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cheers guys, i guess i didnt look very hard!!!

Remember that link you had on your site to a webpage where you could download test tone frequencies? sine wave tones etc? i cant seem to find it.

also, voxengo's span (free) allows you to do that but as Paavo says the ringing at the cut off point of the filter masks what your trying to listen for.

or you could just try using a multiband compressor and solo the bands you want to hear.

the thing I don't understand about why so many folk (pro Mastering engineers included) diss Harbal is that all iit is basically is a static Equalizer. i mean it's really just the same as having a extremely flexible parametric + shelving outboard EQ! only difference is that Harbal has the visual guid...

No it doesn't. The peak figure of merit is the area under the peak aggregate spectrum (yellow trace). It can be bigger than 0dB because you are taking the loudest parts of the spectrum and putting them all together when in reality they are occuring at different times during the entire track and not...

Hi guys, after mastering a track then importing it back into harbal the level reads...
average -14.55db peak 1.25db

does that mean the track is actually a digital over of 1.25db?

Hi Earle, just wanted to know how long it took you to develop a quick workflow when mastering? i guess it comes down to your expirience and such.
I'm averaging about 35mins a track just now but i'm not wanting it to sound like i'm rushing the process.
cheers.

a good technique that i think works every time for is to use har bal as a "corrective EQ" e.g bring down some obvious peaks etc, low shelf the severe low end circa 30 - 40hz, you now have a balanced track to work on. Then now you may want to add a little "colour" to it, so using ...

hey Paavo i actually think intuit Q hit's the nail on the head almost every time, yeh sure it can mess up on a rare occasion e.g on hi mids occasionaly over balances them.
But all in all it's a great tool if you make some manual adjustments then hit the intuitQ 9 times out of ten it sounds great.

Hi Earle, was wondering how you chain eq and compression? normally for me it's > EQ > comp but recently have had great results with > Comp > EQ. I've been testing this because i notice how compressing after eq,ing can change the freq balance, especially when compressing the low end or de-essing high...

Just wanted to know what type of weighting curve HarBal uses to analyze the audio or display in the spectrum? and why this type of curve is the most useful?
not nitpicking guys just interested!
cheers

Don't mean to butt in in this thread guys but heres how i see HarBal. You mix a track - your happy with it - ok next morning you attempt to master it. You have to "listen" to it first! alot sometimes, before you even open Harbal and look at the eq curve. So after you listen to it, make so...

Don't mean to butt in in this thread guys but heres how i see HarBal. You mix a track - your happy with it - ok next morning you attempt to master it. You have to "listen" to it first! alot sometimes, before you even open Harbal and look at the eq curve. So after you listen to it, make som...

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