut is solely cutting that frequency or everything else below it . Eg if I cut a piano at 150hz does that mean...

It could be all these problems inter relate. Currently I'm trying to grasp eq at the same time . Presumably if a frequency range is masking or competing then I'll be inclined to get instruments to compete to be at lower levels