Random Production Tips Thread™

[Ldizzy]

cut your lows AFTER compressing, on your bass/mids, makes the sound fatter and the compression less obvious.

Depending on what you want to achieve it could be considered very bad mixing advice.

Low frequencies tend to make compressors go stoop and clip sounds in a rather unpleasant way. I personally would rather eq the very low freqs before compressing, then add a bit of distortion to make it fatter.. but controlled..

just my 0.02 cad.

[outbound]

cut your lows AFTER compressing, on your bass/mids, makes the sound fatter and the compression less obvious.

Depending on what you want to achieve it could be considered very bad mixing advice.

Low frequencies tend to make compressors go stoop and clip sounds in a rather unpleasant way. I personally would rather eq the very low freqs before compressing, then add a bit of distortion to make it fatter.. but controlled..

just my 0.02 cad.

I have to side with Ldizzy on this one. It's the power in the low-end that is more likely to trigger the compressor, this is why you get high-pass filter side chains in certain compressors to give a more natural sound.

[Burgeamon]

The guys from Koan apparently do all of their EQ'ing BEFORE distortion / Compression so that you can really drive the frequencies you want into the compressors. Gives a much cleaner / rounded sound.

They also mix down all of their tunes on a £15 pair of headphones that they've had for years.

[dublerium]

The guys from Koan apparently do all of their EQ'ing BEFORE distortion / Compression so that you can really drive the frequencies you want into the compressors. Gives a much cleaner / rounded sound.

They also mix down all of their tunes on a £15 pair of headphones that they've had for years.

I mix down on two paper cups attached to strings attached to my laptop, had them for years.

[Lucifa]

The guys from Koan apparently do all of their EQ'ing BEFORE distortion / Compression so that you can really drive the frequencies you want into the compressors. Gives a much cleaner / rounded sound.

They also mix down all of their tunes on a £15 pair of headphones that they've had for years.

I mix down on two paper cups attached to strings attached to my laptop, had them for years.

just splurted my coffee out over this, so errr, thanks.

[Ldizzy]

yeah but the strings have to be the same length otherwise phasing issue n iss really bad

[cmgoodman1226]

The guys from Koan apparently do all of their EQ'ing BEFORE distortion / Compression so that you can really drive the frequencies you want into the compressors. Gives a much cleaner / rounded sound.

They also mix down all of their tunes on a £15 pair of headphones that they've had for years.

I mix down on two paper cups attached to strings attached to my laptop, had them for years.

That's so analogue.

[ehbes]

Sub Bass:

open audacity > generate > tone > sine > 45 hz > export > boom

[dickman69]

smoking cigarettes makes your mixdowns better

[Artie_Fufkin]

Sub Bass:

open audacity > generate > tone > sine > 45 hz > export > boom

That's between F and F#
If you start with 55hz, that's an A note and so you already know what to tune the base note to if you throw it in a sampler. If you remember A440 and then divide or multiply by 2 you'll get the octaves....so: 440, 220, 110, 55, and 27.5Hz are all "A" notes.
Also make sure the first sample point is at the zero crossing or you'll get a click sound at the beginning of all your notes. (something that drove me crazy when I first started hah)

[ehbes]

Sub Bass:

open audacity > generate > tone > sine > 45 hz > export > boom

That's between F and F#
If you start with 55hz, that's an A note and so you already know what to tune the base note to if you throw it in a sampler. If you remember A440 and then divide or multiply by 2 you'll get the octaves....so: 440, 220, 110, 55, and 27.5Hz are all "A" notes.
Also make sure the first sample point is at the zero crossing or you'll get a click sound at the beginning of all your notes. (something that drove me crazy when I first started hah)

I usually. Just adjusted adsr in the sequencer lol

[legend4ry]

My topgear top tip today is; Stop making Dubstep what isn't relatable to pre 2008; the new sounds are so over produced and boring haha.

[Sonika]

G sounds really good with sub bass

so does F

[legend4ry]

G sounds really good with sub bass

so does F

G/F minor all day urr day.

[Sonika]

fuck yeah

[outbound]

smoking cigarettes makes your mixdowns better

You have to be careful with this one mind because if overdone it can get rid of a lot of the 'air' in a mix

[NinjaEdit]

The smoke can be harmful to your gear as well.

[ehbes]

G sounds really good with sub bass

so does F

G/F minor all day urr day.

I can understand Sonika wanting his gf to be a minor but I never would have expected you to as well...

[Sonika]

G sounds really good with sub bass

so does F

G/F minor all day urr day.

I can understand Sonika wanting his gf to be a minor but I never would have expected you to as well...

Ooh hooooo nice one matey

[antipode]

oh you guys didn't know about E1?

damn.

PS "good sub bass" is relative to your room

E1 is still the best note tho