If they're royalty free they're royalty free. Providing the guy who made the sample-pack actually owns the rights to them of course, and didn't just rip them off from someone elses tune or sample-pack.

Running two elements through the same reverb won't cause any more muddiness than running the same elements through two separate reverbs, if that's what you're asking.

Yea I'd have to do it manually in Cubase. Problem with that is that I often change my mind and when the automation is manually laid out it takes alot of time to change stuff if I decide to do so. This is the way I do it now but it is really akward compared to the stuff that FL or Reaper has. Are yo...

There's a lot more to getting a loud mix than just mashing it through a limiter on the master. Ok fair enough, but I haven't learnt many other features of ozone yet and this question is specific to the maximiser. My statement was a correction of the misconception that appears be the basis for your ...

Even if the modelling is imperfect, by the time a producer has added effects to ensure the general qualities of the sound match those from a hardware synth, the end result is the same. Theoretically, yeah. But in practice that 'add effects' part of a lot more complicated than it sounds, if you want...

I've also found that if i just transpose the clip down a few semitones (ableton) it becomes all muddy and unintelligible. yet in a lot of "professionally produced" tracks the pitched-down vocal is all nice and clear. why? You can try using a vocal pitching algorithm that preserves formant...

There's a lot more to getting a loud mix than just mashing it through a limiter on the master.

is the goal to make your kick peak at around -12 dB or so Yes. So you're saying I need to go through and normalize every sample basically..? No, just turn the fader up a bit. Just because one element or sound peaked at -12 it doesnt NOT mean the drums are actually at -12 but instead could be more l...

I've also found that if i just transpose the clip down a few semitones (ableton) it becomes all muddy and unintelligible. yet in a lot of "professionally produced" tracks the pitched-down vocal is all nice and clear. why? You can try using a vocal pitching algorithm that preserves formant...

Really? You think the quality of a Motu will be apparent on a sub-rokit monitor? yep. shit in, shit out. would much rather mix on something like alesis monitor one's via a dependable MOTU than some extremely high-end speaker w/.. whatever. at least that way i know what's going IN to the speaker is ...

SunkLo wrote:It's more efficient to have all the features available individually.

The advanced version of Ozone does exactly that. Though I just checked how much it actually costs

Are you bouncing to 128 kbps mp3 or something? Are you bouncing to -10dB every time and then turning it back up to 0dB? Resampling is waaaay overrated imo. An artifact from the days of shit computers. There are several advantages it gives you but I think a lot of people just do it to do it. Out of ...

there is a hard limiter on the output. says so in the instruction manual. I'm guessing this plus having the input signal running at +3dB is probably causing what he's seeing. When I turn everything off in Camelphat it sounds identical to if I disable the plugin completely, but the input is always <...

You're going t want to put them direct;y across from both of yours ears, not behind the speakers. The most important place to put them is the first reflection points, which means on the walls and ceiling somewhere between the speaker and your listening position. And of course, as mentioned above, t...

What is this I don't even...

It would take an entire book on harmony to explain this. Try buying/acquiring a copy of 'Harmony For Computer Musicians' by Michael Hewitt, I've found it's a very good guide to how to build all the different chords. Essentially it's all about the different intervals between each note in the chord, ...

Chords: As far as I was always aware they get made from notes in the scale - so a 1-3-5-7 etc, which I was applying to all the chords in my scale, with relatively good success - however I've since learnt that this is not always the case. Can someone explain when the notes are off scale and why? It ...

Hosting sites will always be quick to respond to DMCA take-down notices, even if the person sending the notice does not really have legal grounds for demanding the tune be removed. They would rather take down a few extra things which are legal, than risk litigation from not taking down things which ...

RandoRando wrote:I always feel like some linear phase EQ on a sub at 20hz is doing more good then harm, cause i mean, those subsonic frequencies are just taking up headroom.

What subsonic frequencies? A pure sine sub doesn't have any. Other than it's fundamental of course.

Bass Jacka wrote:the compression I apply to them carries on to the next kick.

Then the release on your compressor is too long. Reduce the release. Job done.

I also agree with jonahmann above. You compress your drums if, and only if, they need compressing.