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mixaholic
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what programs/plugins can be used to get rid of peaks and valleys besides "HarBal"?
Massive Master
www.massivemastering.com
Whuh? Peaks and valleys in what exactly...
SouthSIDE Glen
independentrecording.net
I like "Erosion" myself, though it's "Glacier" preset tends to make more valleys than it fills.
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mixaholic
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peaks and valley in vocals or songs. southsideglen is "erosion" and "glacier" plugins?
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mixaholic
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or are they programs? if so can you give me a link to them? thanks
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Synkrotron
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mixaholic said:
I'm wondering if Glen is refering to the processes going on with our planet earth rather than sound tweeking
I could of course be wrong... in which case, are these free plugins?
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cpl_crud
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Last time I checked they were free, although trying to do it manually costs a lot... bulldozers don't come cheap...
I would suggest you start looking at "compressors" and "Expanders" and avert your eyes from "Glaciers" and "SouthSide Glen's antics"
I would suggest you start looking at "compressors" and "Expanders" and avert your eyes from "Glaciers" and "SouthSide Glen's antics"
Massive Master
www.massivemastering.com
(Is this Walters? Did I miss a memo...?)mixaholic said:
SouthSIDE Glen
independentrecording.net
But seriously, folks...
No, "Erosion" is not a plug-in. I was being sarcastic (though I prefer the euphamism "cheeky".)
Seriously, it's just that there are so many things that are not undertandable about the question that I'm not sure how else to respond to it. Neither is John from Massive Mastering, who is one of the most experienced and knowledgable guys on this board. "Peaks and valleys in vocals or songs" still doesn't explain just what you are trying to affect. It's like asking your doctor, "Other than asprin, what other drugs are there to get rid of peaks and valleys in my body?"
If you are looking to tame changes in overall volume, then you might look at compressors and limiters, of which there are hundreds of plugins included with most audio editing software and available as aftermarket plugins. Another solution to this problem is to use "level automation" in your editing software. A third technique is to manually edit extreme peaks and valleys (in this case, "transients") in the waveform.
If you are looking to smooth out peaks and valleys in the frequency response of your system or your content, then you have parametric and graphic equalizers for that. Again, there are plenty of stock EQ plugins included with most editors, and a galaxy full of aftermarket plugins available.
If you're looking to do both at the same time, there are multi-band compressors for that, and there are many MBC plugins available on the Internet.
If you're looking for junk food like HarBal to try and do your job for you, there are apps like Steinberg's FreeFile and the independant Volume Balancer app and others. But they all pretty much suck.
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No, "Erosion" is not a plug-in. I was being sarcastic (though I prefer the euphamism "cheeky".)
Seriously, it's just that there are so many things that are not undertandable about the question that I'm not sure how else to respond to it. Neither is John from Massive Mastering, who is one of the most experienced and knowledgable guys on this board. "Peaks and valleys in vocals or songs" still doesn't explain just what you are trying to affect. It's like asking your doctor, "Other than asprin, what other drugs are there to get rid of peaks and valleys in my body?"
If you are looking to tame changes in overall volume, then you might look at compressors and limiters, of which there are hundreds of plugins included with most audio editing software and available as aftermarket plugins. Another solution to this problem is to use "level automation" in your editing software. A third technique is to manually edit extreme peaks and valleys (in this case, "transients") in the waveform.
If you are looking to smooth out peaks and valleys in the frequency response of your system or your content, then you have parametric and graphic equalizers for that. Again, there are plenty of stock EQ plugins included with most editors, and a galaxy full of aftermarket plugins available.
If you're looking to do both at the same time, there are multi-band compressors for that, and there are many MBC plugins available on the Internet.
If you're looking for junk food like HarBal to try and do your job for you, there are apps like Steinberg's FreeFile and the independant Volume Balancer app and others. But they all pretty much suck.
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Farview
Well-known member
That would all depend on how zoomed in you are. Those peaks and valleys are your sound, if you take them away, you have no sound. Stop trying to mix with your eyes. It doesn't matter what your song looks like.
Massive Master
www.massivemastering.com
I'm seriously wondering what he's referring to - "Peaks and valleys" comes up and I'm thinking volume of a wave form. But then he mentions HairBall and I'm thinking a spectrum analyzer.
RedStone
Active member
Seems like he's talking about Eqing in the mastering sense ... or harmonic balance or whatever you want to call it ...
http://www.practicalpc.co.uk/reviews/soft/leisure/harbal.htm
*puts on tin foil hat*
http://www.practicalpc.co.uk/reviews/soft/leisure/harbal.htm
*puts on tin foil hat*
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djclueveli
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does Steinberg free file come with wavelab 5? or where do you get it from?
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cpl_crud
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Wavelab 5 is the program, FreeFiles contains the plugins for Wavelab5, so no, wavelab doens't come with freefile (well, at lesat not the full version),
And, after looking at another thread by the same OP, I would think that he's talking about a peak spectrum analyser, so eq's/multibands are probably what he wants...
And, after looking at another thread by the same OP, I would think that he's talking about a peak spectrum analyser, so eq's/multibands are probably what he wants...