Jun 30, 2009 03:27 pm It is mastering software
www.har-bal.com/
Whats HarBal?
Posted on Jun 30, 2009 03:15 pm
Indellable
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I see it all over the place...Thanks.
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Jun 30, 2009 03:31 pm www.har-bal.com/
That should explain most of it.
Its a program that visually allows you to see exactly were your mix is at. It incorporates an equalizer and is aimed at the final stages of mixing or mastering as well.
Jul 08, 2009 11:29 am Very cool - thanks. On their website - it says the Harmonic Balancer for $95 - is that the whole shabang? Also, is it pretty easy to figure out how to use? I am not aware of anyone locally that is using it.
Jul 08, 2009 11:45 am That is indeed the whole shabang.
I have a poor sounding room for mixing, although I have grown accustomed to working around it I use Harbal to verify things are where I think they are. The air function is quite nice as well.
For me it's final mix, harbal, limit.
Jul 11, 2009 06:39 pm Har-Bal is a mastering EQ which you use to do corrective equalization to a mix. It's more of a visual process that the traditional approach by ear. Their slogan is "we put eyes in your ears".
You can graphically match EQs from other recordings and it has a built in limiter.
I highly recommend it but if you buy it, you need to study the tutorial to fully benefit from it.
Jul 15, 2009 11:28 am Thanks for the replies - finally something for the studio I can afford right away! I just got done reading more on their website including the tutorial (cant watch the video here at work) and am definitely interested. A few more questions:
1.) I record and mix-down on a Mac using Digital Performer and mostly T-Racks and MOTU plug-ins. Therefore, would I bounce out a stereo .wav file of the mix and load it up on a PC into HarBal? I do have a PC in the studio that I use for certain things so it wouldnt be a huge deal.
2.) I noticed in the Mastering Tutorial they use a lot of Wave plugins to fix the identified problems which I happen to have on my PC. So (assuming you do in fact load the wav file directly into HarBal) after you "see" the problems with your mix, do you then load it into Soundforge or do you apply plug-ins, such as Waves, directly in HarBal?
3.) Based on the information above. Should I skip mixing in DP using T-Racks altogether and just load up everything into Soundforge and use Wave plug-ins or would this be leapfrogging a step?
Thanks.
Jul 16, 2009 02:58 am 1. yes
2. harbal does not have a function supporting plugins, usually its the first step to do after mixing down, so u would mix down, load it into harbal, do ur thing, record, and then import into ur editing software to add ur waves plugins
3. u should do watever u feel betters ur sound, harbal doesnt do everything, it mostly only does the harmonic balancing and it also has air and limiting functions, but u dont have to use them and can use Waves or any other plugs after once u reload ur song into ur editing software. I think its best to just load in ur track and harmonically balance it, listen and see wat else u need done, maybe its limiting, compression, excitation or reverb
... i know i made a big tado about this program a few weeks ago, but ive learned my thang guys!
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