I am impressed by Your job ,and today i have some free time and wanted to register here and ask about some advices that surely can affect mastering in future.

I like to experiment and read diffrent approaches to music production,basically i have in mind house/dance music that has to be punchy,fat sounding etc.

I produce using Reaper DAW which i love (switched from cubase) and i recommend to anyone to try it.

And the first thing i do when i start production is picking a kick from my collection and a sample bass sound,to set (now i will write about my aim of my post) compressors that i put on master bus.

I start producing with compressors on master bus and i "mix into them" so in my oppinion it starts not bad from beggining and overall final results are not bad (as for "bedroom producer that never had his tracks mastered by a pro like You)


At the moment my master bus looks like as follows:

Sonalksis sv-315mk2 2.2.1 ratio, -3.0db threshold ,attack 0.5 ms,auto release.
Oxford Dynamics 2.000 ratio ,-.3,6 db threshold,release 0.320s
C1 comp from waves ratio 1.37:1 ,-4db threshold,attack 0.01,release 299
PSP Vintage warmer II with really gentle settings to not mess everything totally.



Now i would like to ask what do You think about it.I think it sounds good,and will explain my point of view.By using few instances of compressors,everytime of diffrent brand ,gives a nice pumping effect,as every compressor seems to affect mix in his own way that makes him special.And few instances of it give nice results,in my opinion.
And PSP in the end is to give it a bit of warmth and final "glue".I know oxford dynamics has "warmth" options,but somehow i did not liked what this function of him was making with mix.


Now,i expect either to be bashed because i do it totally wrong,or to get some nice feedback,tips by master.

I learn everything on my own from books,internet,forums,and i also experiment as i said so i know sometimes the stuff i do might look retarded.


I also would love to know what pro engineer like You thinks about it.I heard opinions that vintage warmer may fuck up (sorry for word) mix so much that even best engineers later strugle with mastering of such material.So i use it reaaally gently.

Would it make any problem for a pro like you to master such track ?AFter those "bedroom tweaks" by me?.
I do EQ if needed single tracks before mixdown so they do not sound messy .






and in the end,someone will ask,i know,how can i use such "pro" plugins being bedroom producer.I answer at this point to prevent it-my friend works in london in a agency that produces advertising campaigns,videos,www campaigns etc and it gave me possibility to get those plugins at total bargain prices,quite unimaginable prices.So i took advantage of it.

Not kick drums, not high hats, but everything in between.

I always feel like I am missing something in the mid range percussion area. What are some good points of discussion to get the dialog going on these drums?

I'm most interested in one word; groove. What are some good methods of practice to get going in the groove department. And then once that groove gets going, how is it kept fresh and evolving through the course of a 6-9min song?


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I'm having a hard time wording what I want to ask, but basically, I am trying to find out how to program interesting drum grooves.

Thank you thank you!

Well not in the shop yet but reports are there are copies in stores today so hopefully the shop and upgrades will be available soon.

Anyone here getting it?

Some vids of their latest releases performed live in the studio

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As mentioned before I am currently working on redoing the entire site to bring it up to date function wise and allow a lot more new content to be easily published. While I was on Beatportal not too long ago checking out one of their tutorials someone mentioned in a comment on how they wished there was a community site for production matters.

Soundcloud sorta filled this role with the commenting of waveforms but to me it's still more suited to promoing tracks more than dicussing production due to it missing some features that would facilitate that.

So as I sort out the details of the new MedwayStudios I thought I'd get some feedback on the demand for this sort of thing. Although I'm sure we all get a bit sick of having accounts in social media sites everywhere I do think that a simple but effective profile site for production would be useful.

My idea so far would be the basics, of course your avatar, a little info about yourself etc.. Private messaging and the ability to have 'friend' accounts linked to yours. Beyond that here are a few more features and how they could be used for the purpose of sharing ideas about producing:

# Audio player - essential and although it probably wouldnt have the waveform and commenting that SoundCloud does I still feel giving track times works fine for me and these could be displayed. The question is whether or not some of these tracks would need to be private or would you mind the whole world seeing what you've got going on (for instance with tracks in rough form)

# Comments - the ability ti post similar to the 'wall' or comments in Myspace.

# A feature I think would be really handy would be to list the gear and plugs you are using along with tips for each one as well as gripes you have. I think a lot of time we miss cool little features and shortcuts of programs we've used even for a while and this would be a great way to share those little things that make the production process happen faster. If there's something bugging you about a program or pluging you could list that as well and eventually someone might come around to shed light on it.

A lot of this we do in the forum but I think it's better to have a central repository of all this infomation.

# A list of current releases and links to purchase tracks.

# Some type of shoutbox or realtime comment system for sharing more spur of the moment discoveries, this could be linked to a Twitter account as well.

# Email forwarding of any of the above info as it's published to keep you up to date with what's going on without having to log in each time.

# Ability to upload files to share patches and sounds with ratings. Also share links to other tutorials or cool things you've found. A lot of sites have link directories but a user made one would be even better and more diverse.


These are just some things I've thought of today I'm sure a few more will come. The general idea is to put all our collective info in one place to form a network that can help everyone along their journey of producing a little easier.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shepard_tone

Came across this today while reading a comment on Soundcloud. I had also checked out Kris Menace's new track Scaler which the review of it mentioned as well. Gives that rising or in the wikipedia example a constantly descending sound. Just heard an awesome use of this effect on Slam's new single as well called Hot Knives.

Hey everyone,

Just a quick post about my recent dilemma regarding a purchase. I am buying some cans for my impending trip to Iraq. I was trying very hard to stuff some decent monitors in my seabag, but I have decided to buy some good mid-range headphones to mix on instead of monitors. I have narrowed my purchase down to either:

Beyerdynamic DT 880 Pro
AKG K 701

It's a difficult choice and I can't find a store that might have them in stock. There aren't too many store selections here in Hawaii. Does anyone have any experience with either of these? After countless hours of reasearch, I think that the Beyerdynamics are more comfortable and have a bit more bass. I am sure that someone is going to argue the bass statement, but what I mean is that I like to mix a bit bass heavy so that it transposes lighter on other systems. Many people have stated that the AKG's are the best choice, for some reason I am leaning towards the BeyerD's. Anyone have any input?

Andre
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Thought i'd share a quick tip i picked up on FM for Logic users.

Tom Foley
When Recording playback result is late (a problem i had until now)

This problem has been reported by other users. The first thing you should try is update your copy of Logic Pro to the most recent version. The next thing to try is to delete Logic's preference file. It seems that under some conditions this essential settings file can get abit fouled.You can find it in your user folder at Library/Preferences/com.apple.logic.pro.plist.

Before you delete this file you might want to take a quick spin around the various Logic preference screens to take note of any special settings you have. You will need to manually restore these after you delete the preference file. Take screen grabs of each preference screen so you can refer back to them later. I would also suggest you copy the preference file to your desktop/folder before deleting it. That way you can just copy it back if this does not fix your problem.

How do some of you guys/gals get that 'sucking sound' in your tracks? For instance, when you're building your track up to a high point, and right before it gets to the next part (say, when a vocal comes in, or main melody) the whole track just gets 'sucked' into a vacuum milliseconds before the next part comes in....then comes back in immediately at the beginning of the next part. (prob too much explanation, I'm sure you know what I mean)

Thanks