Mar 01, 2005 08:18 am plus if any one wants to hear something i mixed check our band out..
www.myspace.com/soontobeseptember
bare in mind that the drums wer mixed somewhere else then imported as 1 track..
tell us if anythin could be changed.
john
recording at home cubase sx
Posted on Mar 01, 2005 08:15 am
johnstbs
Member Since: Jul 27, 2004
hey all iv been recording my band at home.. weve got some decent mixer and an amp an stuff but i av a fev questions about cubase sx..
iv read all the mixing and eq articles but theres just a few little things i wanna know.
when recording vocals -
should i apply the compression and noise gate before or after recording?
should i normalize every vocal?
john
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Mar 01, 2005 08:18 am plus if any one wants to hear something i mixed check our band out..
www.myspace.com/soontobeseptember
bare in mind that the drums wer mixed somewhere else then imported as 1 track..
tell us if anythin could be changed.
john
Mar 01, 2005 08:23 am I recommend applying at least some compression to the signal before it even hits the sound card. Just enough to make it a more smooth signal to work with, slightly bringin up weak spots and compressing unexpected peaks. If necessary, more compression can be added after the fact.
As far as normalizing goes, I normalize a track if I get an unexpectedly weak signal on a good take. Otherwise I just mix the song how I like it then normalize it during mastering.
Mar 01, 2005 08:36 am i think u shud ava listen anyway cos it seems that theres a lot of experts on ere.. an im a beginer an help wud be apprieciated sooo much!!
www.myspace.com/soontobeseptember
john
Mar 01, 2005 08:42 am Well, I don't currently have time to listen to tracks, I will if I get time, but it's not something I have much of.
As far as mastering being necessary, well, uhhhhhh, yeah, it is.
Mar 01, 2005 08:45 am well i imported the drums... recorded guitars , bass, an vocals.. then put a few effects on everythin played it bk got a mix then exported it as an audio file..
am i missing something out?
john
Mar 01, 2005 08:47 am yeah, you then need to take that exported audio file and master it, which can be any combination of harmonic balancing, normalizing, maximizing, compressing and more...and your final product should end up at -.3 db.
Mar 01, 2005 08:59 am cool.. so once its exported i need to master?? cool..
no wat program do i master it in?
can i download it off the net?
this help is so good chears dude!
john
Mar 01, 2005 09:01 am My main mastering tool is Har-Bal (stands for harmonic balancing) get more info at www.har-bal.com
if you buy it, get it from this link secure.reg.net/Product.as...-1&AFID=247 and help support HRC with commission ;-)
Also, for things like compression, EQing and such, I use WaveLab, but GoldWave is free and downloadable, pretty cool app too, www.goldwave.com or Audacity which is free and pretty cool audacity.sourceforge.net
Mar 01, 2005 09:05 am jus downloadin the audacity.
if i need any help ill giv thee a shout!! tar mate!!
john
Mar 01, 2005 09:26 am wowo i baffled! i added compression to the whole thing an trimmed a bit off the ends an the volume keeps goin up n down!! weird.. i lost people!!
Mar 02, 2005 10:51 am so does any1 know some quick an effective mastering techniques??
Mar 02, 2005 10:55 am There is no magic bullet for anything. But best thing you can do for mastering is to be sure you mixed properly, cuz there is no such thing as "fixing it in the mastering". Mix well, mastering will be that much easier.
Look at the tips section, there are a couple articles about mastering...
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