My music sounds "Ribbed"... for my displeasure!

[juanito]

Hello all...

I spent all weekend recording a demo for my band. Everything worked fine, except for when I added that last bit of EQ, (Vegas Graphic EQ) after the mixdown, the whole tune comes out with a (difficult to describe) fluttering, 'ribbed' sound. It's only with the EQ effect. Is there a better way to eq after you're happy with the mix? I am certain it's not my system, (Athlon 1000, with 540 MB of ram) is there anyone else who's had this problem? Thanks again, this forum is great!

 

[SPINSTERWUN]

I'm not sure what the problem is exactly. I haven't encounter that sort of thing with that plug-in.

Maybe you could ask AlChuck or DavidK, I think they both use SF also.

Or pick up the book by Scott Garrigus. I think it is called Sound Forge Power?

 

[chessrock]

I'm not fully sold on Sonic Foundary's EQ.

You might want to try a different software plugin, strictly for EQ. I use Waves' plugins, and they are EXCELLENT. Though I've never tried it, Sonic Timeworks has an EQ designed specifically for your purposes, amply-named "Mastering EQ." Again, I've never tried it, but everything else I've used from them is outstanding. Free trial versions are available, too.

Goog luck.

 

[trinAntietam]

I have had a similar problem recording with Sound Forge. It's always when I forget to disable Norton Antivirus. I suggest always disabling antivirus programs when recording to hard drive or burning to disc.

 

[chessrock]

This is actually kinda' funny . . .

I spent probably about 4 or 5 hours messing with the eq on some of my material. Much to my dismay, I played it back and heard the same "ribbed for my displeasure" . . . and realized I had the "save as" settings to 44.1khz, 8-bit.

Somewhere along the line, I must have accidentally changed the settings from 16 to 8 bit. God, I am such an idiot. Don't read any of my advice from now on.

Got a chance to check out Sonic Timeworks' mastering eq, by the way. The controls are not very intuitive . . . it is far from user-friendly, but the sound is out of this world. Extremely accurate. Timeworks just keeps pumping out more and more good stuff.

- peace