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Tomos
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Posted : Sep 12, 2006 22:24
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Is there any way in Cubase to split a channel (midi or audio) into, say, upper and lower frequencies and route them to different group channels?
I'd like to keep part of my upper lead sound 'as-is' and the lower I'd like to chop up a bit.
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koalakube
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Posted : Sep 12, 2006 22:41
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You could double the track and eq in a different way each (i.e. cut all the low on one track and the hi on the other)
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bukboy
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Posted : Sep 13, 2006 08:57
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Send the one signal uneq'd to an fx channel that has a high/low eq, meanwhile eq the original signal after the send 2 low/high?
the switch on the send toggles pre post fader/eq.(I think) tell me if Im wrong. |
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Trip-
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Posted : Sep 13, 2006 09:39
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doing it using 2 equalizers is the way I'd do it, although you need to take into account that the cross-over frequency range will be hard to make flat.
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Tomos
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Posted : Sep 13, 2006 10:10
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Ahhhh, nice one guys, its all about logical/creative thinking  |
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texmex
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Posted : Sep 13, 2006 17:59
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Beware of phasing problems. if you don't use digital filters, you're doomed to have phasing when mixing those frequencies back. But when you use digital filters, you're doomed to have latency... unless it's not a problem. And you could make phasing sound good or just ignore it.
Anyway, what bukboy said might be the easiest way to do it. Consider strapping a frequency analyzer to the main output, check out the spectrum of unaltered signal (hold it) and then adjust the eqs on the send channels so that the result spectrum matches the original one. This way you can make the cross-over flat or at least flat enough.
BTW, if you wonder how phasing sounds, try this: add the Tonic filter (basic cubase filter) on a fat synth track with broad frequency range. Set it to highpass to middle or so that you only hear the highs. Then play with the mix ratio. You would assume that the highs wouldn't be affected and sound the same all the time, but in reality because of phasing you get something called comb filter with mix ratio of 50:50 which affects the highs too.
This is one of the dangers of mixing filtered signal with unfiltered one... |
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