Techniques

9/27/2018

Chandler

Using MAutovolume to keep a lead insturment above music

In this video I'll show how you can use MAutovolume to keep a vocal or other lead instrument above your rhythm section, even if the band increases in volume. I hope you find this useful.http://youtu.be/jEDtVv1_jrY..

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9/25/2018

Jimbo 88

Side Chain Compression Question...

Ok I'm old to the music biz, but new to mixing, I have been messing around with side chain compression and have a couple of questions. 1) I set up a mix where when the singer comes in the background tracks dip about 3db. Is this a good idea?2) When you set up a side chain thing for "ducking" like wh..

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9/24/2018

Amicus717

Orchestral String smoothness

Hi folks, Been fiddling around with a few major projects in the last few weeks, all of which are orchestral pieces that have fairly loud sections in them. For two of them, in particular, there are a few fairly intense string passages, and I've begun to notice that for many of the string libraries I ..

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9/24/2018

amiller

Sidechain secret sauce?

I want to be able to duck the reverb on a vocal using an aux send and Fabfilter Pro C2. There are a ton of YouTube examples using ProTools but nothing for Sonar Plat. What’s the step by step secret sauce to make this work?..

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9/22/2018

davdud101

Songwriting challenges with dice, alphabets and scale degrees

So I've been messing around for the past week or so with creating chord progressions using techniques that fall under something I'm calling "mechanical harmonization" (appears I've coined the phrase!!?). A couple of my methods involve using an arranged alphabet - either the standard alphabet, or for..

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9/22/2018

chuckebaby

The Elusive song

I've been writing songs (words/music) for almost 35 years now and I have recorded over 1000 songs easy.But there seems to be this one song that is just too elusive to write. I hear it in my head but it never comes out as intended when recorded. Curious if other song writers experience the same thing..

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9/15/2018

Chandler

Driving Drum Samplers with MDrummer

In this vid I'll show you how you can use MDrummer to play rhythms using other drum programs. MDrummer can easily create various rhythms, fills, etc, but if you want to use other programs sounds you can easily do it with MDrummer. You can even add percussion from MDrummer if you want to add some ext..

8/25/2018

razor

Help ID Reverb Settings

Hello Group I'm trying to figure out the reverb settings on the lead vocals on a track called, Somebody Else by the 1975 (band's name). I don't want to seem ungrateful for the help, but reverb brand recommendations is *not* what I'm looking for. Just settings, to the best of your knowledge. ..

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8/18/2018

RexRed

Using CBB w/Ozone 8 and Neutron 2

Anyone been to splice.com and got the subscription for the Ozone 8 Advanced and Neutron 2? They have a subscription for both of the mixing and mastering plugins by Izotope that work seamlessly within CBB. I have learned how to use some of the new tools that come within these plugin programs and I am..

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8/17/2018

Alpha Company

Where Is Sonar's Tech Support? Pls Help

I've been trying to get to Sonar's Email Tech Support but keep getting the following message for the past year:Under Construction We're sorry, this part of our website is currently undergoing maintenance. We apologize for the inconvenience. Please try back again later. Does anyone know what happened..

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