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So I have a good friend that is in high school and is starting to get interested in the mixing the music he makes. He looks to me for advice (not the best source, but I'm glad to help when I can), and he recently asked me a question that I found myself stumped on as well. I have mentioned to him...

k2shei- I looked into it further and finally found some documentation on that limiter and I think you're right. It said when the signal passes the threshold it is hit with a 20:1 ratio, so I believe that is what your guess was. It sounds like the threshold acts as a very steep compressor and the...

This is my first go at mastering a home project just to see what its all about and hopefully learn some things about it and understand the art a bit more than I had before. A few questions I would love to get some input on. Any and all responses are welcomed! The songs that I'm working on are...

Sweet, I'll try transient shaping and getting slapped. Not much for triggers though.

Was wondering if I could get some ideas for how to get more of a "poofy" kick drum sound. When we recorded I positioned the mic to get it sounding deep, and it does, there is a lot of 60-80hz information there and not too much attack because I didn't want it for this particular song. This song...

Okay, thanks so much. This is really helpful. And yeah, I put it on the stereo keyboard bus and the sound is still the same panning, and it works (as far as showing there is gain reduction) like a compressor should. And I know what you mean about a lot of them having separate read outs for each...

I have a keyboard (piano sound) track that was recorded in stereo using the L and R outputs on the keyboard. The keyboard player in my band is really creative and great, so I don't want to sound like I'm putting him down (even though he'll never read this:cool:) but he's very dynamic, but not in...

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Wow, that's an awesome response, thank you for that! So all of my songs were originally recorded in either 24 or 32 bit (depending on what session they came from). So I need not worry about the last little bit you posted about? The part about it being a good idea to render in 24 bit if the...

If I recorded a song at say 44.1k would it be beneficial to edit the song and tracks at 48 or 88.1k? same question for bit depth. Or would the process of converting the tracks degrade the sound more than editing at a higher resolution would benefit? Thanks

Using Studio One Pro. I have an insert rack for the individual tracks, and an master insert rack for anything I would want added to all tracks on the album. My question is, what types of things are common to be on the master insert rack? I can't really think of anything, and maybe that means I'm...

Thanks so much for the responses, I really appreciate the feedback and I'm happy that other than some mixing preferences you like the song! Right now I have the main VOX center and the supporting (with a bit of distortion) panned 50% left, I will move that in and see how that sounds. I liked...

Thanks man!

Hello all, this is a song from the first album that I have ever mixed. This is my song and it was recorded by the band that I play in, so they give me a lot of freedom regarding the final product. Please give this track a listen and let me know what you hear, criticism from a fresh pair of ears...

Thanks for all this, I will go forward with it and see if it helps. Maybe it has to do to with he fact that people interested in the production of an album doesn't comprise a big enough piece of the population to have in-depth books or videos regularly for sale. Then again, maybe the artist...

Being relatively new to the art of mixing, I often wonder when I hear an instrument in a song on a commercial release what that instrument sounds like on it's own or what types of compression or eq has been applied to get it to sound the way it does. So I thought I would bring this question to...

I knew someone would ask :laughings: The only reason I was summing to mono was because I would like it to work well. I know that not much these days is mono, or played back in mono, but it's just one of those things that would make me sleep better. Is it something I shouldn't worry about all...

Would applying different eq, reamping, or something else inside the mix work or help? Or will I have to rerecord to remedy this? both are "doable" but the first option would be much easier due to the fact that my guitar and rig are 3 hours from me.

So to get a thick guitar sound for a good hard rock feel I used the old trick of recording the rhythm guitar part, go back to the beginning and then recorded the same thing again. I panned these hard left and right, and I love the beef it gives the guitar. The only beef that I have with that...

Thanks. I will try both obviously to see what fits but I'm always interested in what others lean toward.