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does anyone else do this?
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| alanzo |
| Ever since I've started producing I've used the Winamp 2.8 visualization as a vital tool in my mastering process... it's basically a 15 band visualization of the different freqencies (something to make it look pretty) but it gives me a good look at how everything sits in the mix.. whether or not there is to much treble and not enough mid.. how loud the mix is etc etc.. does anyone else use it for that purpose? |
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| Seric |
Sounds like a perfectly good idea to me. As a matter of fact I don't think that CEP2 has a realtime spectral analyzer. If it does I'm just not on the ball I guess.
For correcting my levels I run my audio through 3 systems (monitors, boombox, and quadraphonic pc gaming speakers) to find the lesser evil.
I think that's a basic method (give or take minor variation in output devices) most electronic musicians use.
Do you have an audio program with a spectral waveform view? I personally stand by that as a vital tool for analysis. Although someone should write some (or did already) software that would allow you to use photoshop type brush tools on the freq. analysis display so you can just clean stuff up visually/manually.. *drools over the idea of intricate visual sound editing*
a long time ago I tried to spell my name out in frequencies using a little tone generator vst, but I quit after "E" (Easy) because "R" was a real pain in the bum.
-Eric |
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| Mr.Mystery |
| Yeah, it's a good idea but if I were you I'd get something more accurate than WinAmp to go by. |
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| Sloouh |
| What program are you using? Most have an inbuilt spectrum analyser. I know fruity does. You can probably buy decent Spectrum analysis VSTs. (I just checked, the fruity one is fruity spectroman) |
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| Mr.Mystery |
| quote: | Originally posted by Sloouh
What program are you using? Most have an inbuilt spectrum analyser. I know fruity does. You can probably buy decent Spectrum analysis VSTs. (I just checked, the fruity one is fruity spectroman) |
I use the ones that are in WaveLab. |
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| Etherium |
| What about Inspector, it's free. |
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| Design |
Spectrum analyzers are used in mastering studios as means of checking the final mix for the frequencies that might be inaudible on smaller systems. I am primarily talking about very low frequencies, 40 Hz and below, that if needed, can be removed with a high pass filter. For overall sound and balance of the mix, mastering engineers rarely use spectrum analyzers but rely on their ears instead.
People in the club are not going to watch spectral analysis of your mix, but instead listen... |
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| paranoik0 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Etherium
What about Inspector, it's free. |
I second that |
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| alanzo |
| quote: | Originally posted by Etherium
What about Inspector, it's free. |
I would love to try getting that instead of using the one in winamp (since winamp doesn't show the frequencie numbers) but I can only find one for MAC.. where can I get it for windows? (if it's available) |
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| alanzo |
| Nevermind, I found it.. one question though.. does anyone know how to chain is to that it analizes the over all sound and not just one instrument in Cubase SX? (I just started using Cubase not long ago) |
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| Dj Thy |
| Put it on the master slots. |
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| alanzo |
| quote: | Originally posted by Dj Thy
Put it on the master slots. |
ahh, very good.. now is there a way to keep the inspector window on top? (so it doesn't go behind windows when I click on something else.
also, are there keyboard shortcuts for the MIDI editors? (draw, object selection, line, etc etc..)
thanks to anyone who can answer these questions for me.. |
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