Oct 30, 2007 10:10 pm You can start here. www.homerecordingconnecti...t&cat_id=12
And then just ask us questions here. This what HRC is all about.
COMPLETE NOOB!!!
Posted on Oct 30, 2007 08:22 pm
adamcognac
Member Since: Oct 14, 2007
hey there, im told mixing and mastering is the ticket to good, professional sounding recordings, but i have NOOOO experience or any idea how to start.
anybody now a good website/book/whatever to get me started?? i looked at a book in a barnes &noble, but I think i'm more of a "for dummies" kind of guy.
thanks
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Oct 30, 2007 10:10 pm You can start here. www.homerecordingconnecti...t&cat_id=12
And then just ask us questions here. This what HRC is all about.
Nov 01, 2007 06:31 pm i went and read a bunch of the articles...they were a big help. i want to start mixing some songs, is there anything i can use in FL (or cubase) to keep from having to buy a new program until i get the hang of it??
Nov 02, 2007 04:44 am in a word, nope, you CAN get "pro" sounds out of the software you're using, the trick is getting it 'there'.....there are MANY MANY MANY factors that go into it other than simply having the software, ya gotta know how to use it. there's a reason things sound 'pro', and it's not what 'they' are using but HOW they are using it...."pro's" spend ALOT of time getting things right, AND they know what to listen for....it's like me using a "pro" tennis racket and not knowing why my backhand still sucks, it's not the racket, or the golf club, or the pool stick, or the shoes, that make a 'pro' good. but pro tools (no pun intended) doesn't guarantee pro results. it takes a few years of practice to know what you want, and what it takes to get there.
Nov 02, 2007 04:49 am in otherwords, your sound will suck for awhile....call it a learning curve if you will. i'm waiting for the 'magic fairy dust' plugin that will make everything i record sound perfect, but it's still in beta.
Nov 02, 2007 05:50 am I agree with WYD completely...it's another skill you have to learn, no amount of books or web sites (except this one:-) will get you there over night. Best thing to do is just get at it and start doing it. The best gear in the world won't make you sound pro if you don't know how to use it...so get using it. HRC is here with you every step of the way.
Nov 06, 2007 06:42 pm i didnt mean to sound like a new program will solve all my problems, just all the tutorials used that har-bal thing. is there a decent mixer in cubase or FL? and...how the hell do i use it?
Nov 07, 2007 11:02 am I've been using the "Modern" series from Antress. Free VST suite. They are real CPU hogs, so be careful not to stack them up too high. ModernDeepPurple is a great mastering tool that has a couple of nice presets that you can tinker with to fine tune your sound. They also have some nice maximizers and compressors.
I'd suggest that you perhaps just try them out, even if only to see/hear what happens to the mixed track when you add these puppies. Your ears will immediately push you in the right direction...
Try running VoxengoSpan (another freebie) to get an idea of the overall frequency range of your mix. It's all a learning process, and the learning is part of the fun. Get your hands dirty, it's the best way to learn. Imagine if I gave you a great big book called "How to ride a bicycle". It would not make very much sense unless you actually got on the bike.
Good luck.
Nov 07, 2007 04:44 pm If you want to play around, try downloading Reaper.
In there, is a demo song (it's quite small, but it's a full song).
With this, you can play around, watching the things happening, and see what's going on.
I have FL studio, and I wouldn't use it for mixing anything, except for sounds that FL creates itself. I use FL to create my drum tracks, synth tracks, and soundfont/midi tracks. Then I export them as wave files, and import them into reaper.
I'm not whole-heartedly saying reaper is the solution to your problem, cause it's not. Experience is. I'm just saying Reaper has a quick and decent way of seeing a song in it's mixing stage, that you can expirement on and learn from.
Once you get familiar with the process that Reaper uses, you can switch over to Cubase, and start working in that (if you want to).
And, reaper is uncrippled shareware, so you can use it in it's full potential, and pay for it if you feel like it.
www.reaper.fm
Nov 07, 2007 06:55 pm Tc, thanx for mentioning that one. I downloaded their entire array of freeware and still have not installed any of them.
Here is the link in case anyone is interested. They are killer plug's from what I have heard.
www.modernplugins.in-tw.com/
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