mix this question

[jiff 41]

Hi all, i've never mixed anything in my life, except booze & playing:-DON'T, but the other day i d/l Fraud in the mix this experience, & i noticed some tracks with"comp vox & gtr" it means compressed right?, BUT does it mean it's been compressed OR we/i compress it here(the thick end??), hope this is in the right section(are we allowed to ask questions (noobs or is there one to many O's there?) in the mix this thread or just post the mixes there,(does that even make sense

 

[Chili]

Good place to ask questions and Armistice might come by to answer your question directly.

Looks like Comp means compiled or combined. Two tracks combined together. He has vox and guit in one track; first vox then later guit. Saves space and download time, etc... when the two aren't playing at the same time.

 

[Justsomeguy]

i d/l Fraud in the mix this experience, & i noticed some tracks with"comp vox & gtr" it means compressed right?,

Hey man, the "comp" files in this case stands for compiled rather than compress. So, it basically means to save on the overall track count, two tracks (at least) have been merged into one track. it all comes from using tape or other recording mediums with limited track count. to save space, two tracks are often bounced onto one track freeing up another track to record onto.

So, the "comp vox + guitar" track is actually guitar for part of it and vocals for the other part. if you listen to it you hear where it changes. If you're mixing in a DAW then you can easily chop the track in to parts and put the separate vocal and guitar parts onto separate tracks (that's what i did )

hope that makes sense

 

[jiff 41]

perfect sense! i come from far away in tape land so i understood combining two tracks very well, i shall pull the 2 bits apart to control them, coz i'm not very good with envelopes yet(although one must learn & that's the place to do it?) but at least now i know what it means thanks guys

 

[Armistice]

Yeah... compiled .. not compressed. I had only 16 tracks on my machine and some different noises ended up on the same track. It was easier to send them that way, so they were in the right place on the time line, than separate them and have people wondering where to put them.... this being an unfortunate downside of the way my machine works..

Or worked. It's been retired. No such problems in the future...

 

[Chili]

I kept them in the same track. A little automation to change levels when necessary. Worked out just fine!!

I'll post up an MP3 in the Mix This forum.

 

[jiff 41]

thanks, now i know i'm going to have a go at envelopes,i found the automation in cubase very easy, but but i've moved to Reaper now(& loving it!) but when i looked at the envelopes i thought"not just yet" but when?,,, NOW (slap on side of head, get on with it boy!)

 

[Armistice]

thanks, now i know i'm going to have a go at envelopes,i found the automation in cubase very easy, but but i've moved to Reaper now(& loving it!) but when i looked at the envelopes i thought"not just yet" but when?,,, NOW (slap on side of head, get on with it boy!)

Envelopes, at least at a basic level, are pretty damn easy in Reaper... you'll work it out! There are plenty of YouTube tutorials too...