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  1. Steenamaroo

    Mid-side decoding issue - Total silence from the two side tracks

    I think, although welcome correction, pan law governs how loud audio is the farther away from centre it is panned. Ordinarily if you panned slowly something from centre to one side it would seem to get quieter. I believe you can set custom pan law to compensate for that. Regardless, as you say...
  2. Steenamaroo

    Mid-side decoding issue - Total silence from the two side tracks

    It seems I was right, but not quite right. The problem wasn't your choice of setting for the master track output - It was the fact that width was set to zero. Changing the setting exposed the width control, allowing you to turn it up and solve the issue, but you can switch back now (to Stereo...
  3. Steenamaroo

    Mid-side decoding issue - Total silence from the two side tracks

    Ok, I flicked back to default theme. Right click on the pan knob at the top of your master track. Change pan mode to Dual Pan. Ensure the sliders are dragged hard left and hard right (they should be already) Alternatively you can set pan mode to Stereo Pan then increased the (newly revealed)...
  4. Steenamaroo

    Mid-side decoding issue - Total silence from the two side tracks

    You've got everything going through a master track/bus, with centre panning. I have a ProTools skin on Reaper so I don't know if the layout will be the same for you, but your master should be panned hard left for left and hard right for right.
  5. Steenamaroo

    Mid-side decoding issue - Total silence from the two side tracks

    Glad you found a workaround. Thanks for the update. It's a shame you couldn't nail down the problem for closure - Seems pretty clear there's unwanted summing going on somewhere , as you say. Ah well, at least you can get back to work. (y)
  6. Steenamaroo

    Mid-side decoding issue - Total silence from the two side tracks

    Reluctant to wake Dave up but I think FM stereo is transmitted as mid/side. It's such a great technique for a few reasons. Of course it's very easy to adjust the perceived width but you don't have the concern of distances between microphones or between each microphone and any given source, so...
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    Mid-side decoding issue - Total silence from the two side tracks

    I think I get where you were coming from - You don't have discrete left and right channels, but all of the same information is still there. It's just stored differently, as sum and difference - I.E. information that's common to left and right on one track, and information that is not stored on...
  8. Steenamaroo

    Mid-side decoding issue - Total silence from the two side tracks

    It's true stereo. There's no trickery or fac simile involved - It's stereo.
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    Mid-side decoding issue - Total silence from the two side tracks

    That's what it is. That's the foundation of mid-side. The lower your centre mic (or higher the sides) the less natural it will sound. If the centre mic is brought right down to the point where it's barely contributing, you're literally just hearing opposite polarity signals in each ear.
  10. Steenamaroo

    Mid-side decoding issue - Total silence from the two side tracks

    Hi, I tested out your wav files and everything works as it should. I do notice that when you're at the left hand side (face of the Cad mic) you're nowhere near as strong sounding as when you're at the right/back. That could just be that you were closer to the mic when you did your right...
  11. Steenamaroo

    Alesis Multimix 16 Firewire driver install on macOS High Sierra, Mojave, Catalina

    The .kext file will be included in the installer. Just download it then right-click the .pkg and choose "Show Package Contents" Navigate through that and you should find the kext, probably in a /system/library/extensions structure. From memory you'll need to put the kext where it goes (/S/L/E)...
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    Alesis Multimix 16 Firewire driver install on macOS High Sierra, Mojave, Catalina

    The drivers are still available from Alesis but it looks like the last officially supported MacOS version was 10.8 Mountain Lion. (V3.5.6) Alesis downloads link.
  13. Steenamaroo

    Please could someone answer three questions about limiters and compressers to the dumbass noob writing this?

    The best advice I can give is to watch a video tutorial on compression for some plugin that has a visual representation. Avid Dyn3 has got it. I think some of the waves plugins like C1 do it too. You see a diagonal line representing your compressor's impact on the sound and, in real time, you...
  14. Steenamaroo

    Pro Tools stops frequently

    Ok. This ^ is the important question then.
  15. Steenamaroo

    Pro Tools stops frequently

    I don't think I can really give you a straight answer, I'm afraid. Rolling back to an early version of MacOS is free but can be a bit of an upheaval if you're not familiar with the process. Upgrading to a newer version of Protools is probably quite costly, unless you happen to have an active...
  16. Steenamaroo

    Interface monitors and internet speakers / switching between

    Hi, I also have a Focusrite Scarlet interface. I set it as my playback device for all audio and systems sounds, and my speakers and headphones are connected it. That way any and all sound coming from the computer goes through monitors and headphones. Is that not working for you?
  17. Steenamaroo

    Pro Tools stops frequently

    Hi, 2022.12.0 isn't marked as compatible with Sonoma, so you'll want to either roll back MacOS to Monterey/Ventura, or upgrade Pro Tools to 2024.3.
  18. Steenamaroo

    New DAW PC build 2025

    There's a number of ways you can go but if backing up is the goal then decide if network access is important, because that determines whether or not you need to dedicate a whole computer to it. If network access is important then do what GainBrain said. Won't be the fastest solution in the...
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    New DAW PC build 2025

    To be honest I'm inclined to agree. I could see some edge cases where there are compatibility issues between some software and Intel integrated graphics but, to be fair, you can get that with any graphics. A modern machine should be more than capable of home recording duties, even with...
  20. Steenamaroo

    Self-releasing physical media: CDs, USB, tapes, vinyl

    I didn't see any update in the previous thread to suggest you'd tried decent quality media. There's every chance your player just won't play any home-burned CD-Rs but testing with cheap media isn't the way to find out.
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