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Thanks, guys. Very helpful. I think you're right about the panels for a room my size. I'll check out the REW software. Many, many thanks.

So, I'm looking at DIYing my studio. Have been reading TONS on this forum. I more or less think I know what I'm going to do, but do have a question. I've searched on GS and haven't found any threads that speak to this. My room is 14.5’ x 15" with a vaulted ceiling going up to a 9’ 3” to peak...

Great points. That makes sense to me. So, if I'm tracking with you (pun here is absolutely intended!) the idea I was describing of automating or balancing the gain, then going to compression, then tweaking with VA would seem very much to fit with your workflow, yes? I also have not yet had a...

In another post Jonathan (thanks Jonathan!) was giving me feedback on one of my mixes, and looked at my actual project files and strongly suggested I need to add an Opto and FET compressor or two to my library. To date, I've been using REAPER's ReaPlugs, Kotelnikov, several Klanghelm freebies...

Thanks, GTB. It's easy to get caught up in "rules" and forget the final end point in mind, as you said. I'm not too particularly thinking in terms of cookbook rules, per se, but more understanding tools and techniques. As I'm studying, and reading, watching videos, doing trainings, I am...

Thanks for this, GTB. To clarify for me, when you say "first volume rides..." do you mean chronologically that's what you do first, or do you mean first in the signal flow? I'm understanding you to be referring to signal flow, yes? I guess it could be first, but I'm interpreting you to mean...

I'm not thinking so much in terms of how to make it sit with the other pieces in the arrangement, but more looking at, say, the vocal by itself: I'm reading so much about how important it is to get an even signal prior to compression, by using clip gain, or volume automation before sending to...

I'm trying to understand the right way to use volume automation together with compression when there are parts of a song that are deliberately quieter. I "get" the idea of using volume automation (VA) to keep levels steady, and the importance of doing that prior to compression, which will get a...

Yeah, what ashcat said. Just zip it and WeTransfer the zip. You have my personal email. Perfect. Thank you. No, I don't have the first two (is the UAD plug an amp sim?), and I don't have Schepps or the Classic Comps Bundle, but after talking with you, I will plan on getting those. I'll d/l...

Thanks! Looking forward to it. TB

Awesome. Thanks in advance. TB

No, no, NO! :) Miroslav, I'd LOVE to see what you'd do differently! I'm soaking this up. It's not about wanting to just get a final mix, it's about learning how you guys mix, what you'd do differently, how you build your chains, what plugins you use and why, how you "think" and how you...

Jonathan, Just listened to your mix. I absolutely love what you did especially on the drums and bass. They sparkle. Your mix on the bass is sweet. The nuances of the strings on the frets even come thru. My mix didn't get any of that. The drums are quite powerful. The kick has more umph...

Jonathan, what you can do for those tracks in REAPER is freeze or render them: R-click on the track and select Render/freeze tracks and then select either Render tracks to stereo stem tracks or Freeze tracks to stereo stem. They're both virtually identical except one hides the original tracks...

Okay. Now I am embarrassed. Miroslav, you're absolutely right about the guitars being out of tune. I had to listen to the raw wave with no fx to hear it clearly. Ugh. I am usually such a stickler on that. It was particularly EG4, which is awful out-of tune. Sounds like the b-string...

Might be a little off-topic, but maybe not. I'm open to any feedback on my plug-in collection for this project. You might have other suggestions for me. Most are freeware, but I think very solid freeware. I do like Waves' stuff but hate their limited licensing. I'm not sure what I think...

Absolutely. The first step in my mix was gain staging. I started with raw tracks. No effects. Added the Britson channel to all racks, and Britson buss to all busses. I used Britson to adjust the gain on all channels to -18 dB, with all track faaders at zero. From there balanced all tracks by...

It was in the zip file of the REAPER project. But I'm attaching it here as well.

Good point, ashcat. The only thing I particularly picked up on early on was that something was "off" with the dynamics of the vocals, but there's no question that the meters helped me even recognize that. i quickly became aware that I couldn't figure out how to fix it with my mixing and...

Thanks miroslav. To clarify, I never even realized there were tracks with different sampling rates until I exported them to upload here. I just "assumed" they'd all be 48K. Never dawned on me some wouldn't be. So, yeah, it makes sense to make them more uniform, but which way do I go? 48s to 44...