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dub man warrior
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help with dsub distortion

Post by dub man warrior » Sun Aug 17, 2008 12:46 pm

i have a couple of melodys where 1 or 2 lower notes distor badly it fkkkuuuccsss up my soundd can any body help

its annoying because the rest of the melody will be fine accept for that one shttiiyyy low notee

any help would help lolol

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Post by futures_untold » Sun Aug 17, 2008 6:24 pm

There are two ways of sorting this out.

1> Use a compressor to control the signal level.
2> Use a parametric EQ to attenuate the frequency of the problem notes.

You could automate both to kick in on the problem notes only, so it wouldn't change the rest of the sound.

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Post by uproot » Wed Aug 20, 2008 4:42 pm

you could sample the most prominent note and use it in a sampler like Kontakt, or any for that matter... Each note will be prominent and doing this make most of the amplitudes the same.
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Post by daft cunt » Wed Aug 20, 2008 5:37 pm

Audio plz

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Post by __________ » Wed Aug 20, 2008 5:53 pm

if you've got the bassline exactly how you want it, except the difference in volume of the notes,

export bassline,
put into wave editor (audacity etc),
use gain control on notes to get them hitting at the same amplitude,
import into sequencer, delete original bassline

give it a go. easier than re-writing the bassline after resampling a note, like uproot said. and waaaay easier than future's untold's method.

just another way of going about it. give it a go, one will make the most sense to you

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Post by serox » Thu Aug 21, 2008 9:09 am

I would just start again:D

I am lazy tho I must admit and my music is real shit.
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Post by james fox » Thu Aug 21, 2008 9:22 am

Daft tnuc wrote:Audio plz

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Post by hugh » Thu Aug 21, 2008 3:53 pm

you can probably fix this by messing round the with filters and the kbd settings to be honest. if you are overly filtering your sub then it loses a LOT of volume as you scale upwards.
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Post by Sharmaji » Thu Aug 21, 2008 5:54 pm

turn it down, compress and/or limit. chances are the whole track is a bit too loud right now-- turn the tracks down and yr speakers up!
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Post by subindex » Thu Aug 21, 2008 6:07 pm

Serox wrote:I would just start again:D

I am lazy tho I must admit and my music is real shit.

lmfao

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