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by Triphosphate
Thu Jul 25, 2013 6:55 pm
Forum: Production, Hardware & Technical
Topic: Need advice on Sub Bass
Replies: 16
Views: 3353

Re: Need advice on Sub Bass

My Sub is usually just a separate channel away from all the other bass parts, so it's not even in the same group (nor the same rack.) 90% of the time it's usually just a sine wave playing the same notes as my mid/high bass (usually an octave lower but again, that's personal choice) lightly sidechai...
by Triphosphate
Wed Jul 24, 2013 9:11 pm
Forum: Production, Hardware & Technical
Topic: The lowest pitch that can be well represented on a system?
Replies: 8
Views: 1389

Re: The lowest pitch that can be well represented on a syste

Belt/servo motor driven loudspeakers.. Get to destroy your vital organs and house. Think those things are supposed to reach like 120dBspl at 17hz without any crazy amps. Doesn't have standard coil/magnet, instead it just pushes and pulls the diaphragm with a motor :lol: 17hz 120 SPL?! What the actu...
by Triphosphate
Wed Jul 24, 2013 9:07 pm
Forum: Production, Hardware & Technical
Topic: The lowest pitch that can be well represented on a system?
Replies: 8
Views: 1389

Re: The lowest pitch that can be well represented on a syste

Yeah I always keep the sub between F (42hz) and F (84hz). Sometimes if I have space for it I'll double it up an octave or saturate it for the benefit of crappy speakers.
by Triphosphate
Wed Jul 24, 2013 8:30 pm
Forum: Production, Hardware & Technical
Topic: The lowest pitch that can be well represented on a system?
Replies: 8
Views: 1389

Re: The lowest pitch that can be well represented on a syste

From what I've heard/experienced:

Average System = 42hz
Small system (laptops, phones, computer speakers) = about 80 hz.
Club System = 20hz
by Triphosphate
Wed Jul 24, 2013 12:54 am
Forum: Production, Hardware & Technical
Topic: One does not simply loudness.
Replies: 50
Views: 6131

Re: One does not simply loudness.

Can I benefit from gently compression on the whole mix? There is a tab in izotope ozone called dynamics. Basically I believe that is multiband compression, limiting and gate. The default setting is compressor on -10dB (ratio 1), gate on -80dB (ratio 1) and limiter on 0dB (ratio 10) for each band. C...
by Triphosphate
Tue Jul 23, 2013 8:25 pm
Forum: Production, Hardware & Technical
Topic: One does not simply loudness.
Replies: 50
Views: 6131

Re: One does not simply loudness.

You can do some really amazing things by smartly saturating. I recall a track I was messing around with where I saturated a snare sample, and was able to turn it down more than 10db while maintaining the same perceived volume. It kinda sounded like white noise, tbh. But it worked for the song in que...
by Triphosphate
Tue Jul 23, 2013 8:09 pm
Forum: Production, Hardware & Technical
Topic: Inspiration
Replies: 18
Views: 3262

Re: Inspiration

fragments wrote:music producers have become technicians in a factory building widgets.
This resonates with me. It's always a struggle with me to internalize my technical know-how so that it can get out of the way of my creativity. The more I learn, the less creative my tracks become.
by Triphosphate
Tue Jul 23, 2013 7:35 pm
Forum: Production, Hardware & Technical
Topic: One does not simply loudness.
Replies: 50
Views: 6131

Re: One does not simply loudness.

Dynamics or dynamic range is just the difference in amplitude between the lowest and highest peaks. i.e. a squashed mix will have it's lowest peaks way higher than a non squashed mix, thus having less dynamic range. Amplitude, in this case measured by dBFS does not equal loudness. It's only a relat...
by Triphosphate
Mon Jul 22, 2013 8:18 pm
Forum: Production, Hardware & Technical
Topic: Question on EQ cutting or shelving
Replies: 6
Views: 1701

Re: Question on EQ cutting or shelving

In FL studio's parametric EQ2 I've seen others take the first band (low shelf), bring it down all the way, then move to where they want to cut. The practice I use is to make the first band a high pass and move to where desired. Does my way cut out too many frequencies? That depends, do you want to ...
by Triphosphate
Mon Jul 22, 2013 5:53 am
Forum: Production, Hardware & Technical
Topic: Subbass pissin' me off.
Replies: 22
Views: 2486

Re: Subbass pissin' me off.

