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Feb 01, 2010
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In a world where bling is king, amassing
more stuff than your neighbor is
the surest path to celebrity. But do
more tracks ensure more-better
recordings? Layering sounds is a
time-honored technique in the studio,
and scores
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Nov 01, 2009
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Years ago, I was second engineer on
a Christian project where one of the
musicians was buddies with a famous
engineer who had worked with Eric
Clapton and tons of other big stars.
This guy—who was donating his time
to the
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Aug 01, 2009
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OBJECTIVE: Run multiple REX files inside one instrument.BACKGROUND: Although many people think of Dimension Pro as a sample playback instrument, it also handles REX files very well—you can load up to four REX files (e.g., drums,
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Jul 01, 2009
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What Is Sound Design?
If you hear it in a movie, and it’s not
music or dialog, it’s sound design. It’s
the sounds of a street with honking
cars, people yammering, and raging
ambulances—the sounds of life
moviegoers expect
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Jun 30, 2009
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STEPS
1. Drag the Multiband Dynamics processor
into the Track View Selector for the track
containing the audio you want to fix.
2. Turn down the Multiband Dynamics input
levels for each band to around –6.0dB
(click on
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Jun 01, 2009
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BETTER SOUND QUALITY
Each Element has a Quality parameter
that defaults to Std. If the patch uses
pitch sweeps, change this to Hi to minimize
aliasing. To further minimize aliasing,
click on the Options button (the
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Jun 01, 2009
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Most home-studio spaces have
some acoustic gremlins such as
fluttering echoes or sharp reflections.
Hey, it’s not like you spent
tons of bucks transforming your
room into a pristine and
harmonious acoustic environment
that
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Feb 01, 2009
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MULTITRACKS: Otari MTR-10 1 4" 2-track; Studer A827 2" 24-track; TASCAM MS-16 1" 16-track; PC running Nuendo 3.2 on Win XP with ABIT IP35 Motherboard, Intel Quad Q6600 2.4GHz processor, 4GB RAMCONVERTERS: Apogee Big Ben Digital
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Jan 01, 2009
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CONSOLES: Digidesign Control|24COMPUTERS: Apple Dual G5 PowerMacRECORDERS: Digidesign Pro Tools|HD 3 Accel System w 192 (2) and 96i I Os; TASCAM DA-78 (3)SOFTWARE: Ableton Live 7; BIAS Peak Pro XT 5; Digidesign Pro Tools 7.4;
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Nov 01, 2008
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NOTES: Drummer Ryan Hoyle has spent a fair amount of time packing venues and touring with alt-rockers Collective Soul, but he says that his focus is now on his newly-built home studio, Cave Studios. Hoyle tells us that the
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Jun 03, 2008
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STEPS
Drag a clip from the browser (revealed when you click on the Explore button) into a Groove Matrix cell.
Right-click on the clip, and select Play in Time with Song. Make sure One-Shot is not selected.
Assuming the clip
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Jun 01, 2007
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THEORYA lot of people are hesitant to try M-S recording, maybe because they read about decoders and math formulas and feel overwhelmed. Don’t worry — we’ll keep it simple.You’ll need two mics: one cardioid, and one bi-directional
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Jun 01, 2007
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“For me, interesting music has a lot of counterpoint,” he said, “so I’ve always been very adamant that the other musicians don’t play what I’m playing. Particularly in a trio setting, having three different parts interlocking
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Jun 01, 2007
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In terms of pure physics, you still have to deal with standing waves, early reflections and all the same issues. In fact, in the tracking room these problems may be amplified (literally), as you may be dealing with loud sound
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Jun 01, 2007
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THINK OUT OF THE BOXScoring can now be done totally inside of a DAW. This is helpful when you are scoring your own video or someone else’s film, and all you have is a QuickTime or AVI WMV video of the work. However, many studios
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