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Re: Why do equalizers have more detail at 1khz and 2khz?

I don't understand what you are getting at. Mid frequency EQ is often parametric or semi-parametric, so the frequency isn't fixed. What particular EQ? Have you a specific example of what you are talking about? Sorry, maybe I wasnt clear at first but you answered the question anyway... well done!. I...
by armansWed Mar 15, 2023 10:02 am
Forum: Mixing, Mastering & Post Production Topic: Why do equalizers have more detail at 1khz and 2khz? Replies: 6 Views: 388

Why do equalizers have more detail at 1khz and 2khz?

I understand that our ears are sensitive in this range so eq moves in this region might need more surgical treatment than in other regions of the spectrum. Is this why the EQ has more magnification in this region compared to the other mid range frequencies? Can someone please give me some practical ...
by armansWed Mar 15, 2023 8:57 am
Forum: Mixing, Mastering & Post Production Topic: Why do equalizers have more detail at 1khz and 2khz? Replies: 6 Views: 388

Re: How to add a mod wheel and expression sliders to my setup without an additional keyboard/piano

It's certainly possible to add them to your existing setup. There are quite a lot of small fader devices from all sorts of companies that are designed to do exactly what you're looking for. Standalone mod wheels are less common, but they do seem to exist. A USB-based device would be the simplest op...
by armansWed Mar 15, 2023 8:36 am
Forum: Recording: Gear & Techniques Topic: How to add a mod wheel and expression sliders to my setup without an additional keyboard/piano Replies: 8 Views: 1403

How to add a mod wheel and expression sliders to my setup without an additional keyboard/piano

I have a casio keyboard which I love and use a as a midi controller for composing but I am currently looking for a symphonic library and I will need to have mod wheels and some mid sliders to make the most of the sympnonic libraries else I will have to edit this by hand in my DAW. Is it possible to ...
by armansTue Mar 14, 2023 11:31 am
Forum: Recording: Gear & Techniques Topic: How to add a mod wheel and expression sliders to my setup without an additional keyboard/piano Replies: 8 Views: 1403

Re: Is it possible to listen to only the mid channel of a stereo recording?

If you want to isolate sounds that are only in the middle of the stereo spread then it isn't easy and the results are often disappointing. Two tools that I've used are Adobe Audition's Center Channel Extractor and Izotope RX's Center Extract module. That is exactly what I want. So for example to he...
by armansTue Jan 24, 2023 9:38 am
Forum: Mixing, Mastering & Post Production Topic: Is it possible to listen to only the mid channel of a stereo recording? Replies: 14 Views: 1027

Re: Is it possible to listen to only the mid channel of a stereo recording?

Isn't the Waves center plugin only going to give me a mono sum? That is not what I mean. If I have vocals and kick in the middle and everything else panned to the sides, by making a mono sum it adds the content together so you still hear the sides but softer. What I want to do is remove the side com...
by armansTue Jan 24, 2023 9:35 am
Forum: Mixing, Mastering & Post Production Topic: Is it possible to listen to only the mid channel of a stereo recording? Replies: 14 Views: 1027

Is it possible to listen to only the mid channel of a stereo recording?

I have a plugin that allows me to listen to the M and S channels seperately. It also allows me to listen to the L and R channels seperately. Is it possible however, to isolate just the middle without the sides? So to take away the side information completely and listen to what is in the middle? I do...
by armansMon Jan 23, 2023 7:46 pm
Forum: Mixing, Mastering & Post Production Topic: Is it possible to listen to only the mid channel of a stereo recording? Replies: 14 Views: 1027

Re: How to get an above 100Hz kick drum sound

Your sample has at least two samples used on the bass drum and they are slightly out of time because you can hear them flamming. The original Detroit Emeralds track sounds like the low end of the bass drum has been rolled off and a low midrange boost applied. I think the boost is at a much higher f...
by armansMon Jan 23, 2023 5:29 pm
Forum: Recording: Gear & Techniques Topic: How to get an above 100Hz kick drum sound Replies: 10 Views: 572

Re: How to get an above 100Hz kick drum sound

Looking at that file it would appear that the loop kick also has a fundamental around 60 Hz, however I think it's been high passed fairly steeply at around 100Hz, probably with an EQ boost at around 120Hz as well. THanks. As an experiment, I tried what you said but a kick with such a steep filter o...
by armansMon Jan 23, 2023 1:11 pm
Forum: Recording: Gear & Techniques Topic: How to get an above 100Hz kick drum sound Replies: 10 Views: 572

How to get an above 100Hz kick drum sound

Here is a loop from a song where you can clearly hear the kick drum sound I am trying to get https://easyupload.io/u3pb1w I have sample libraries and virtual instruments none of which have a similar kick drum sound which I need for my productions. I have not recorded a lot of drums so not really sur...
by armansMon Jan 23, 2023 10:58 am
Forum: Recording: Gear & Techniques Topic: How to get an above 100Hz kick drum sound Replies: 10 Views: 572

Re: Why does the first part of my compressed kick drum still look smaller even using a longer attack time?

