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by Mister
Wed Mar 09, 2011 6:31 pm
Forum: Har-Bal 3.0 Testers Needed (Officially ended 5-1-2011)
Topic: Let's Talk
Replies: 116
Views: 230027

Re: Let's Talk

Hi Paavo: I'm having problems opening rendered files in HB 3 (0961). I thought this might be a bug with 094 but this is still happening. I'll like to compare before and after files I master for my clients, and HB gives me a quick to match volumes and then compare them. The files peak at -0.3 dB. Thi...
by Mister
Wed Jul 16, 2008 2:51 pm
Forum: Mastering Tips
Topic: Har-Bal Song Snap Shot
Replies: 5
Views: 16071

Re: Har-Bal Song Snap Shot

It's listed in the userprofile. I would really prefer a wav or AIFF file if possible. Thanks!

Karl
by Mister
Wed Jul 16, 2008 2:23 pm
Forum: Mastering Tips
Topic: Har-Bal Song Snap Shot
Replies: 5
Views: 16071

Re: Har-Bal Song Snap Shot

Can you post a 30 - 50 second segment that I can download?
by Mister
Wed Jul 16, 2008 1:47 pm
Forum: Mastering Tips
Topic: Har-Bal Song Snap Shot
Replies: 5
Views: 16071

Re: Har-Bal Song Snap Shot

Without actually hearing the track, (and assuming that it is a full mix), visually there is a boost at what looks like 280Hz which can cause problems with clarity (ie: muddiness) and playback on boomboxes. I hear (and see this in HarBal) a lot with client mixes in this region (200Hz - 500+ Hz). Try ...
by Mister
Wed Jul 16, 2008 1:28 pm
Forum: Mastering Tips
Topic: Correcting speed after the mastering
Replies: 14
Views: 47401

Re: Correcting speed after the mastering

If you have (or know someone who has) WaveLab 6 there is an extraordinary time stretcher/pitch shifter processor in this program. I had to time stretch a file almost to half speed and I was amazed at the quality. To my ears it was as good as anything Melodyne was doing.

Karl
by Mister
Wed Jul 16, 2008 1:18 pm
Forum: Mastering Tips
Topic: 96KHZ at 44.1khz
Replies: 4
Views: 14945

Re: 96KHZ at 44.1khz

This post is more about something Paavo said rather than the present topic - it deals with converting a 96kHz file to the CD (44.1kHz) rate. I was fortunate a while back to attend an AES meeting in Toronto with Bob Ludwig as the guest speaker (It was, no doubt, one of the best attended meetings in m...
by Mister
Thu Jan 24, 2008 2:46 pm
Forum: Mastering Tips
Topic: Lol! Gosh Earle what did you do?
Replies: 23
Views: 70579

Hardware vs. Softward

Earle In your opinion, are there any software (plug-in) compressors that come close to hardware units - for example, your Avalon 747? In my work at present I'm only able to work in the digital domain. I would really value your insight on this as you're one of the few ME's I've come across that doesn...
by Mister
Wed Dec 06, 2006 9:17 pm
Forum: Mastering Tips
Topic: The job of Magneto 1.5 and its place in the mastering chain
Replies: 3
Views: 15117

Bonzo I'd like to add a comment about Magneto as I often use it on my clients' masters. If your levels going into Magneto don't exceed 0 dBFS then your output will never be over 0 dBFS. So you wouldn't need a limiter unless you needed to add an extra dB or two of gain. However if you needed that ext...
by Mister
Tue Aug 15, 2006 8:07 pm
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: The Match Loudness Cursor
Replies: 1
Views: 4316

The Match Loudness Cursor

Hi Earle, Paavo First off, congrats for the amazing update! The clarity the newly coded IntuitQ provides a mix while maintinaing its original intent is amazing. Just what the producer ordered!! Next, I was wondering if Earle could give me a little more direction as to selecting the best portions of ...
by Mister
Fri Mar 31, 2006 11:26 pm
Forum: Mastering Tips
Topic: M-S processing
Replies: 5
Views: 13929

Thanks Paavo!

I was going to ask you if there would be a way to add this kind of function. Seems like everyone is on the same wavelength!

Karl
by Mister
Sun Mar 19, 2006 9:06 pm
Forum: Har-Bal Tips and Tricks
Topic: What Mastering Chain are you Using?
Replies: 24
Views: 83549

Well!.............. Before actually doing anything I'll listen thru once or twice just to hear what is there, of course... My first step is to check imaging & L/R balance. Having that little detail taken care of helps a lot to get a nice solid soundstage. There's two ways of I check this: swappi...
by Mister
Tue Jan 03, 2006 6:01 pm
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: What happened to Mastering Video...
Replies: 5
Views: 8802

I'd be interested in an iZotope Ozone document (similar to the old Waves LinMB one) as well, if that's possible.

Also - Earle - I may have missed the announcement, but is your book available yet?

Happy New Year!!

Mister
by Mister
Tue Dec 20, 2005 6:25 pm
Forum: Customer Suggestions and Comments
Topic: Key Command Suggestion
Replies: 1
Views: 5371

Key Command Suggestion

Hi Paavo Seeing that you can hold down a "letter" key and use it as a modifier, how about this: hold down "P" and using the left/right arrow keys move the playback position ten seconds backward/forward; hold down "P" + SHIFT and the arrow keys move back/forth in one second increments. (Or "P" + SHIF...
by Mister
Tue Dec 13, 2005 10:28 pm
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: Air explained
Replies: 5
Views: 8943

Hi Paavo Originally when everything concerning the LR Thingy began, you mentioned that you added reverb to the "side" channel - that is, the channel swapped, polarity inverted track mix. So does Har-Bal Air incorporate some reverb to this side channel; or is it just increasing the level of the side ...
by Mister
Mon Oct 10, 2005 9:17 pm
Forum: Mastering Tips
Topic: Imaging Question
Replies: 7
Views: 18570

It pays to be one's toes, I suppose, but I think we're getting a wee bit off topic!

The tips I could offer regarding imaging seem rather simply technical, more of an overall corrective nature, not anything magical - I was just wondering if there were other techniques to enhance imaging.

Cheers.