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About Deadmau5 - not another "how can I make music like.." thread (pg. 4)
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| adi_hanson |
You just need to use this mathmatical algorithm
its not the size of your boat but the motion in your ocean
if that fails,use
I aint got much but it can fill a pram |
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| Theran |
| quote: | Originally posted by adi_hanson
You just need to use this mathmatical algorithm
its not the size of your boat but the motion in your ocean
if that fails,use
I aint got much but it can fill a pram |
Ehm...... what? |
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| pwnage1 |
| quote: | Originally posted by adi_hanson
You just need to use this mathmatical algorithm
its not the size of your boat but the motion in your ocean
if that fails,use
I aint got much but it can fill a pram |
:wtf: :haha: |
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| adi_hanson |
| iwas trying to say 'its not what you have got but how you us it ' in a more humourous way |
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| kitphillips |
| quote: | Originally posted by deadmau5
Empirical Labs - ELX Distressor ftw. |
Please tell me your joking? I mean, reading their website looks like they have no idea at all| quote: | | This type of device is often called a "limiter" or "compressor" by audio industry people. |
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| Theran |
| quote: | Originally posted by adi_hanson
iwas trying to say 'its not what you have got but how you us it ' in a more humourous way |
Well now I understand, I'm sorry, I'm not that intelligent ;) |
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| flutlicht junky |
| quote: | Originally posted by kitphillips
Please tell me your joking? I mean, reading their website looks like they have no idea at all ??? |
They do but they are not coming from a music production angle. This unit isn't a limiter or compressor it's a automatic gain control unit (AGC), it seems a compressor should be called a DRC - dynamic range control (unit?).
It seems this unit soft clips peaks adding harmonics - seems similar to a vst I've been looking at called Event Horizon but not sure. |
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| MrJiveBoJingles |
Compressors and limiters are automatic gain controls.
They use gain automation to change the dynamic range of a track. |
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| flutlicht junky |
But isn't gain purely changing the amplitude of signal not the dynamics. A compressor affects the gain only if it exceeds the threshold set by the user?
I seems this tool just raises and lowers the volume to try to give a steady level but adds some soft clipping when levels get too high? So it looks like this is similar to gentle overdive. |
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| MrJiveBoJingles |
| quote: | Originally posted by flutlicht junky
But isn't gain purely changing the amplitude of signal not the dynamics. |
If you change the amplitude of a signal by different amounts at different points in a track, you change the dynamics.
That's what a compressor does. How much it changes the dynamics will depend on what compression settings you're using.
| quote: | | A compressor affects the gain only if it exceeds the threshold set by the user? |
Yes. That's the point of using a compressor: to make the dynamic range smaller by lowering the volume only when the signal goes above the threshold. |
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| flutlicht junky |
lol cheers. :)
In relation to this tool hey class it as a automatic gain control (AGC) unit and reading around it seems that there is also a class of processor called a dynamic range control (DRC) which also has a compressive affect to audio.
So what is this doing when it processes? overdrive, softclipping limiter, valve/fett/optical compressor emulation or all? Just curious
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| MrJiveBoJingles |
| quote: | Originally posted by flutlicht junky
So what is this doing when it processes? overdrive, softclipping limiter, valve/fett/optical compressor emulation or all? Just curious
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It sounds like it might be trying to emulate the sound of analog compressors and other analog gear, which can sometimes produce a pleasant kind of distortion if turned up to high volumes. From the way people have been describing, it sounds basically like a compressor that colors the sound a bit. |
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