Recent content by Ancient_Acolyte

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    Seriously noob question!

    Hmmm.. Seems like a massive set of 'double standards' here. As long as your post count is high, then you can say what the fuck you like without repercussion... A lot of the recent posts here have been inanely stupid (and mostly in CAPS) which in my humble opinion, exacerbates the dilution of...
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    Phase shift!!!!

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    Seriously noob question!

    if you don't know what a click track is or how it should work, imo, you should not be recording bands... ffs..is it a full moon or something?
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    Tube Screamer FAQ Version 1

    I dunno if this has been posted here before (as it has been a while since a read the whole thread), but... Moar mojo! ...however, if someone wants me to make them a TS clone for $500...;)
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    Getting a good vocal sound (for n00bs)

    ^^^ +1 ever listen to someone singing on the {insert undesired mode of public transport}? a quick blow on a pitch pipe/note from guitar/keyboard before a take works a treat - screaming or otherwise
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    bass drops

    have a look at this link: http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/5/1/1037727/InfectedMushroom%20kickdrum%20Tutorial.jpg.zip it's a bunch of screenshots using Soundforge which teaches how to create a PsyTrance kick....but basically it's about generating a 80Hz Sine wave and pitching it down with an...
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    Blending two microphones together for guitar tone

    Generally the two (or more) signals are combined into a single mono source
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    Electro drums, but not 'electro' drums? Industrial/gothic stuff

    Any kind of Roland/Yamaha ROMpler will get the kinda sound you're looking for - they'll have the typical emulations of classic drum machines (Roland TR-x0x, Yamaha RX-x etc) which you can use in conjunction with real drums, replace using drumagoggins et al or program in your own beats. There are...
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    Who wants to mix a cover made by my band please??

    information of which i am already party to due to the powers of the great god of truth, Wikipedia =D
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    Who wants to mix a cover made by my band please??

    unfortunately my reaper project got corrupted so i can't post any setttings but i can tell you roughly what i did: on the main vocal i used ReTune to correct a couple of pitchy notes next, 2:1 compression with about 8db gain reduction to even things out next, spitfish de-esser to remove some of...
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    I need Opinions Please!!!

    sounds mushy and confused there's no groove which this kind of track needs - the guitars and drums seem to be from different songs at the beginning the cymbal that rings throughout is horrible. sounds like heavy hari krishnacore ;) the guitars lack focus and a probably panned too wide - try...
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    Who wants to mix a cover made by my band please??

    here's a quick 'n dirty mix: mattia_mix.mp3 i'd be happy to answer any questions if you have any not a song i was familiar with but reminds me of 'another girl, another planet' - the other ones. in fact, this song was co-written by fat bob [out of the cure] good luck! Disclaimer...
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    Who wants to mix a cover made by my band please??

    how do tune guitar? ¯\(°_o)/¯ the clean guitar section is wa-ay out of tune...tune up after every take and tune to the position you are mostly going to play in
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    Whos got the best impulses?

    I have not seen these impulses mentioned here: http://www.grgr.de/IR/ There is a link to it from the Voxengo Boogex page ...and I agree - the recabi.net marshall impulses are nice..and of course catharsis!
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    Important drum editing quantization tip for those of you using Reaper...

    I've just registered to post my gratitude for your 'workaround' (hi all!). I've been lurking here for a couple of months - mainly reading and learning - but I felt I had to express my gratitude for this :kickass: I hear you. The whole software industry is full of helpful bods who try to make...