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A powerful and underused DAW feature
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| tehlord |
Well, underused by me up to this point :p
That feature is channel delay
I don't know if you've ever sat there thinking 'something's just not sitting right here'
I did a collaboration with somebody a couple of weeks back who also uses Cubase so we were sharing project files rather than rendered WAVs and I noticed he'd used the Cubase channel delay in a few places. When I messed about with the timings I couldn't believe how buch difference a few ms of delay (back or forward) can make to the feel of the track as a whole.
I works in a similar way to groove quantize I guess but a little simpler.
I created a simple kick, hat and double bassline last night to play with it and delaying one of the basslines by about 4-5ms completely changed the feel of the track. Ditto with hats or a plucky lead line. It's also a good way of creating a much wider stereo image on pads if you double up, pan L&R and delay each channel +/- a couple of ms. You can get some phasing issues but it's easily adjustable.
I'm probably preaching to the converted but I thought i'd share my revelation :D |
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| Storyteller |
| Nothing new there. It's a powerful tool but many people never use because such features are often a bit hidden. :) |
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| tehlord |
| quote: | Originally posted by Storyteller
Nothing new there. It's a powerful tool but many people never use because such features are often a bit hidden. :) |
Yep, in Cubase it's a tiny slider under the pan knob in the left hand channel information window.
I think it should be right up there with EQ in terms of giving an instrument space ;)
Shout it out from the rooftops my chums :D |
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| DjStephenWiley |
check out echoboy if that wets your whistle. it'll blow your mind.
groove templates are still underused in my opinion by ableton users. so easy, so fast, and can create some great grooves. |
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| tehlord |
| quote: | Originally posted by DjStephenWiley
groove templates are still underused in my opinion by ableton users. so easy, so fast, and can create some great grooves. |
Somebody demo'd me the Live groove templates the other day and they are indeed a powerful tool.
In the back of my mind they're a bit of a cheat.
But then I get over it. |
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| eee.ddd.y |
| What button are you talking about thats under the pan slider in Cubase? What is this sliders purpose? |
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| DJ RANN |
Channel delay is critically important - I probably used it on 50% of tracks in every project.
If find is especially important when using samples and complex arp patterns - just a shift by a few milliseconds can tightent everything up up, or give you that little natural grove you need.
I place a lot of my perc samples actually within the arrange page (logic) so channel delay to get everything synced is vital.
Generally the kick is the point of reference in terms of timing so that is the constant and the rest get moved. |
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| cryophonik |
| Sonar has a similar feature that's simply called nudge. You just select the audio/midi clip and press 1 (left) or 3 (right) on your keypad to nudge the clip over by an increment (in ms) that you set in the global settings. I use it a lot and I keep mine set at 5ms so I can nudge in small increments until I get the audio clip right where I want it. |
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| Magnus |
| quote: | Originally posted by eee.ddd.y
What button are you talking about thats under the pan slider in Cubase? What is this sliders purpose? |
Great feature tehlord!
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| kaih |
| A very usefull feature indeed. Use it in every project. |
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| DJ Robby Rox |
| I just take off snap in Fruity and drag the entire track back or forth a notch untill I notice a difference. If I don't I usually just put it back to where it was lol. |
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| tehlord |
| quote: | Originally posted by DJ Robby Rox
I just take off snap in Fruity and drag the entire track back or forth a notch untill I notice a difference. If I don't I usually just put it back to where it was lol. |
You should be using Logic :rolleyes: |
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