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Re: Intuitive DAW for recording guitar
Cakewalk by Bandlab is a completely free DAW and is Windows only. There is soon going to be paid version called Cakewalk Sonar. I would recommend that you download and try out Cakewalk by Bandlab while it's still free. The free version will continue to run, but will not have continued support. You m...
- Forum: Windows Music Topic: Intuitive DAW for recording guitar Replies: 24 Views: 559
Re: How to read Pitch of Staccato Notes
+1 for Melodyne.
- Forum: Mixing, Mastering & Post Production Topic: How to read Pitch of Staccato Notes Replies: 22 Views: 542
Re: View clip name in Cakewalk
Highlight the clip and open the Inspector (keyboard shortcut i) Click the wavy line soundwave icon at the top and you’ll see the clip name on the top line.
- Forum: Windows Music Topic: View clip name in Cakewalk Replies: 1 Views: 128
Re: Sound on Sound magazine no longer catering for old subscribers
Further to my previous post. It’s heartwarming to know that the contributors to this thread care in one way or another. And indeed, that both sides in the discussion care in their own way. Some think that women need a helping hand in the industry and others think that women don’t need a helping hand...
- Forum: Feedback Topic: Sound on Sound magazine no longer catering for old subscribers Replies: 88 Views: 3418
Re: Sound on Sound magazine no longer catering for old subscribers
From a woman’s perspective … I found this Sound On Sound issue a tad patronising. No worries though. No harm SOS looking for new angles. I think a better approach would have been to include the articles in the magazine, but not all at the same time! I’ve been a reader of SOS since the early nineties...
- Forum: Feedback Topic: Sound on Sound magazine no longer catering for old subscribers Replies: 88 Views: 3418
Re: Push midi from DAW back to digital piano to use built in samples
I thought that they had discontinued it but you are right, it appears to still be available from https://www.bandlab.com/products/cakewalk?lang=en unclegemima I had wondered if you were confusing ‘Bandlab’ with ‘Cakewalk by Bandlab’? They are two separate programmes. Cakewalk by Bandlab is a fully ...
- Forum: Recording: Gear & Techniques Topic: Push midi from DAW back to digital piano to use built in samples Replies: 17 Views: 557
Re: American Standard Pitch Notation, a true work of evil.
Mind you,... I tend to sol-fa along to anything I hear. But hey ho. :D That was what this guy said :D He could immediately sing anything back in sol-fa apparently without conscious thought, it was inpressive. Just a thought, it's basically the same for melody as Nashville charts are for chord seque...
- Forum: Music Theory, Songwriting & Composition Topic: American Standard Pitch Notation, a true work of evil. Replies: 54 Views: 1893
Re: American Standard Pitch Notation, a true work of evil.
Strangely, having not even thought about Tonic Sol-Fa (apart from remembering that the young, English, Gypsy Jazz virtuoso 'Reme Harris' name was inspired by the system) for many years I was at a beginners improvising workshop playing rhythm guitar for my mate who was running the session and one of...
- Forum: Music Theory, Songwriting & Composition Topic: American Standard Pitch Notation, a true work of evil. Replies: 54 Views: 1893
Re: American Standard Pitch Notation, a true work of evil.
It's still in very common use in France but on a fixed basis (as far as I can work out), i.e. Doh is always C, Re is always D, etc. I discovered this when I was asked to play at a wedding in Lyon and was presented with a chord sheet just before the event without any letters that I was familiar with...
- Forum: Music Theory, Songwriting & Composition Topic: American Standard Pitch Notation, a true work of evil. Replies: 54 Views: 1893
Re: American Standard Pitch Notation, a true work of evil.
I really like letters and numbers to identify notes. I don't like Do, Re, Mi, Fa, etc etc. So I'm cool with the letters and numbers. Anyone here still use sol-fa these days? It’s still my go to method for working out melodies. As a means of hearing something and being able to write it down quickly ...
