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Hydroaxe
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Now that I had an important question answered to my satisfaction, I am almost ready to go to the stores and return/get the right parts, but before I go, I have another important question: How much of a difference will it make if I replaced my Sound Blaster Live card with a more appropriate sound card for recording? I'll give some details on how I record. Say I had music with strings, timpani, other percussion, horns and wind instruments all recorded on separate tracks on my digital piano. This is how I record multi-track music like this onto my hard drive:
What I find hard to do is keep the punch of the timpani drums and for other low end powerful instruments; a heavy pick bass or bass guitar. They seem to wash out a bit, though I've been able to live with it. Is this happening because:
a) I should get a better sound card.
b) The speakers on my digital piano will always have the timapnis sounding better because they are better.
c) I'm recording the entire song as one stereo recording instead of recording them separately on the hard drive before mixing.
d) Some other reason(s).
Here's a track where you can hear what I mean: http://www.hydroaxe.com/Dreams_of_Gold.zip It doesn't sound terrible, but as I write newer music, I see how difficult is is to keep the power of low end instruments without bluring the music into bassy fuzz.
- I balance the mixing of the tracks on my digital piano
- I record music in stereo onto the hard drive, not as individual tracks first
- I punch up the sound with a dynamics processor/compressor in Cakewalk
- Sometimes I also use the EQ for tweaking
What I find hard to do is keep the punch of the timpani drums and for other low end powerful instruments; a heavy pick bass or bass guitar. They seem to wash out a bit, though I've been able to live with it. Is this happening because:
a) I should get a better sound card.
b) The speakers on my digital piano will always have the timapnis sounding better because they are better.
c) I'm recording the entire song as one stereo recording instead of recording them separately on the hard drive before mixing.
d) Some other reason(s).
Here's a track where you can hear what I mean: http://www.hydroaxe.com/Dreams_of_Gold.zip It doesn't sound terrible, but as I write newer music, I see how difficult is is to keep the power of low end instruments without bluring the music into bassy fuzz.