GangstaFish wrote:
antman wrote:
Sub should be a mono sine wave. Nothing else.
Not even a little distortion or anything?
A lot of people might disagree, but sometimes I saturate my sub a little in parallel so it can be heard on smaller systems. I love your name by the way.
by Triphosphate
Sun Jul 21, 2013 8:57 pm
Forum: Production, Hardware & Technical
Topic: When writing a song what's the first thing YOU go to?
Replies: 27
Views: 4602

Re: When writing a song what's the first thing YOU go to?

Sometimes I start with saw waves and make a chord progression and lead and go from there and sometimes I start from some sound or rhythm I've designed. If you have FL studio here's a fun one: make a chord progression and melody, and run them through gross beat, change gross beat to the momentary pat...
by Triphosphate
Fri Jul 19, 2013 6:38 pm
Forum: Production, Hardware & Technical
Topic: Sites with free cool robot sound effects
Replies: 17
Views: 2760

Re: Sites with free cool robot sound effects

You can find a bunch of robotic sounds by going to freesound.org and searching "servo".
by Triphosphate
Fri Jul 19, 2013 6:36 pm
Forum: Sound Design
Topic: THE SECRET TO"PROFESSIONAL" SOUNDING DROPS (DUBSTEP)
Replies: 12
Views: 3092

Re: THE SECRET TO"PROFESSIONAL" SOUNDING DROPS (DUBSTEP)

OfficialDisKrete wrote:Sorry guys, i removed the video due to the amount of dislikes, so it was clearly useless
It wasn't totally useless, it just had a rather ambitious title.
by Triphosphate
Fri Jul 19, 2013 2:16 am
Forum: Production, Hardware & Technical
Topic: Dubstep Music Mastering tutorials/tips
Replies: 11
Views: 24153

Re: Dubstep Music Mastering tutorials/tips

The necromancy is strong in this one.
by Triphosphate
Thu Jul 18, 2013 7:20 pm
Forum: Production, Hardware & Technical
Topic: Retracted
Replies: 66
Views: 8806

Re: New d&b outfit seek 4th member - paid position

This would probably be more enticing if it didn't read like a salesmans canned responses. Just be fucking real. like: "Yo, me and 2 buddies are working on a drum and bass project. We've got our music theory down pat, but realized we could use someone who's stronger with drums" Things you'v...
by Triphosphate
Thu Jul 18, 2013 6:25 pm
Forum: Production, Hardware & Technical
Topic: Retracted
Replies: 66
Views: 8806

Re: New d&b outfit seek 4th member - paid position

I don't understand how this is a part time wages thing. Are you hiring a studio engineer/musician? or are you bringing a 4th member in as a partner? And you haven't provided any form of credentials or portfolio? This smells like a shafting waiting to happen.
by Triphosphate
Thu Jul 18, 2013 9:12 am
Forum: Production, Hardware & Technical
Topic: OfficeSteppers '13 (aka the offtopic but still prod. thread)
Replies: 631
Views: 63177

Re: OfficeSteppers '13 (aka the offtopic but still prod. thr

Holy shit that's embarrassing even as a reader. Hey wub, can you make that a preset for me? Turning knobs is hard. On second thought, can you just arrange that into a song for me? I'll just go ahead and put my name on it.
by Triphosphate
Wed Jul 17, 2013 11:36 pm
Forum: Production, Hardware & Technical
Topic: "Let's Produce" Videos + Livestreams
Replies: 18
Views: 3254

Re: "Let's Produce" Videos + Livestreams

Yes, it's the same thing but on one insert. I usually use it myself for parallel, but I just wanted to be consistent throughout the video.
by Triphosphate
Wed Jul 17, 2013 10:29 pm
Forum: Production, Hardware & Technical
Topic: "Let's Produce" Videos + Livestreams
Replies: 18
Views: 3254

Re: "Let's Produce" Videos + Livestreams

New one on compression. I start by explain compression as best I can, then demonstrate some practical applications for compression. 1) Controlling a live performance 2) Punchyness for drums 3) Parallel/Compression 4) Buss Glue 5) Enhancing Reverb 6) Sidechaining with 2 examples https://www.youtube.c...