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    mixing help

    I like the song. What microphone did you use? I think that might be a bigger problem than your room size - although at 1.5x2, I can see why you're called sardineclub. You want a natural sound, but when I listen to the first six seconds that doesn't sound natural at all. It sounds like natural...
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    Compressor confusion

    Yes it's frustrating isn't it RAMI. If only I could be as savvy as you. *sighs*
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    Compressor confusion

    That's why people don't throw birthday parties for me anymore.
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    Compressor confusion

    Oh my, I can turn it off. Good. Nevermind! Thanks all =)
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    Compressor confusion

    Look, RAMI, I appreciate the time you're taking to respond. The dynamic range of my voice is wide in this particular recording and at one point I also came closer to the mic while I should have been moving away. So there's quite a leap there, nothing too dramatic, automation actually works quite...
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    Compressor confusion

    I could have sworn I wasn't talking about makeup gain, but ratio. :eek: @SouthSIDE Glen: fair enough, I just like to understand the tools I'm working with, so bear with me. Strictly speaking it IS logical to try this with a compressor, no? I mean, in essence that's what a compressor is...
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    Compressor confusion

    This story just keeps going, screw Logic's built-in compressor. I have a good vocal with one syllable being too loud. So my meter is doing fine until that one sound passes and it goes in the red. So I think, just compress that stuff! So I added a compressor and I was fiddling about with the...
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    Compressor confusion

    Is there a specific class of sounds for which this compression in series would be used? For example, would you do it more for vocals, or gits, or drums, etc.? Or is it just a matter of trying it out and seeing if it works on that particular recording? Just riding the hijack.
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    Compressor confusion

    @SouthSIDE Glen: no matter what my track level is, when I turn on the compressor the sound gets louder, when I turn it off it gets quieter. It even does so with the threshold set at 0db, in which case I expect a compressor to do diddly squat - unless the sound passes 0db which it clearly...
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    Compressor confusion

    Hi, Been a while. I'm confused with Logic 8's compressor. It says in the manual that it's a downward compressor ("the compressor works by reducing levels"). Yet, I have a vocal track, it's rubbish because it's too quiet, and when I put a compressor on it (3.1:1, -6,5db, 0 db gain) my vocal...
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    mixing inconsistent bass

    Thanks Farview. It didn't give me back my G, but it did make my C sound just a tad better.
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    how do you do this? (part 2) (link)

    I think the song's fantastic. Kind of a DJ Shadow ripoff, but good work.
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    how do you do this? (part 2) (link)

    Pretty good guess, no? But actually I'm going to go for snare. I think it's the same snare that drives the rest of the song.
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    mixing inconsistent bass

    Now there's an interesting thought, never even occurred to me. Touch sensitive back on is definitely an option, I just thought I could practice my compression some (I mean, that IS what it's supposed to do right? Knock back the louds?). See that's what I was thinking: the difference in volume...
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    how do you do this? (part 2) (link)

    My guess would be either a record scratch with volume staccato, or a stretched-out snare, also with volume staccato. That's what I'd start fiddling with anyway.
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    mixing inconsistent bass

    With bugspray it is. :laughings:
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    mixing inconsistent bass

    Well I can see the difference in the waveform, I guess maybe the piano upright isn't such a hot idea after all...
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    mixing inconsistent bass

    Hey thanks guys. Well, here's the deal: it's not a real bass, it's a series of upright bass samples on my Roland piano which sounds really good for what I need. My Roland is touch sensitive but I turned that off for the bass in order to get a consistent sound. So yes, I can re-record (get a real...
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    mixing inconsistent bass

    Hi all, So I'm recording something very simple, the bass has two tones (low C and higher G). The difference between these two notes appears to be enough to make the C come through very clearly but the G has much less vibration to it. I'm kind of used to this but in this particular case it's...
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    New Nerd Rock Song - Monsters All Along

    Yes it is. Good! I'd up it in the chorus too. There's still the synth that's a bit too quiet to my taste. It sounds very cool so I'd just like to hear it more. Same goes for the "snare" on every fourth beat in the chorus. You've used that sound in some of your other songs as well and it's neat...
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