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Recently I have been thinking about redecorating my makeshift studio area. Specifially, I was thinking about putting up some posters on the wall that would acutally have some useful information. I already found a chart to convert midi notes to frequency, but before I run off to Kinkoes (photocopy chain) to blow it up and print it I would like to get a few more.

So, when producing music, what if any outside information do you find yourself consulting? Please post it so I can put it on my wall.

Midi note to frequency conversion chart:

http://web.eventide.com/files/kbaudio/M ... ToFreq.pdf

i always use handy list of frequency definitions close at hand when im producing:

Kick Drum:

50-100Hz Adds bottom to the sound

100-250Hz Adds roundness

250-800Hz Muddiness area

5-8kHz Adds high and presence

8-12kHz Adds hiss



Snare:

100-250Hz Fills out the sound

6-8kHz Adds presence



Hi Hats/Cymbals:

250-800Hz Muddiness area

1-6kHz Adds presence

6-8kHz Adds clarity

8-12kHz Adds brightness



Bass:
Using 60hz 0.1Q boost followed by a limiter for my sub-basses -
50-100Hz Adds bottom end

100-250Hz Adds roundness

250-800Hz Muddiness area

800Hz-1kHz Adds beef to small speakers

1-6kHz Adds presence

6-8kHz Adds high-end presence

8-12kHz Adds hiss



Vocals:

100-250Hz Adds 'up-frontness'

250-800Hz Muddiness area

1-6kHz Adds presence

6-8kHz Adds sibilance and clarity

8-12kHz Adds brightness



Piano:

50-100Hz Adds bottom

100-250Hz Adds roundness

250-1kHz Muddiness area

1-6kHz Adds presence

6-8kHz Adds clarity

8-12kHz Adds hiss



Electric Guitars:

100-250Hz Adds body

250-800Hz Muddiness area

1-6kHz cuts through the mix

6-8kHz Adds clarity

8-12kHz Adds hiss



Accoustic Guitars:

100-250Hz Adds body

6-8kHz Adds clarity

8-12kHz Adds brightness



Strings:

50-100Hz Adds bottom end

100-250Hz Adds body

250-800Hz Muddiness area

1-6kHz Sounds crunchy

6-8kHz Adds clarity

8-12kHz Adds brightness



Low Bass = Anything less than 50Hz

This is the sub bass area... Do not play around with this area of sound unless you have PROPER monitoring speakers! Otherwise you have the chance of blowing your speakers or somebody elses speakers!

Bass = 50-250Hz

This is the range you adjust when applying bass boost on home stereos, generally around 90-200Hz is best for presence or clarity

Muddiness/irritational area = 250-800Hz

Basically this is the area you want to stay away from because it pisses people off to hear too many sounds on this frequency range

Mid-range = 800-6kHz

This is the range we hear more than any other, small boosts = big changes when done in this range... be careful when boosting vocals around these ranges

High range = 6-8kHz

This area makes things artificially brighter, therefore it's a good thing

Hi-High range = 8-20kHz

Used cautiously, this frequency can produce that "hi-fidelity" feeling in a track

^^ very good

These are great, thanks.

good good thread, deadly's one is wicked, gonna have to work hard to get my head round that

deadly habit wrote:

Can you explain this a little. It looks helpful lol

major zero u could at least give some credit to where u got that cuz i kno u didnt make it

Found a list of FL studio hot-keys.

http://rekkerd.org/bin/FL_Studio_Keyboard_Shortcuts.pdf

ÆIUM wrote:Found a list of FL studio hot-keys.

http://rekkerd.org/bin/FL_Studio_Keyboard_Shortcuts.pdf

this link ain't working for me.

grooki wrote:

ÆIUM wrote:Found a list of FL studio hot-keys.

http://rekkerd.org/bin/FL_Studio_Keyboard_Shortcuts.pdf

this link ain't working for me.

Right click, save as

DZA wrote:

grooki wrote:

ÆIUM wrote:Found a list of FL studio hot-keys.

http://rekkerd.org/bin/FL_Studio_Keyboard_Shortcuts.pdf

this link ain't working for me.

Right click, save as

I see

ÆIUM wrote:Recently I have been thinking about redecorating my makeshift studio area. Specifially, I was thinking about putting up some posters on the wall that would acutally have some useful information. I already found a chart to convert midi notes to frequency, but before I run off to Kinkoes (photocopy chain) to blow it up and print it I would like to get a few more.

So, when producing music, what if any outside information do you find yourself consulting? Please post it so I can put it on my wall.

Midi note to frequency conversion chart:

http://web.eventide.com/files/kbaudio/M ... ToFreq.pdf

i used one of these to tune my drums but recently strted using abletons notes which is pretty much a spektrum analyzer thats tells u the notes and freq. in real time.

