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NLS by waves... has a great homogenizing effect on mixdowns.

Triphosphate wrote:NLS by waves... has a great homogenizing effect on mixdowns.

Yeah, the magic "mixgoodizer". I expect the results are almost as phenomenal as the Slate Digital Virtual Tape Machine. Sigh.

In the 60's and 70's all engineers tried to do was make equipment clear and transparent. Now people pay money to make their transparent daw's replicate analog noise. I'm sure these plugins are a fad.

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VirtualMark wrote:

Triphosphate wrote:NLS by waves... has a great homogenizing effect on mixdowns.

Yeah, the magic "mixgoodizer". I expect the results are almost as phenomenal as the Slate Digital Virtual Tape Machine. Sigh.

In the 60's and 70's all engineers tried to do was make equipment clear and transparent. Now people pay money to make their transparent daw's replicate analog noise. I'm sure these plugins are a fad.

If you have any understanding of how analog gear...like a mastering tape machine...colors sound you don't need expensive plugs to emulate something like the all mighty and mysterious "analog warmth".

That being said I find a lot of electronic music is mixed and mastered to the point to where it sounds clinical and lifeless.

fragments wrote:

VirtualMark wrote:

Triphosphate wrote:NLS by waves... has a great homogenizing effect on mixdowns.

Yeah, the magic "mixgoodizer". I expect the results are almost as phenomenal as the Slate Digital Virtual Tape Machine. Sigh.

In the 60's and 70's all engineers tried to do was make equipment clear and transparent. Now people pay money to make their transparent daw's replicate analog noise. I'm sure these plugins are a fad.

If you have any understanding of how analog gear...like a mastering tape machine...colors sound you don't need expensive plugs to emulate something like the all mighty and mysterious "analog warmth".

That being said I find a lot of electronic music is mixed and mastered to the point to where it sounds clinical and lifeless.

Don't get me wrong, I agree with you. Anything that a "magical analogue emulator" can do can be recreated with knowledge and very basic plugs. But I'll be damned if it doesn't save me a boat load of time, effort and DSP... and it just sounds good.

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My iPhone and its music apps.

resampling beatrepeat at 1/128 on the gate. also 'trance gate pro' preset in guitar rig.

Efrafa11 wrote:Listening to a shit ton of music.

funnily i found that the less stuff i listen to the more creative i get
dont get me wrong, eclectic listening is the key to creativity but overdoing it gets you too focused on what others are doing, at least in my case. i tend to replicate sounds instead of emulating vibes when listening to too many tunes

hasezwei wrote:

Efrafa11 wrote:Listening to a shit ton of music.

funnily i found that the less stuff i listen to the more creative i get
dont get me wrong, eclectic listening is the key to creativity but overdoing it gets you too focused on what others are doing, at least in my case. i tend to replicate sounds instead of emulating vibes when listening to too many tunes

That definitely happens, although I have a serious hard on for any type of sampling be it direct, altering a progression, granular ect.
So I guess i don't take it as a bad thing?

using plugs that i haven't used before. forces me to use my ears instead of my bad habits.

Triphosphate wrote:

fragments wrote:

VirtualMark wrote:

Triphosphate wrote:NLS by waves... has a great homogenizing effect on mixdowns.

Yeah, the magic "mixgoodizer". I expect the results are almost as phenomenal as the Slate Digital Virtual Tape Machine. Sigh.

In the 60's and 70's all engineers tried to do was make equipment clear and transparent. Now people pay money to make their transparent daw's replicate analog noise. I'm sure these plugins are a fad.

If you have any understanding of how analog gear...like a mastering tape machine...colors sound you don't need expensive plugs to emulate something like the all mighty and mysterious "analog warmth".

That being said I find a lot of electronic music is mixed and mastered to the point to where it sounds clinical and lifeless.

Don't get me wrong, I agree with you. Anything that a "magical analogue emulator" can do can be recreated with knowledge and very basic plugs. But I'll be damned if it doesn't save me a boat load of time, effort and DSP... and it just sounds good.

Oh no. I totally agree with you actually. I love those kinds of plugs man...I probably use analog emulations more than anything to shape my sounds.

My secret sauce has more than one ingredient.

Electric_Head wrote:Is this a joke?
2012 and we're talking about dblue glitch?

I bet you was using dBlue glitch before it was even cool.

FUCKING HIPSTERS!!!

sketchyderek wrote:My secret sauce has more than one ingredient.

You should go see the doctor about that

hasezwei wrote:

Efrafa11 wrote:Listening to a shit ton of music.

funnily i found that the less stuff i listen to the more creative i get
dont get me wrong, eclectic listening is the key to creativity but overdoing it gets you too focused on what others are doing, at least in my case. i tend to replicate sounds instead of emulating vibes when listening to too many tunes

I do the opposite, I rather replicate a vibe than a sound.

3za wrote:

Electric_Head wrote:Is this a joke?
2012 and we're talking about dblue glitch?

I bet you was using dBlue glitch before it was even cool.

I was using it before it even came out.
That's how I roll.

Like Bruce Lee said, "borrow from others, and add something your own."

record alot of my own samples with my phone which sounds like 128kbps so my percussion and samples all have the sample sort of feel and blend better together, the 128kbps knocks alot of the high end of which is ok because it makes my highhats and cymbals more clear - basically stolen from kryptic minds masterclass before any of you say

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Elysia compressors.

My sample library

panning your drums!

I adds to the sound, try it out.

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