analoq
-
Posts
1,309 -
Joined
-
Last visited
Content Type
Articles
Profiles
Forums
Events
Posts posted by analoq
-
-
it was exciting to see this advertised as a vocal 'remixing' compo and then disappointing to discover that the 'remixing' has already been done for you.
this is a fine idea too, but i feel mislead by the name.
-
Perharps I am reading this sentence wrong:
"Since the output signals of most microphones are at levels far too low to drive the line level input stage of most recording systems, engineers were required to find a soultion: the Preamplifier. Weak signals in recordings was a continuing problem for some time...
figures. a 'continuing problem for some time' isn't exactly what i'd call 'making do'. if you really are referring to the time before pre-amplifiers then you're comparing modern recording to ancient history. it is ignorant of you to suggest using a preamp isn't necessary for recording, because it is necessary.
hooked the guitar straight into my computer and than used Logic's gain boost along with the denoiser and Guitar Amp Pro. I have to say the results are quite stellar!how do you have Guitar Amp Pro in Logic Express? the Guitar Amp in LE is the same as the one in GarageBand, which isn't too great. i get better results from mda Combo.
cheers.
-
Guitar Suite is pretty good, and it's free
it is pretty good, but it's PC-only so Cerrax can't use it.
but there's already amp emulation and effects in Logic anyway. another that does work on OSX is mda Combo
Pre-amps were not always around and a lot of musical artists made do without the pre-amp for a long time.could you back up this claim, please? pretty please? it would entertain me greatly.
-
this again? alright.
software
Logic Express
Linplug RMIV
iDrum machine
hardware
24" iMac 2g
PreSonus FireBox
Korg padKontrol
instruments
Moog Little Phatty
Steinberger Spirit Guitar
Steinberger Spirit Bass
effects
Sherman Filterbank 2
Metasonix TM-1
Z.Vex Fuzz Factory
reference
Grado RS-2 headphones
Mackie HR624 monitors
modest setup nowadays.
-
i believe you're looking for allthebreaks.com
the site has been down for quite some time and i doubt it's coming back anytime soon.
i'm thinking some of the breaks they were selling never got 'cleared' :/
How about a 20 minute video on the most famous one?and posting a link to a video that's already been on this forum helps how?
-
not that any of this API talk is useful to the original poster but..
DX plug ins on the other hand have no specific API for the plug ins, you just use the DirectX API, or more specifically the audio portions of it.yes and no.
DX effects are DirectShow Filters (.ax files).. these are implemented with a multipurpose DS API (audio and video)
instruments however use the DXi API developed by Cakewalk, which extends the DirectShow API with polymorphic methods and suchs for MIDI/automation data.
-
But I don't want to start a massive discussion, just trying to give advice to people who use freely available/popular samples, TWEAK!
oh cool. this thread is for requesting and contributing samples.
nice work on shitting it up!
make a new thread next time you feel like dictating others on how to produce music.
cheers.
-
the haas effect only applies to reverb/indirect sound. not really a good example.
the 11ms is fairly accurate though. here's an experiment you guys can do at home:
1. take a sharply percussive sound and make a click-track with it.
2. grab a delay effect that lets you fine-tune the delay in ms. (like mda dubdelay)
3. put the delay on the track, 0 ms, no feedback, mix it in at 50%
4. play the clicktrack sequence and gradually move the delay up to 10, 15, 20 ms.. etc.
you'll notice it just sounds phased from 0-15ms, yet from 20 and above you will hear a noticeable flam. or something like that.
also be aware that the latency figures that your audio driver tells you apply to.. your audio driver. it does not account for whatever audio software you are running on top of it. if you think you're actually getting 2ms latency -- think again. your recording software is probably adding 10ms to that.
your actual latency depends on several factors.
cheers.
-
ah, that's a great tune.
i have some cheesy orchestra hits in my jv1010 collection you could probably use:
http://foshata.com/stuff/rol1010_hits.zip
(rol1010_hit_*.wav)
cheers.
