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  1. Sounds good, especially that vinyl stuff.. I have some old track but it would be better if I do something new.. Just send some similar tracks so I can better understood that not too much minimal and not too much trancey

  2. Did you not read my reply? Yes, it is standard from the factory [was standard from the factory]. Different boards had different pictures, they were not all done up the same. Meaning they may have shared the same pictures but they were in different parts on the voice/main and daughter [pot] boards.

     

    Do you think there's somebody we pay to have them do this to our synths? :) It doesn't increase resale value, it's a very knowingly done thing in the synth community that most of sequential circuits synthesizers has these designs/drawings silkscreened on their circuit board.

     

    So yes, it can be standard, yes way.. ;) Read again about my response about Chet Wood too and his coding of buddhist mantras into one of the chips on the board so everytime the user powers up a prophet 5, the user becomes "enlightened" :)

     

    -d

    Yeah I haver read that about mantras.. That SEQ rocks.. Totally..
  3. isnt dynamic range either big or small? not low and high? :P

     

    the reason indeed as has been said before that old stuff is lower in average volume is because of the difference in mastering. Nowadays everything is compressed to max..

    Maybe colin could give us some more info on it. He does this stuff for a living so he should at least know something about it ;)

    OK I meant small.. Dynamic range on old vinyls is small.. As much as i know.. Before it was also compressed but not in a such away it is today..
  4. Now I don't understand what you mean :)

     

    The fact that the music was ALSO released on vinyls has nothing to do with it, because the music was separately mastered for CD and vinyl pressings. All I said was that in the past the level of compression applied in general was much lower than it is nowadays, therefore the old-school tracks are not as loud. Which again is not always true - take for example "The Lone Deranger", "IFO" or "Helium" - they're pretty loud even by today's standards.

     

     

    Again, this will only work for like 5% of the CDs, that were recorded with a buffer below the 16-bit depth. Furthermore, for some CDs you may even make them sound unbalanced - for example Etnica's "Equator" has all the tracks normalized up to -0.2dB, but one of them is at -2dB (or something like that), because it was more compressed (newer :)) than the others, so to make them all sound equally loud they effectively lowered the bit depth. By normalising that CD you'd only make that track louder than the rest.

    Yeah lone deranger is pretty loud.. Guess it depends from track to track but yeah in general they are quieter.. And it depends on type of music..
  5. for 95% of cases old music is simply not compressed to the extent we're used to currently.

    I dont get it man, do u know how low is the dynamic range of a vinyl? U must use compression for vinyl.. And old music was on vinyls.. The reason why old music wasn't so loud is just that, cause of the low dynamic range of vinyl..

     

    Anyways Kai, I use RMS buddy but it comes as VST, for standalone application u should try PAZ analyzer..

    But I would also recommend just turning the volume up and maybe turning dolby to on..

     

    Also if u ripped your music u could do batch conversion and normalize/maximize all the files at the same time..

  6. I'd have to say the k701's sound better, but the 271's with all my background noise would be more suited at this point. I am realizing that isolation factor is big especially when you're using a computer for sequencing, holy shit. bzzz boom boom boom bzzz background bzzz resonance bzzzz fuck boom boom boom IS THAT MY KICK DRUM?

    jhaheahsdh

     

    I guess I learned the hard way :)

     

    -d

    Yeah, frequency range is much better in K700, so they would probably be the best option..

    Did u see K1000 "ear speakers" :lol:

  7. and what is ambient? ;) ambient does not mean beat-less. some of the greatest ambient composers in the world would STRONGLY disagree with you. Oh wait, you probably have a scripture that says GOD made ambient music.

    I didn't express my self good..

    But when its about scriptures I just found out of one scripture about music, like a music tutorial and I wanna get that but seems like I cant find it nowhere..

    I think all those other tutorials would go into water if I dig this scripture somewhere..

    God didnt made ambient, his energies did and so as for all other music.. Just combinations of different energies..

