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Playing without having a sharp sound
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Conny
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Posted : Jan 18, 2005 10:20
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Hi i wish there was a way i could have my resonance at max and play around with cut off
and other knobs without having a sound which cuts in my ear.How can i make the sound more mellow and pleasant.Right know i believe i have tried almost everything, lowpass filter, limiter, compressor, but it still sounds to harsh. Please help me:( what should i do to make it sound good.
I use mainly the vst synth called synth1.
Best regards Conny |
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Kitnam
Mantik
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Posted : Jan 18, 2005 11:25
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I think you use software-filters only. A lot of them have 16bit resolution only. So if you like to play with resonance buy a cheap hardware module, you can have such things for 50-150 € with very good quality (warm/natural/well balanced).
Anyway if the sound 'hurts' reduce 8Khz with a parametric eq.
I hope I understood you correctly and was able to help you. |
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billy ambulance
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Posted : Jan 18, 2005 13:52
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play your lead through spectrum analayzer.
the frequecies thats "hurts" are on 400hz-600hz
or 3khz-5khz.
try to reduce in these areas with a simple EQ
good luck! |
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Kitnam
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Posted : Jan 18, 2005 16:53
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Let me correct you billy, I hope you wont mind.
500 Hz (between 400 and 600, too)
is not the classical "ouch!". Its the honk-area, which makes the element sounding "boxy".
3-5 Khz
This are the "high mids", too much will make the ears of the listener feeling realy stressed offcourse, but it doesnt hurt.
@conny (again)
Go and find out which freqs are going to hurt you . Use a small parametric boost and glide trough the freqs to find out which one is making the sound sharp. After founding out which area is sounding bad, reduce it carefully with your bellcurve (not too much , good balance is always between -2 db to -15 db).
Now, your sound is maybe flat and unspectacular, this will help you:
Boost some lowrange 300-800 (maybe)
and boost some high mids(4-6Khz) and brilliant highs (6-10Khz).
so at the end you have maybe boosts at: 300 a little, 6000 mainly and 9000 also a little for example (always search equals) and you will have a very present element which is not sounding with bad "sharp"frequences. |
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Elad
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Posted : Jan 18, 2005 20:11
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billy ambulance
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Posted : Jan 19, 2005 12:02
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kitnam, i dont know what you mean by "boxy" but through my expirience, too much of the "mid" area (500hz) makes the sound a bit "screaming" or hurting, sure its not the high- mid freqs that cuts in your hear but still.
b.t.w every sound needs an indivual EQ, there is no absolut rule about freq`s cutting.
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Kitnam
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Posted : Jan 20, 2005 09:22
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b.t.w every sound needs an indivual EQ, there is no absolut rule about freq`s cutting.
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.indeed |
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