-
well here's one man's story:
like you, i had heard good thing about Echo's audio interfaces. the Delta44 i had was OK but i needed more. so i went out to my local music store and bought Echo's top-of-the-line rack unit, which like all their other products was PCI.
i gleefully returned home with my new toy and proceeded to install the PCI card in my computer. hmm.. now my computer won't turn on! i take out the PCI card. now my computer works. i put the PCI card back in. hmm... no dice.
turns out the PCI card is not compatible with my motherboard. i sadly returned the Echo to my local music store and came home with a MOTU 828, which was Firewire. a firewire audio interface? this was unheard of at the time. i had my doubts, but i figure it could do no worse.
i was pleasantly surprised. it worked fantastic. and continued working great for over 5 years. it worked great on my PC, great on my laptop, and great on my Mac. how's that for reliability?
i'm not suggesting you'll run into the same motherboard problems i had, it's just part of the story of how i've come to like firewire.
as for latency, 2ms is a piece of cake. i less than that on my Mac.
but sure, firewire isn't all rainbows and sunshine. maybe someone else has a story about how an Onyx 400 tried to kill their family and a brave EMU 0404 came to their rescue. exciting!
cheers.
-
I'm aware of the fact that higher clock speed equals greater bandwidth, but since the bandwidth of essentially any DDR2 chip is greater by several times over than that of sustained read speeds from S-ATA HD's, is there any real performance gain to be had?
erm, you're kinda missing the point. harddrives are always going to be slower than ram.
the point of fast ram is for communicating with the cpu.. so the cpu isn't just sitting there waiting for instructions to pass thru the data bus and stuffs.
anyway, i have 667 ram and it works fine. but no big difference.
honestly my ram speed is the least of my concerns when i'm trying to make my studio better.
cheers.
-
hi About:Blank. my name is analoq and i have an opinion.
having dual-displays is not only unnecessary, it's not useful most of the time.
and my studio used to look like this 5 years ago. and 5 years ago it was great.
but by now applications have drifted away from those awful MDI guis and we have more efficient ways of making use of screen real-estate.
for example, Logic's screensets feature is more useful to me than dual-monitors ever was.
now there are situations when having an extra screen can make a difference, but that's not going to be the majority of the time. as cool as having dual-monitors seems, you'll be happier having one nice monitor than you would with two less-nice monitors.
cheers.
-
ja! DOTT is my favorite LucasArts game ever and one of the reasons is because of the lovable and super-polished (for the time) iMuse soundtrack.
this does the original justice and then some. really fun!
hmm.. i think this is the first ocremix i've downloaded this year
-
But having been a judge myself, I don't envy y'all one bit.
Ain't that the fucking truth!
amen.
-
if you want good, plunk down for M-Tron or maybe a real Mellotron.
the soundfont i linked to is lousy but tapeworm isn't much better, and it's a cpu hog like the rest of tweakbench's synthedit-ejaculate.
besides, the dude may be using reason, a mac, or not have access to vstis for all i know.
oh but i guess he wouldn't be posting in the VSTi thread if that was the case, hmm.
in conclusion: whatever.
-
I'm looking for a "waa" voice instrument. I really don't know what it's called, otherwise I would search for it myself. It's the generic chorus humm kind of thing. If anyone has heard "Exit Music (For a Film)" by Radiohead, you get the idea. I'm sure there has to be a free one floating around somewhere. Anyway, I would be muched obliged if anyone could point me in the right direction.
you're looking for a Mellotron choir. try the first thing on this list
-
oh, kinda sad news.
i am glad to have had the opportunity to work with gray on the panel, his dedication will be missed.
but i trust his talents and dedication are now being put to better use, so i wish him the best in his current endeavors.
cheers.
-
oh no, another excuse to hoard more kit !
but really,
it sounds good, and it's good to know about it.
cheers.
-
It's easy to be a dick when you have FACTS, it's much more of a challange when you have to randomly pluck things out of your ass and hope they're right, like me!
you'll always get an A for effort from me.
