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- Mon Apr 12, 2021 3:44 am
- Forum: Help and How To
- Topic: Why/How you should double tracks rather than make a copy and pan.
- Replies: 24
- Views: 3157
Re: Why/How you should double tracks rather than make a copy and pan.
Both perceptions are due to the Haas/precedence effect. And personally I think that if it sounds like all of the guitar is coming from the left (for example), that's kind of sucky... in that case, for the most part, you might as well put the guitar in one channel only and be done with it.
- Sun Apr 11, 2021 9:38 am
- Forum: Help and How To
- Topic: Why/How you should double tracks rather than make a copy and pan.
- Replies: 24
- Views: 3157
Re: Why/How you should double tracks rather than make a copy and pan.
I looked at this topic in depth when I wrote my own VST plugin for stereo widening. If you want it to sound like two takes, nothing beats recording two takes, period. In my opinion, panning the same signal hard left and right and delaying one side by X ms is the worst option out of all, because the ...
- Mon Mar 29, 2021 5:50 am
- Forum: Fight Discussions and Reviews
- Topic: The government bail out won't (Break the Bank reviews)
- Replies: 30
- Views: 3909
Re: The government bail out won't (Break the Bank reviews)
The general rule for reverb is: add in reverb until you think it sounds good, then turn it down a little bit.
- Wed Mar 24, 2021 1:54 pm
- Forum: Help and How To
- Topic: Least-shitty distribution and manufacturing channels
- Replies: 100
- Views: 19506
Re: Least-shitty distribution and manufacturing channels
Does this require multiple accounts for multiple artists (free version)? Nope, it looks like you can add as many artists as you like in a single account. Your account is for a single writer/author/producer (real name for credits and copyright purposes) but there's a strict separation of writers and...
- Mon Mar 22, 2021 4:56 pm
- Forum: Help and How To
- Topic: Least-shitty distribution and manufacturing channels
- Replies: 100
- Views: 19506
Re: Least-shitty distribution and manufacturing channels
Found another "pretty much free" service... Songtradr ! It's originally a (sync) licensing service (and they still do that, automatically doing sync licensing for you, and you get a 60% cut or 80% with a Pro subscription) but they expanded into distribution. Their cut: 10% (0% if you subsc...
- Mon Mar 22, 2021 11:09 am
- Forum: Help and How To
- Topic: Least-shitty distribution and manufacturing channels
- Replies: 100
- Views: 19506
Re: Least-shitty distribution and manufacturing channels
By the way, something I didn't realize until now is that DistroKid will delete your releases if you stop paying. There's a separate charge to keep a release up no matter what ($29 per release). In other words, if you release very few things, DK can actually end up being more expensive in the long ru...
- Sat Mar 20, 2021 7:57 am
- Forum: Help and How To
- Topic: Buying my first set of Monitors, need recommendations
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2063
Re: Buying my first set of Monitors, need recommendations
If you can't do a test, then as I said, any of the popular monitors in the price range will do. I like the JBLs (though keep in mind I have the older models) because they sound detailed and "nice" - to me at least. I didn't really get the chance to test a wide range of speakers, either, bu...
- Thu Mar 18, 2021 7:45 am
- Forum: Help and How To
- Topic: Least-shitty distribution and manufacturing channels
- Replies: 100
- Views: 19506
Re: Least-shitty distribution and manufacturing channels
They didn't send me anything new after the 40% deal, but that link seems to be working still even though they claimed that it would expire after 48 hours.
- Sun Mar 14, 2021 3:05 am
- Forum: Help and How To
- Topic: Least-shitty distribution and manufacturing channels
- Replies: 100
- Views: 19506
Re: Least-shitty distribution and manufacturing channels
... still didn't act on it and now they sent me another mail with a 40% discount.
- Fri Mar 12, 2021 9:40 am
- Forum: Help and How To
- Topic: Least-shitty distribution and manufacturing channels
- Replies: 100
- Views: 19506
Re: Least-shitty distribution and manufacturing channels
Side note: yesterday I tried DistroKid's signup process out of interest and stopped before actually picking a plan. Today I got an automated email for a 35% discount (valid 48h) for the first year. Might be useful to know if you ever want to sign up there.
- Fri Mar 05, 2021 5:57 pm
- Forum: Help and How To
- Topic: Deals On Gear and Software
- Replies: 624
- Views: 112171
Re: Deals On Gear and Software
The vocal tuning features of Nectar are extremely basic (even in the advanced version), I'm kind of undecided about the other features but I usually prefer processing the vocals myself. Personally I don't think Nectar is worth the money. That said, Ozone is pretty darn good (though not exactly a nec...