FSTZ wrote:this for the abstract scales that I cannot remember by heart

This is AWESOME!

grooki wrote:

ÆIUM wrote:Found a list of FL studio hot-keys.

http://rekkerd.org/bin/FL_Studio_Keyboard_Shortcuts.pdf

this link ain't working for me.

I went down to the library at my school to print some of these, and that link did not work for me either. Go figure.

major zero wrote:i always use handy list of frequency definitions close at hand when im producing:

Kick Drum:

50-100Hz Adds bottom to the sound

100-250Hz Adds roundness

250-800Hz Muddiness area

5-8kHz Adds high and presence

8-12kHz Adds hiss



Snare:

100-250Hz Fills out the sound

6-8kHz Adds presence



Hi Hats/Cymbals:

250-800Hz Muddiness area

1-6kHz Adds presence

6-8kHz Adds clarity

8-12kHz Adds brightness



Bass:
Using 60hz 0.1Q boost followed by a limiter for my sub-basses -
50-100Hz Adds bottom end

100-250Hz Adds roundness

250-800Hz Muddiness area

800Hz-1kHz Adds beef to small speakers

1-6kHz Adds presence

6-8kHz Adds high-end presence

8-12kHz Adds hiss



Vocals:

100-250Hz Adds 'up-frontness'

250-800Hz Muddiness area

1-6kHz Adds presence

6-8kHz Adds sibilance and clarity

8-12kHz Adds brightness



Piano:

50-100Hz Adds bottom

100-250Hz Adds roundness

250-1kHz Muddiness area

1-6kHz Adds presence

6-8kHz Adds clarity

8-12kHz Adds hiss



Electric Guitars:

100-250Hz Adds body

250-800Hz Muddiness area

1-6kHz cuts through the mix

6-8kHz Adds clarity

8-12kHz Adds hiss



Accoustic Guitars:

100-250Hz Adds body

6-8kHz Adds clarity

8-12kHz Adds brightness



Strings:

50-100Hz Adds bottom end

100-250Hz Adds body

250-800Hz Muddiness area

1-6kHz Sounds crunchy

6-8kHz Adds clarity

8-12kHz Adds brightness



Low Bass = Anything less than 50Hz

This is the sub bass area... Do not play around with this area of sound unless you have PROPER monitoring speakers! Otherwise you have the chance of blowing your speakers or somebody elses speakers!

Bass = 50-250Hz

This is the range you adjust when applying bass boost on home stereos, generally around 90-200Hz is best for presence or clarity

Muddiness/irritational area = 250-800Hz

Basically this is the area you want to stay away from because it pisses people off to hear too many sounds on this frequency range

Mid-range = 800-6kHz

This is the range we hear more than any other, small boosts = big changes when done in this range... be careful when boosting vocals around these ranges

High range = 6-8kHz

This area makes things artificially brighter, therefore it's a good thing

Hi-High range = 8-20kHz

Used cautiously, this frequency can produce that "hi-fidelity" feeling in a track

all good but not to be to extreme, 200-800 mud, dont be scared by having SOME clank in your hi hats around this frequency range, can give you some power to your hats, and hats need some support/power in this life. Just give it its own time and space within your track within this range and they can have a big love mid frequency orgy.

LOL, we've got one of these... it's a sloppy mess but it does the trick. We have it nailed up above the computer screen like a studio crucifix. We worship it often. I basically got tired of going through my books all of the time, so I just extracted the major things that I kept looking up on the regular. SAVES-SO-MUCH-TIME! There are things that I'm never going to memorize, ever... and I'm not even going to try, ever. Youknow? Our chart has stuff like compression settings for making a snare ThWaP, sidechain compression settings for ducking, there's also some basic mixdown guidelines and general notes about methods we practice... I like your idea about going to Kinko’s and making some nice ones though. Seriously, charts are the best. I can't stand pausing to open a book and find a page even with my labeled bookmarks. There's a time for reading and studying... but when I'm makin beats, I'd rather just look up. Cool topic : )

strukture wrote:

ÆIUM wrote:Recently I have been thinking about redecorating my makeshift studio area. Specifially, I was thinking about putting up some posters on the wall that would acutally have some useful information. I already found a chart to convert midi notes to frequency, but before I run off to Kinkoes (photocopy chain) to blow it up and print it I would like to get a few more.

So, when producing music, what if any outside information do you find yourself consulting? Please post it so I can put it on my wall.

Midi note to frequency conversion chart:

http://web.eventide.com/files/kbaudio/M ... ToFreq.pdf

i used one of these to tune my drums but recently strted using abletons notes which is pretty much a spektrum analyzer thats tells u the notes and freq. in real time.

Can you explain how you go about tuning your drums?
Very curious!
Do you pitch shift them or do you do it with EQ?
Thanks!!

grooki wrote:

FSTZ wrote:this for the abstract scales that I cannot remember by heart

This is AWESOME!