    But there is a special scale and notes used for praising God..

    You can find more on this topic here..

    Each note is associated with different chakra.. These notes are used in ragas...

  8. Nice post Otto..

    I also think u got to have really well trained ear to do production on headphones cause everything sounds good on them and u hear every detail.. And when u turn on speakers u have to mix from scratch..

     

    Choosing apartment, is it good idea to choose wooden house? You know that houses they asamble in few days.. They can have up to 25 cm of wood, I'm thinking it wood be like a large speaker, just imagine putting some acoustic foam in it and u would actually be sitting in a big speaker.. I know rock is best material for studio but u could also add rock to wood in your studio room..

  9. Isn't that impossible? :unsure:

     

    Anyway I don't think the problem is mostly about bass traps. Yes, my acoustics in my room are horrible, but still when I listen to a professional track it sounds ok (after I cut the lows with my player's equalizer).

     

    The problem with my tracks are that they don't have a right ''balance''. When I listen one of my tracks in a poor sound system without a sub woofer it sounds very ''dry'', no bassy at all.

    But when I listen to them in a heavy bass system the lows are too loud.

    Professional tracks have a balance. Even in a sound system without a woofer a professional track will sound a bit bassy and in a loud woofer the lows won't ruin the track.

     

    I'm looking for this balance. Of course bass traps would help me and like I said since my monitors haven't any bass control and the deafult bass is extremely loud I will never have a good mix.

     

    It seems I have to buy new monitors <_<

    Well I think it isnt impossible with AKG K271 S..

     

    If your tracks sounds good with eq u could eq your own tracks in same way..

     

    Problem with balance is a thing u have to learn, not buy.. Learn more about mixing projects, mastering.. Train your ears.. No matter how good are your monitors they dont worth anything if u cant hear them properly..

     

    And I also think u don't need woofer, looks like its just making troubles..

     

    Do u listen your tracks at same volume like listening references? Try shuting woofer of and make something new, see how it works and post results..

     

    U could go for headphones if ur low on budget, otherwise go for monitors..

  10. I can tell you now with 100% certainty that if we'd had the technology back then, our tracks would have sounded as clean and clear and punchy etc. as they do now. And I'm equally sure that every artist who was producing goa back then would say the same.

     

    No-one has a 50K soundsystem in their studios; good production shines.

     

    Make your mind up ffs.

    Man thats only if, but be real.. Todays standard in studio is Pro tools HD that costs 15000$ and u dont need to have it at home to produce good music.. If u are doing music for others than you cant produce without such standard and if u produce for your own pleasure your sound system doesnt have to be on pro level..

    So I guess your right, if u wanna produce good music rent-a-studio is the only option, or u can reserve some 100.000 bucks for medium quality studio at home..

  11. Er... :unsure: wtf? Just because the systems weren't there doesn't mean they weren't needed! Badly-produced music needs a good system to stand any chance of coming across well; a well-produced track will sound better than a badly-produced one on all kinds of sound systems.

    :D I knew this will provoke some tensions :lol:

    Of course it was needed, but there wasnt so good equipment like these days, thats what Im saying, dont get me wrong.. Its just that those imperfection of early goa make it so interesting.. I dont want to imply that these days u should create on a bad equipment, of course todays goa must meet all standards of todays music to be good.. But the main point is that u should use what u have and get most of your gear no matter how good it is.. So if production is good even with lousy gear it will still sound great and u can always get your track mastered by some pro and it will sound well on any sound system.. But if the production is bad and sound system degrades music even further than its really bad.. But in old days u had no choice like nowdays..

    Theres nothing better than good produced track on a good, big sound system.. After listening to Element(live) on the party for 12000 people with great sound system I got impression that they produce music especially for such high end massive sound systems.. I mean, nothing sounded so clear on such massive audio walls.. It was almost like music was alive, you could actually feel the vibe if u know what I mean, its pretty hard to explain..

