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Thanx.

I've just tested a tube-amp vst plugin and the vocal sounds much better.

Sam

Hi everybody. I record my vocals by a ShureBeta57a. I know there are much better mics, but my budget is to low at the moment. My usual settings are this way: - Beta57a in the mixer and pop-screen - No mixer eq (flat sound) except the 80Hz cut off button checked - Slight compressor to the input - the...

Thanx, i will try soon to do what you suggested me. I have always tried to apply a multiband comp to the vocal track (in the frequencies area of low-mid) and i have obtained a 5 dB reduction of the relative peaks without having particular changement in the global vox sound and neither in the rms spe...

Thanx. No, the mixes usually sound good even when there are these peaks in the mid range. As i said, i'm used to make good eq on each track during mixing process than rather make great adjustements on the mix. The reasons that brought me to the question are: 1) Scanning the spectrum of commercial so...

hi, i usually got well shaped spectrum of my mixes, because i work hard on the equalization of each track at the mixing stage. However while the mid-high (above 1KHz) and the low (under 200Hz) frequencies appear always very smooth, in the 200-600 Hz range i dectect in some cases different peaks (abo...

Thanks Earle!

Many thanks! Now it's all more clear and I can work better than I've done till now. Actually I've got another question (the last!), this time more related to har-bal than the other ones which were general, but probably still linked to compression and/or limiting. By the har-bal demo I've imported di...

Just another question while waiting for your new book... Let's assume that you're mastering an LP of 10 tracks. Nine songs have a similar spectrum and using the har-bal mastering process you obtain about the same loudness (eg: Rms avg -12 db). The 10th track is 5 minutes long and has got for the fir...

Hi,

I've read some articles about "peak to average ratio" and "dynamic range" as you suggested me. I've heard many times the difference between limiter and compressor, but the readings on the first two terms make it sound more clear now.

Thanx

Sam

In my experience (rather short) I can say that different conditions bring to a good Rms average level before working with HB mastering process (it's great!). Eg: using limiters and compressors in each track during mixing or making well balanced mixing. However I have experimented that mixes with mor...