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| tranceholic |
what is a good software to edit recorded set?
what should i look for? like normalizer? compression? limiter??? |
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| displaced |
garage band! :stongue: :stongue: :stongue:
for basic things, i think audacity does a pretty good job at fraction of system resources garage band requires just to open it.
anyways, what do you mean by edit? if you flubbed a set, no software can undo a wreck. |
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| Wayne_B |
Hi there, you might be able to manage with the software you already have.. I personally use Soundforge/Cubase to record my mixes. The newer versions of Soundforge have vsti plugin support so you can use your favourite compressor etc. which means you can do everything in one program which is a great time saver.
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Normalising should be included in almost every program and is a standard process(I think).
I usually use Waves Rcomp but its just to reduce the stray peaks that are produced during mixing parts.
Its important to get your levels correct at the recording stage and when mixing its very important to give the song coming in room by reducing the volume of the one going out.. lol this sounds obvious but it takes practice to get good at keeping your levels(and combined volume level) under control.:) |
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| snatonsb |
| How's Ableton for doing mixes....? |
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| n3lly |
| When people normalise their sets do you normalise them to 0db? |
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| Zild |
What to you mean by edit it? The only editing I've ever done to a set is start a song over if I make a mistake, so I can cut it out and splice the good parts together. Other than that I never apply any mastering FX like compression to the entire set, and I would definitely never use a limiter. I like to build and release tension and compression will kill that.
Either way I use Audacity because it is free, and works well for recording and making little edits. |
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| Wayne_B |
| quote: | Originally posted by n3lly
When people normalise their sets do you normalise them to 0db? |
I do mine to -0.5 or thereabouts. Sometimes there's only one stray peak that needs attention to get the normalizing right. I try my best not to compress things though. |
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| IpLaYWiTLiGhTs |
| quote: | Originally posted by Zild
What to you mean by edit it? The only editing I've ever done to a set is start a song over if I make a mistake, so I can cut it out and splice the good parts together. |
That's like...cheating, or something.
Who else does that? |
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| displaced |
| quote: | Originally posted by IpLaYWiTLiGhTs
That's like...cheating, or something.
Who else does that? |
when you're in logic (or ableton) hooked up to a mixerboard and you have all the time in the world to mulligan it. :D
i never splice together two good portions of recordings and call it live. that just seems like you're trying to deceive everyone of your true abilities. |
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| Zild |
| quote: | Originally posted by IpLaYWiTLiGhTs
That's like...cheating, or something.
Who else does that? |
Maybe if you tell everyone you mixed it live at a big club when you really did a studio mix but no everyone does that. |
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| IpLaYWiTLiGhTs |
| quote: | Originally posted by Zild
Maybe if you tell everyone you mixed it live at a big club when you really did a studio mix but no everyone does that. |
I think if you can't pull off a successful mix within a few tries then you shouldn't be fooling the people you're sharing it with, or yourself... |
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