Can you provide some screenshots? And what compressor are you using? Sometimes the attack and release times are quite approximate (especially if modelling a hardware device). Does it have a look-ahead setting and if so, is it enabled? If it does, try disabling it. The attack curve is probably going...
by armansWed Jan 04, 2023 4:38 pm
Forum: Mixing, Mastering & Post Production Topic: Why does the first part of my compressed kick drum still look smaller even using a longer attack time? Replies: 6 Views: 441

Re: Why does the first part of my compressed kick drum still look smaller even using a longer attack time?

The most critical question is, does it sound different? The waveform display on most DAWs is pretty crude and I wouldn't place too much weight on the visual representation. What matters is the sound that everyone hears, not the pictures that only you see! ;-) However, some questions to try and trac...
by armansWed Jan 04, 2023 4:37 pm
Forum: Mixing, Mastering & Post Production Topic: Why does the first part of my compressed kick drum still look smaller even using a longer attack time? Replies: 6 Views: 441

Why does the first part of my compressed kick drum still look smaller even using a longer attack time?

I tried to compress a kick drum in my DAW and set a long compression time (50ms) so as not to kill the click of the drum. I wanted to reduce the low end resonance fo the drum without affecting the attack so to not mess with my bass as much. I then wanted to see what this change looked like so I rend...
by armansWed Jan 04, 2023 3:38 pm
Forum: Mixing, Mastering & Post Production Topic: Why does the first part of my compressed kick drum still look smaller even using a longer attack time? Replies: 6 Views: 441

Re: Why does EQing one channel of a stereo recording make that frequency range appear in the "side" channel?

The 'sides' channel represents the difference between the left and right sides of the stereo recording so two identical sounds will have no 'sides' signal. Any changes made to one and not the other will appear in the 'sides' signal and the more you change one the bigger the 'sides signal will be. T...
by armansSun Jan 01, 2023 6:31 pm
Forum: Mixing, Mastering & Post Production Topic: Why does EQing one channel of a stereo recording make that frequency range appear in the "side" channel? Replies: 10 Views: 459

Why does EQing one channel of a stereo recording make that frequency range appear in the "side" channel?

I recorded a mono guitar track and duplicated it panning one side reft and the other side right sending to a stereo bus. Ofcourse, nothing changes except that I hear an increase in volume. However, when I make an EQ cut on just one of those channels using a notch filter, I can see that information i...
by armansSun Jan 01, 2023 6:08 pm
Forum: Mixing, Mastering & Post Production Topic: Why does EQing one channel of a stereo recording make that frequency range appear in the "side" channel? Replies: 10 Views: 459

Re: what does it mean when my correlation meter is hovering around 0?

I will also add that many mixes read 0 on the correlation meter not +1. Does this mean they are less mono compatible? They sound pretty good in mono to me so I cant imagine that there is some cancellation between channels. I'll leave the technical stuff to Hugh because I don't want to get the detai...
by armansFri Dec 30, 2022 8:04 pm
Forum: Mixing, Mastering & Post Production Topic: what does it mean when my correlation meter is hovering around 0? Replies: 8 Views: 751

Re: what does it mean when my correlation meter is hovering around 0?

OK so +1 on correlation meter means no cancelation on between channels, 0 on correlation meter means cancelation at high frequencies only and -1 on correlation means total cancelation at all frequencies. Have I understood? It's not exactly what the meter is showing but it's a reasonably pragmatic i...
by armansFri Dec 30, 2022 7:18 pm
Forum: Mixing, Mastering & Post Production Topic: what does it mean when my correlation meter is hovering around 0? Replies: 8 Views: 751

Re: what does it mean when my correlation meter is hovering around 0?

Ah... not such a good idea. You're basically creating a fixed flanger. Very small time offsets (less than 0.5ms) will only cause cancellations at high frequencies in the summed mono. But it will also cause the stereo image to lean towards the early channel. Larger offsets will create more obvious c...
by armansFri Dec 30, 2022 4:53 pm
Forum: Mixing, Mastering & Post Production Topic: what does it mean when my correlation meter is hovering around 0? Replies: 8 Views: 751

Re: what does it mean when my correlation meter is hovering around 0?

I have an xy pair of cardioid microphones on an acoustic guitar and I see the correlation meter is almost close to +1 naturally since the two capsules are right next two each other.... It's more than that. The reason the meter hovers near +1 is because the left and right signals are very similar in...
by armansFri Dec 30, 2022 12:16 pm
Forum: Mixing, Mastering & Post Production Topic: what does it mean when my correlation meter is hovering around 0? Replies: 8 Views: 751

what does it mean when my correlation meter is hovering around 0?

I have an xy pair of cardioid microphones on an acoustic guitar and I see the correlation meter is almost close to +1 naturally since the two capsules are right next two each other but if I shift one of these channels relative to the other bit by bit I get closer to 0 on the correlation meter and I ...
by armansFri Dec 30, 2022 9:39 am
Forum: Mixing, Mastering & Post Production Topic: what does it mean when my correlation meter is hovering around 0? Replies: 8 Views: 751