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by msnickybee
Wed May 04, 2016 11:09 am
Forum: Mixcraft
Topic: Avoid compressing the reverb? (when using send tracks)
Replies: 3
Views: 1931

Re: Avoid compressing the reverb? (when using send tracks)

your entry is unreadable sorry! They are not summed, they are entirely separate. c/d - that's how I'd do it Thanks for confirming the thing about Output buses working ok! Well, don't get me wrong, compressors on submixes are fine, and I do this :-) Because I think the output bus thing doesn't give ...
by msnickybee
Wed May 04, 2016 1:07 am
Forum: Mixcraft
Topic: Avoid compressing the reverb? (when using send tracks)
Replies: 3
Views: 1931

Avoid compressing the reverb? (when using send tracks)

guys Mebbes you can help me with this? :-) I've done a lot with Mixcraft, but I confess I haven't tried the new Output tracks much, or used more than simple Submixes. So.... How can I avoid compressing my Masterbus reverb *or* compress before the reverb on this simplified song below? (I basically pr...
by msnickybee
Tue May 03, 2016 6:23 am
Forum: Tips and Tricks
Topic: Listen to a fav song, and change tempo
Replies: 8
Views: 7695

Re: Listen to a fav song, and change tempo

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by msnickybee
Sun May 01, 2016 3:31 pm
Forum: Plugins, Plugins, Plugins!
Topic: Note to Voxengo Span users
Replies: 4
Views: 3511

Re: Note to Voxengo Span users

Thanks, must update! (if I need to)

Been using this for years, but confess to only looking being reassured by how pretty it looks, seeing no clipping, and that the peak levels are ok....
by msnickybee
Sun May 01, 2016 2:32 pm
Forum: Plugins, Plugins, Plugins!
Topic: You *need* an amazing Chorus effect
Replies: 3
Views: 3347

You *need* an amazing Chorus effect

We all need a top quality chorus effect. Useful - used very subtly - in so many situations eh?

Much as I love the Acoustica and Classic chorus, here's a top top quality freeware one that I love a little more, it's called "Multiply" https://acondigital.com/products/multiply/
by msnickybee
Sun May 01, 2016 10:26 am
Forum: Plugins, Plugins, Plugins!
Topic: Adaptive limiting? Didn't know you needed it?
Replies: 0
Views: 1870

Adaptive limiting? Didn't know you needed it?

I've been having fun with this the last few days, written in Poland, and I record a lot of acoustic, struggle with transients and attack, and always messing with tape saturation, multiband limiting blah blah And, I guess with digital, it's a constant battle against that harshness. So for me, an aggr...
by msnickybee
Fri Apr 29, 2016 1:22 pm
Forum: Tips and Tricks
Topic: Listen to a fav song, and change tempo
Replies: 8
Views: 7695

Re: Listen to a fav song, and change tempo

Ha ha! He was quite a nice fella actually :-)
You guys - and this forum - at least we can have a conversation and everyone listens to each other, eh?
Not like other places on t'interwebs, have you tried head-fi or rockbox!? Sheesh!
by msnickybee
Fri Apr 22, 2016 2:59 am
Forum: Tips and Tricks
Topic: Listen to a fav song, and change tempo
Replies: 8
Views: 7695

Listen to a fav song, and change tempo

I started doing this more and more, as I'd got out of the habit. Import a fav song into a spare track, and listen to it. Listen to each L and R. Analyse the tempo. Look at it through some meters like "SPAN". See if it's a victim of the loudness wars by squinting at the waveform - lots of d...
by msnickybee
Wed Apr 20, 2016 11:31 pm
Forum: Mixcraft
Topic: How to keep sound from getting to overwhelming when all the elements come together in a song when vocals etc. come in?
Replies: 41
Views: 13484

Re: How to keep sound from getting to overwhelming when all the elements come together in a song when vocals etc. come i

I always think that mixing to leave *space* for the vocals both in EQ space and Pan (as well as timing/time) is a good mode to be in
by msnickybee
Wed Apr 20, 2016 11:31 am
Forum: Mixcraft
Topic: How to keep sound from getting to overwhelming when all the elements come together in a song when vocals etc. come in?
Replies: 41
Views: 13484

Re: How to keep sound from getting to overwhelming when all the elements come together in a song when vocals etc. come i

I guess we all have our own opinion in trying to help, so here's my clumsy attempt! And there no substitute for your own experience, and working with the best recorded sounds you can...that way, you might find that you need less tracks to build something that sounds rich and full, and complete. Simp...
by msnickybee
Mon Apr 18, 2016 7:26 am
Forum: Mixcraft
Topic: Mixdown bad quality?
Replies: 18
Views: 11514

Re: Mixdown bad quality?

aj113 wrote:That's not going to solve the problem. Even if there is an improvement when using FLAC it is just a workaround, not a solution.
Quite right too! (although working in IT, I love workarounds)
by msnickybee
Mon Apr 18, 2016 6:16 am
Forum: Mixcraft
Topic: Mixdown bad quality?
Replies: 18
Views: 11514

Re: Mixdown bad quality?

Try FLAC mixdown. Despite using mixcraft for lots of years, I've never got on well with WAV. And on my upgraded new Win10 PC it doesn't behave (and I really can't be bothered finding out why).
But FLAC (relatively new MC feature) works fab.
by msnickybee
Fri Apr 15, 2016 7:40 am
Forum: Mixcraft
Topic: Drum roll... please.
Replies: 25
Views: 9800

Re: Drum roll... please.

I've still got an Alesis SR16 somewhere, and ever since programming drums on that, I swore I'd never do it again! Somehow (and I know it's just me) I feel I can get away with tweaking synth and piano midi notes, a velocity here and there, but midi drums? My ear spots it. But, I'm sure you're burying...
by msnickybee
Thu Apr 14, 2016 5:51 am
Forum: Mixcraft
Topic: Drum roll... please.
Replies: 25
Views: 9800

Re: Drum roll... please.

It takes a huge amount of effort wading through, but I personally stick to samples for drum rolls. Have a close look through them built in library, kind of ignoring the genre initially, there are some good ones in there. I've tried programming drum rolls. It's....super hard. Same goes for EZD, I gue...