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well, i heard that if i want to have a better quality i better need to make my songs using 24 bits (or even 32 bits, i'm not sure) and then resample/dither the final mix to 16 bits and the quality will be better than if i worked with 16 bits from the beginning.

Is that right? Why is that? Do i need ...

Hi RedSun
thanks for the link, i will read the articles.

Well, i'm more into reading than making music, anyways

dArKr3zIn, thanks for your comment

I really listen to other recordings and try to make the sound like i hear...

Spoimala, you buddy
why don't i see you on ICQ anymore? did you quit using it?

i'm alive

"You have to watch out listening to any piece of music on a good equipment like yours - not to get your ears fooled "

yes, i know that. It's better to listen that on a cheap home audio or car audio to see that all instruments are audible because not many people have good audio equippment :smile ...

as i see this thread growed into general EQ discussion... that's nice.

To tell you the truth, equalization and compression is my very weak part.

I'm not experienced enough as sound engineer to hear what's good or bad (well, i can hear if the sound is good or bad, hehe, but i can't find the golden ...

well, if i was a pro and i would 100% know what i do - i would follow my taste and thoughts and make everything like i want.

But at this phase, when i'm in a learning phase, i think that it's probably better to stick with the original sound (as probably the samples were recorded and processed with ...

Samplaire: thanks for your input. I added you to my ICQ list, we're neighbours, I'm from Lithuania... :smile:

I just applied compression for the whole mixdown, no compression for the guitars alone. And I did not used a real guitar amp - just Amplitube plugin.

Reverbs: I just used reverb for drums ...

On 2003-05-06 05:24, marcuspocus wrote:
BTW, are you compressor fan? Cuz, maybe i'm mistaken, but the sound is SO much compressed that it sounds completely squashed!

Well, the song wasn't mixed down like it should and there was no mastering done... So i just made a quick compression of a mixdown ...

So? Nobody listens to it or it is so bad that you don't want to make me upset?

post your criticism, I won't fall into hard feelings

Do I need to put EQs on samples of such instruments like drums, cymbals, guitars, woodwinds, etc - the accoustic instruments, not synths or so.

I mean that if I'm making a song where only accoustic (or live, dunno how to call them) instruments are playing, should I apply additional EQs or it's ...

John: no problem, i wasn't thinking that you will put my logo on anyways, so no damage done :smile:
And I'm not talented, I'm a professional web designer so this kind of things is the routine for me....

lifechanger: you know, when i saw your site i understood that you don't need a logo :smile: or i ...

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is it this normalize plugin you were talking about?

Marcel: I don't have this normalizer plugin, where can i get it?

I don't see CPU spikes, it goes higher on some parts of the song and lower on another parts...

And the strange thing is that when the part where almost all tracks are playing at the same time (and it should be using the most CPU ...

Yes, i experienced this....
compressors and reverbs eat a lot of resources, so it's better to mixdown these tracks to have the song playing without hassles

Hi
i was tired from making music all the day so i thought i can make something good for our community :smile:

http://x.ratx.com/pz.jpg

John, if you like it - you can use it right now, i would make the new buttons later when i have time (if you want)

The others - lemme hear your thoughts about ...

<a name="planetz-file"></a><a href="http://x.ratx.com/song.mp3"><img src="/forums/images/listen_icon.gif" border="0" alt=" Song"> Song</a><BR> <a name="planetz-tag"></a>Genre: Rock<BR> <a name="planetz-tag"></a>Uses: Pulsar Effects,Pulsar Mixers<BR> copyright © 2003 Ainius Staneika and Ruination<BR ...

ok, thank you guys for your inputs, i really appreciate them

Well, i guess i was just using too much VST power as when i removed compressors from electric guitars, the problem disappeared...

Maybe you need to check the signal input level on your hardware mixer?