- Wed Mar 03, 2021 3:57 am
- Forum: Fight Discussions and Reviews
- Topic: You can only avoid (Potential Consequences reviews)
- Replies: 53
- Views: 5260
Re: You can only avoid (Potential Consequences reviews)
Thanks for reviewing. I really get stuck on mixing, probably because (1) I do it on headphones and then get discouraged when I play it on anything else and (2) there's so much about mixing and mastering that I don't understand. I have no idea what to focus on once I have my tracks down. I only some...
- Thu Feb 25, 2021 6:23 pm
- Forum: Help and How To
- Topic: Buying my first set of Monitors, need recommendations
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2063
Re: Buying my first set of Monitors, need recommendations
I have a pair of JBL LSR305 - discontinued, the successor seems to be the 305P MkII, currently ~$120 each. I like their sound (unlike, say, KRK RokIt which I can't stand) and in terms of detail they are clearly superior to everything I ever had before. Like all speakers this size, the low end doesn'...
- Wed Feb 17, 2021 5:12 am
- Forum: Fight Discussions and Reviews
- Topic: From Grey to Gandalf (The White Morph reviews)
- Replies: 42
- Views: 4416
Re: From Grey to Gandalf (The White Morph reviews)
Idk why the high end over-bothers me in my music, it always happens and I need to remember to pay attention to it. After writing and tracking instruments each fight, I usually only have a day or less to mix, and I find myself messing up on the things I thought I finally had figured out. I think thi...
- Sat Feb 13, 2021 12:31 pm
- Forum: Fight Discussions and Reviews
- Topic: From Grey to Gandalf (The White Morph reviews)
- Replies: 42
- Views: 4416
Re: From Grey to Gandalf (The White Morph reviews)
I haven't reviewed in a while. I listened in randomized order, but the reviews are ordered alphabetically. I wrote these while listening and didn't spend that much time on them. I may have missed some details. Sorry not sorry! Brother Baker : In one word: convincing! The vocals don't always quite fl...
- Mon Feb 08, 2021 8:35 pm
- Forum: Fight Discussions and Reviews
- Topic: Come on, Pa! Tell me about those (Better Days Reviews)
- Replies: 102
- Views: 8663
- Sun Feb 07, 2021 6:30 pm
- Forum: Fight Discussions and Reviews
- Topic: Come on, Pa! Tell me about those (Better Days Reviews)
- Replies: 102
- Views: 8663
Re: Come on, Pa! Tell me about those (Better Days Reviews)
I realize that as long as I continue to be bad with the timing, people are going to complain about it. Obviously it doesn't come naturally to me, but I'll keep working on it. I wrote about this in a review thread last month but I think it deserves some more detail. Probably the main reason why you'...
- Wed Dec 23, 2020 7:08 am
- Forum: Sidefights and Highlights
- Topic: Remixfight
- Replies: 49
- Views: 4008
Re: Remixfight
Okay, here we go. It's been fun but I think I'm done with working on this now. https://songfight.net/forums/download/file.php?id=1490 Some notes: - Unfortunately many of the raw tracks had already been heavily processed, making it difficult to get everything out of them that I would have liked to ha...
- Tue Dec 22, 2020 8:23 pm
- Forum: Sidefights and Highlights
- Topic: Remixfight
- Replies: 49
- Views: 4008
Re: Remixfight
I spent a few hours on a mix, using all of the original track in exactly the original places. I'll relisten after a good night's sleep, add any tweaks that come to mind and then I'll upload it. I also recorded a live stream of (most of) what I did, which I can share with you guys if you're intereste...
- Sun Dec 13, 2020 5:49 pm
- Forum: Sidefights and Highlights
- Topic: Remixfight
- Replies: 49
- Views: 4008
Re: Remixfight
There sure is a lot of pre-processing on these tracks... this will be interesting.
- Tue Dec 08, 2020 10:30 pm
- Forum: Sidefights and Highlights
- Topic: Remixfight
- Replies: 49
- Views: 4008
Re: Remixfight
Just to be absolutely clear - by "remix", are we talking about the common meaning where an artist/producer takes an original work and adds their own things to it as they please, or the stricter interpretation where it's really only about creating a new mixdown of the existing material with...
- Tue Dec 08, 2020 7:02 pm
- Forum: Sidefights and Highlights
- Topic: Remixfight
- Replies: 49
- Views: 4008
Re: Remixfight
Signing up.