- Forum: Music Theory, Songwriting & Composition Topic: American Standard Pitch Notation, a true work of evil. Replies: 54 Views: 1893
Re: Frequency Dependent Peaks When Bouncing
Of course when mixing we spend a lot of time ensuring that competing frequencies aren't obscuring each other and causing trouble - kick and bass being obvious contenders. Even so I quite regularly find that when bouncing down a mix and looking at the waveform, there's often just one or two peaks th...
- Forum: Mixing, Mastering & Post Production Topic: Frequency Dependent Peaks When Bouncing Replies: 14 Views: 373
Re: Monitor Controller Question
I know that the Heritage Audio Baby RAM is passive, but has anyone used this unit? I swapped out my Drawmer cmc2 for the Heritage Audio Baby RAM. I had ground hum issues through my monitors with the Drawmer and instead of faffing about, decided to go passive (The Drawmer also had a scratchy left ch...
- Forum: Mixing, Mastering & Post Production Topic: Monitor Controller Question Replies: 29 Views: 1049
Re: Rotating horizontal speakers
Thanks for the reply Hugh. I’ll be interested to try that out with my KH 310s too and see what the result is. I have a similar set up to you (without all the fancy stuff I hasten to add! :D ) My music area is a little bit larger (around 5m x 4m), similar desk size and two screen monitors side by sid...
- Forum: Recording: Gear & Techniques Topic: Rotating horizontal speakers Replies: 30 Views: 897
Re: Rotating horizontal speakers
Hugh Since there has been mention of the Neumann KH 310a speakers. In your article about your own studio (SOS June 2020), I see you have your KH 310s placed with the bass woofers to the outside: https://www.soundonsound.com/techniques/studio-sos-making-small-room-sound-good The manual suggests the b...
- Forum: Recording: Gear & Techniques Topic: Rotating horizontal speakers Replies: 30 Views: 897
Re: Plug in to remove reverb to recorded dialogue on film
I’ve found Acon Digital’s Deverberate to be useful. You can try before you buy too.
https://acondigital.com/products/deverberate/
https://acondigital.com/products/deverberate/
- Forum: Mixing, Mastering & Post Production Topic: Plug in to remove reverb to recorded dialogue on film Replies: 21 Views: 964
- Forum: Recording: Gear & Techniques Topic: Pop shields Replies: 15 Views: 396
Re: Recording acoustic instruments in a small room
May I suggest that you do, at least this once? Spend some time getting a balance you both enjoy; you might even like it! … and if possible, that both of you use the same make/model of headphones (closed back preferably). You’ll still have good eye contact too. Before dismissing the notion of headph...
- Forum: Recording: Gear & Techniques Topic: Recording acoustic instruments in a small room Replies: 27 Views: 948
Re: Suggestions for Software Piano instruments
I find Pianoteq a bit strange. Sometimes it sounds a bit clanky to my ears. Same here. Hard to pinpoint, but it doesn’t sit right with me. Something about the overtones? I keep returning to the Galaxy Vintage D. It’s pretty old now, but I find it sits well in a busy mix and stands alone well in som...
- Forum: Keyboards & Synthesis Topic: Suggestions for Software Piano instruments Replies: 31 Views: 903
Re: 64-bit DAW with NOTATION (Dorico and Sibelius WAAY too expensive!)
Have a look at Cakewalk by Bandlab. It’s a completely free fully featured DAW with notation capabilities: https://www.bandlab.com/products/cakewalk I rarely use the notation features personally but it would do no harm to try it out as it costs nothing. For notation my preference is Sonic Scores Over...
- Forum: Windows Music Topic: 64-bit DAW with NOTATION (Dorico and Sibelius WAAY too expensive!) Replies: 6 Views: 630
Re: I just can't get a good recorded guitar tone
Thanks resistorman
- Forum: Recording: Gear & Techniques Topic: I just can't get a good recorded guitar tone Replies: 35 Views: 1139