Recent content by Metaluna

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    The short tips thread

    Negative, Ghostrider. The pattern is full. I got your point - you just keep missing mine. Additionally, if people want more of an understanding as to "why", they can follow another of the recommendations from my "nonsense" post and buy Ermin's Systematic Mixing guide.
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    The short tips thread

    Like I said, these are starting points. This IS the "short tips" thread. I can explain my reasoning behind each and every single choice I make as a starting point but that defeats the purpose. As for gear and plugins: you'd be a fool not to pay attention when Andy Sneap says "start with a...
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    The short tips thread

    do what needs doing, and don't do what doesnt C'mon, Ed. That's like a girl telling you to "just be yourself"...which is exactly what ISN'T working. A totally unhelpful platitude. I've given clear starting points here. My apologies if that unspoken caveat confused you. Allow me to also...
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    The short tips thread

    --GET IT RIGHT AT THE SOURCE (for the nth time) Not only the tones (which you'll be EQ'ing anyway) but the PLAYING. Make life simple for yourself. You don't want to quantize. You don't want to pitch correct. You can't polish a turd...attempting to do so metaphorically will actually be...
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    REAPER and detecting track tempos

    Don't know if this helps, but... http://forum.cockos.com/showthread.php?t=14737 ...I seem to recall going through this process a while ago and that thread was incredibly useful. [Had to register just to post the link; I remember spending WAY too long trying to sort this thing out and...