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Hard Work
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I have an intel mac, and I use a m-audio firewire solo interface but my shit till sound shitty
so what soundcard will I need
so what soundcard will I need
Ford Van
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Hard Work said:
Have you ever heard the term GIGO ?
Chris Shaeffer
Peavey ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
M-audio doesn't make the best stuff in the world but the Solo by itself shouldn't be making your stuff sound horrible.
All kinds of other things come into play. What mic are you using? How do you have it placed for what instrument? pop filter for vocals? What kind of room? Any sound treatment for the room? How are your tracks being mixed?
Its usually NOT the gear that is the bottleneck for getting good sound. When the gear does become the bottleneck you'll have enough experience to know what you need to make it sound better.
For now its probably your technique that needs work- and there is no magic bullet for that. Lots of reading and lots of experimentation.
have fun!
Chris
All kinds of other things come into play. What mic are you using? How do you have it placed for what instrument? pop filter for vocals? What kind of room? Any sound treatment for the room? How are your tracks being mixed?
Its usually NOT the gear that is the bottleneck for getting good sound. When the gear does become the bottleneck you'll have enough experience to know what you need to make it sound better.
For now its probably your technique that needs work- and there is no magic bullet for that. Lots of reading and lots of experimentation.
have fun!
Chris
Ford Van
Banned
Chris Shaeffer said:
Well, you COULD explain it the long way like that, or, you could go with my original "GIGO".
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Hard Work
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what is gigo
and I make beats using a program called reason I dont record
and I make beats using a program called reason I dont record
Chris Shaeffer
Peavey ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GIGO: garbage in garbage out.
If you are using reason then bad sound has NOTHING to do with your sound card. At all.
Work on your mixing and be creative with the sounds in Reason. Its stock sounds are OK, but you have to tweak them and get some interesting effects going to make it sound better than just OK. And mix it well. Read up on standard mixing advice that rock and jazz guys talk about- a lot of beat producers don't know that stuff and so won't tell you.
Take care,
Chris
If you are using reason then bad sound has NOTHING to do with your sound card. At all.
Work on your mixing and be creative with the sounds in Reason. Its stock sounds are OK, but you have to tweak them and get some interesting effects going to make it sound better than just OK. And mix it well. Read up on standard mixing advice that rock and jazz guys talk about- a lot of beat producers don't know that stuff and so won't tell you.
Take care,
Chris
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Hard Work
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I'm talking about the overall beat
it's quality once put on cd is not good
it's quality once put on cd is not good
Chris Shaeffer
Peavey ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Any idea why that might be? What do you mean by not good? Not loud? Not clear? Doesn't sound like it did in Reason?
This isn't easy stuff you're trying to do- it takes some thought and skill. I'm not asking why to be a smart ass- I just can't give you any good information unless I know where you're at.
Actually, I've already answered your question and I'm trying to figure out why it didn't make sense to you.
-C
This isn't easy stuff you're trying to do- it takes some thought and skill. I'm not asking why to be a smart ass- I just can't give you any good information unless I know where you're at.
Actually, I've already answered your question and I'm trying to figure out why it didn't make sense to you.
-C
altitude909
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Hard Work said:
A sound card change will do nothing to fix that, read up on mixing and mastering. When you export a reason protect to a CD you don't even use the soundcard at all