    Its like they have such 50000 watt studio in their homes and they produce on it.. What are your views on this?

  12. The official word is that you shouldn't monitor with headphones, only use them as reference since theres a bunch of reasons why even the best won't make good monitors

    Unfortunately this is true.. So eventually sparkunian, you will have to go BOOM, BOOM!

    But if u really cant go boom than you have no other choice but to buy AKG K271.

    For a 1/3 of the price of some good monitors u get studio headphones.. Those headphones are on my top list of future studio improvements..

    If theres anything better in that price range I would be happy to know..

  13. mastering is another issue.. your MIXES arent done well.

     

    sounds like you need to fix your room accoustics.. Make some basstraps.

    more info about room accoustics here

    I would agree..

    Ormion did u actually read what its stated in that article? I suppose not, otherwise, if u are low on cash like I am, you would notice paragraph about bass traps..

    Best option for u (and me) is to find nearest Knauf distributor and buy thick fiberglass and use it as bass trap.. No matter how small is your room, those traps will have effect..

    So after that u mix on your senheisser headphones and on your speakers.. I think that minimum cash and maximum improvement.. Otherwise you will have to mix only on your headphones..

  14. You would be lucky if you can find someone to collaborate with that has the exact setup as you regarding sequencer, vsts and outboard gear. Wait, scratch that - its practically impossible.

     

    Loops or entire individual tracks are rendered to audio files are typically passed back and forth. There are rare occasions where you might have all the necessary components for a track, but even with Jikkenteki and myself collaborating on tracks together it has been difficult working on unrendered tracks. One might have a sound module or pack that the other doesn't have so we either needed to track it down or the track sounded different for each of us. Additionally, we both have very different external gear so all outboard sound gets rendered to wav files and we send those back and forth along with the Cubase file (In the past, it was a Fruity Loops file). As we progressed, we typically bought the same sequencers and some shared vsts but our studios are still incredibly different.

    Yes, of course, loops are more practical and theres no other way when working on external hardware but I wouldn't agree that it is impossible.. I think that giving co producer links to the tools we would use and sharing presets and midis would be possible indeed.. But if everything else fails there are still loops although you cant modify sound when using loop in such a way u can when using preset for plugin
  15. +1

     

    I usually build my tracks from scratch - firstly intro, then some kind of build up, breaks & climax. If I'll start with some kicking loop, it is likely to remain unfinished because anything I'll try to put before or after it somehow doesn't feel right. If however I'll build the track gradually, then it all sticks & flows together. This has probably something to do with the fact that I don't have any musical education whatsoever, but also is due to the environment I've been using - the trackers, which make it complicated to work in different way.

    Thats +3..

    But also its good to switch workflow methods from time to time, otherwise u loose your creativity and all tracks sound the same.. Thats maybe good for one album, if u want it to make some theme that goes through whole cd.. But its really important not to work always with same process..

    I sometimes start with bass.. Sometimes with a loop, sometimes from start, sometimes I just make kick and then press record and play until I get some good tune, after that I fit bassline.. Stating with basslines makes me do really groovy tracks.. I sometimes have problems when I start from start of the track, I create a pro intro, and everything is pro till half of the track, than I have that feeling that something is mising and start adding stuff to the track to create a total mush and ruin the track that was perfect.. But luckily I realized my mistakes and Im overcoming that.. Also a lot of guys complain I have too much brakes.. Does anyone dont like the brakes? For instance took track from Manifold - Faces if I remember good, that track has breakes every 4 bars and its awesome...

  16. Devious I can only say u are pretty hooked.. Looks like u got addicted.. U bastard :lol:

     

     

    I just bought a pair of omnitronic direct drive turntables, used.. And got bunch of minimal records with them so I must spin techno now for some time.. Im planning serato next, then I can mix whatever I want, these records I have now are just for gettin into mixing after a long break.. I just hope they last for a year until I get some skills and then Ill probably go for technics..

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