I'm not talking about line input noise, I mean the actual lack of headroom that a 16 bit soundcard fails at. You pretty much have to run your mix as close to clipping as possible beacuse mastering a song that peaks at -15dB with tracks bounced in a 16 bit environment will result in too much noise that'll have to get rolled off, most likely taking some of your song with them.A 24 bit card gives you a much more noiseless environment to work with, ergo giving you much more options and room for dynamics when it comes to mixing and mastering a song. If you start arguing with me that there is no difference in clarity and noise when comparing 16-bit to 24-bit drivers, I will never communicate with you again.
you have the right ideas, my (half)point was that the drivers are largely irrelevant on the issue of dynamic range/noise.
if the driver does 24-bit recording but the soundcard only has 16-bit converters.. what are you going to get? that's right, a 24-bit recording where only the first 16 bits are used. it's the converters that matter.
cheers.
-
First off, it's not hardware ASIO, so it uses your CPU.
ASIO is a software protocol. any audio I/O device can have an ASIO driver implementation, the hardware won't make a difference on your CPU load.
minus one point.
Second, it doesn't replace the cheap and noisy 16 bit drivers of your soundcardSNR ratios are virtually dependent on physical connections and the quality of the ADC/DAC components. you're right that ASIO won't help those things but saying the drivers would be the culprit is not reliable.
plus a half point.
third it doesn't replace the bad jacks to your soundcard, fourth it is 3rd party shit that's not licensed by anyone, so if it fucks up your soundcard or PC, you're stuck with it.true dat.
plus two points.
2.5 out of 4 points. your final grade is a D. study harder next time.
cheers.
-
a low B-flat is approximately 60 Hz iirc, which is the frequency electricity pulses at (at least in the US)
if you've narrowed it down to your rackmounted PC, the only thing that might be emitting a 60 Hz hum is the power supply. so, replacing the power supply might help...
but if it is the actual vibration of the moving parts in your computer causing your desk to resonate then your only option is to take your PC out of it and put it on something that will absorb the vibrations.
hope that helps.
-
You bring up some salient points. Other suggestions for what I could do with this webspace - community related, of course - would be appreciated.
right, i wish i wasn't criticizing without offering better ideas, but i'm really drawing a blank.
it may be a solution in search of a problem.
i have always felt the best thing for the remixing forum would be to get more remixers involved.
it would be a great thing if this forum was more about sharing remixing techniques and ideas rather than feeding information to novices -- not that there's anything wrong with that.
some sort of live performers database, or even a general collaborators database, would be great; the live performers thread is alright, but the first post is out of date and one really has to wade through the whole thread to see what's available. A more organized, updated database could be extremely useful.it's likely that you would run into the same problem with the database as you were with the thread: no one maintaining it properly. i don't think a technical solution is the answer.
if you feel the current performers thread is not being maintained properly, the most helpful (and commendable) thing you could do is extract all the useful information from it, organize it yourself, and create a new thread and do a good job of maintaining it. take initiative.
cheers.
-
it's a kind gesture but i don't know what the value of it would be.
the remixing forum works well for sharing advice, techniques, methodologies and answering questions with somewhat of a community-feel.. but as a resource it is inadequate.
i don't think this forum offers enough helpful and accurate information to function as a knowledgebase. there are already resources out there that take on this task quite well.
all we really need here are just a few stickies that answer the most frequently asked questions and some informed participating members to handle the rest.
but in the end i don't know, maybe it would be a big hit -- if you think you can make it work then go for it.
cheers.
-
i would have entertained a follow-up response, but a thanks does nicely as well.
you're welcome.
Modern music and remixing, what's going on?
in Music Composition & Production
Posted
if the goal is to incorporate ideas of modern music into your own style in a meaningful way, then that could be very interesting.
but if you want to rework a game tune to a modern music style just because you can.. well, that's called a gimmick.
a gimmick myself and many others could no doubt appreciate, but i am more impressed by those who have their own style rather than those who can superficially imitate others.
either way, just make some good music and i'll have nothing to complain about.
cheers.