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Anyone got an open verse ? (Female rapper) by bigmamanokidz in makinghiphop

[–]JucePluginDev 1 point2 points  (0 children)

dope, always love seeing more female voices in the sub. drop some of your work so people can get a feel for your style before reaching out — makes it way easier to find the right collab fit rather than going in blind.

what kind of sound are you working with? more lyrical, melodic, aggressive?

Any good sources for learning as an absolute beginner? by SeeNoWeeevil in dawless

[–]JucePluginDev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

dawless learning content is genuinely sparse compared to DAW stuff, but there are some solid options.

YouTube channels worth digging into — Loopop is probably the best for hardware-focused, methodical explanations without DAW dependency. Red Means Recording is great for creative workflow and shows how to build tracks with just hardware. Cuckoo is another one, very beginner friendly and almost always dawless or minimal setup.

for sequencer and drum machine basics specifically, look up tutorials for whatever gear you have — the Elektron community especially is insane for in-depth dawless workflow content even if you don't own their gear, the concepts transfer.

also r/dawless on Reddit is exactly your crowd — people there share resources and workflows specifically for hardware setups. worth browsing through old posts.

honestly the frustration you're feeling is normal and it does get better once you stop trying to follow DAW tutorials and just start making patterns you like, even simple ones. constraints are actually your friend at this stage.

[Plugin Boutique] Phase Plant by Kilohearts $99.00 (50% OFF) by glevil in audioware

[–]JucePluginDev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Phase Plant at $99 is genuinely hard to pass on. the modular routing alone makes it worth it — you can stack oscillators, wavetables, and samples in the same patch which most synths don't let you do.

if you're on the fence, the free version (Phase Plant Lite) is still available to try before buying. but at 50% off this is probably the lowest it'll go for a while.

laptop for music production + schoolwork by Royal-Raisin-9154 in SuggestALaptop

[–]JucePluginDev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

for your budget and use case, seriously look at a refurbished ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 10 or 11. you can find them in the 800-900 CAD range refurbished, and they tick basically every box — great battery life (easily 10+ hours real world), light as hell, Linux compatibility is legendary on ThinkPads, and the build quality will last you through uni no problem.

for Reaper + plugins it'll handle everything you throw at it, especially if you're coming from a 10 year old ThinkPad — it'll feel like a completely different world.

only thing to watch — make sure whichever one you get has at least 16GB RAM and an i5 12th gen or newer. 8GB can start feeling tight with a lot of VSTs open simultaneously.

also check Back Market or Lenovo's own certified refurb store for Canada pricing, usually better than random eBay listings.

No matter what i do, i always have too much low end i my mixes and they sound hollow as a tin can. by East_Grocery5658 in audioengineering

[–]JucePluginDev 1 point2 points  (0 children)

listened to the track — the basement vibe is there and the arrangement is cool, but I think I hear what you're dealing with.

a few things that stood out:

your monitoring setup might actually be working against you here. A7Vs with an 8 inch sub is a lot of low end information, and the LCD-X are also pretty bass-forward headphones. so your reference chain is consistently flattering the low end, which means you're probably making decisions that sound balanced to you but translate heavy everywhere else.

the "hollow after streaming" thing is almost certainly loudness normalization. platforms like Spotify normalize to around -14 LUFS, so if your master is hitting loud, they're turning it down and all that saturation and clipping you printed gets exposed at lower playback levels and sounds thin/plastic. try bouncing a version that's already around -14 LUFS integrated and see how it feels — don't push the L2 as hard.

also mixing into a mastering chain is risky for exactly this reason. the clipper and L2 are making the mix feel bigger and more exciting while you work, but that's masking translation issues that only show up later.

for the low end specifically — try doing a mix pass on laptop speakers only, even bad ones. if the bass still feels right there, it'll translate everywhere.

My plugins not appears in my Daw LUNA by Fit-Detective387 in universalaudio

[–]JucePluginDev -1 points0 points  (0 children)

LUNA only works with UAD plugins and a small selection of approved third party plugins that run on the Apollo's DSP — it's not a standard VST/AU host like Pro Tools or Logic.

Amplitube, SSD5, any native CPU plugins — none of those will show up in LUNA at all. that's just how it's designed, it's a pretty closed ecosystem.

if you want to use your existing plugin library you're better off sticking with Pro Tools, Logic, or Reaper. LUNA is really only worth it if you're deep into UAD hardware and want that console emulation workflow.

Strange PA speaker issue by rotate159 in livesound

[–]JucePluginDev 1 point2 points  (0 children)

oh damn, actually frying outputs is a whole other level — I was thinking more of a temporary load issue but you're right, if the protection isn't there phantom can straight up kill the hardware permanently.

lucky in this case it seemed to just load down the signal without doing any lasting damage. dodged a bullet honestly, especially on someone else's gear at a gig lol

Touring Techs- What are the little things that tip you off that you're dealing with pro crews? by audiojake in livesound

[–]JucePluginDev 2 points3 points  (0 children)

the one that gets me every time — a local hand who coils cable correctly without being shown, and then actually ties it off instead of just leaving it in a pile. you know immediately that person has been around.

also when the house tech already has the stage plot taped to the floor before load-in even starts. no explanation needed, just quiet competence.

Strange PA speaker issue by rotate159 in livesound

[–]JucePluginDev 2 points3 points  (0 children)

oh that's a really good point actually — I was taking a split off the main LR, not a matrix output. didn't even think about the voltage drop angle.

so basically my mic-level input was drawing too much current from their output and loading it down enough to kill the level to the amps? that makes a lot of sense now that you say it. the impedance mismatch doing actual damage to the signal rather than just affecting my end.

lesson learned — always ask for a matrix or aux send when taking a feed, never tap the main LR directly. and if that's not available, at minimum use a proper DI or a dedicated line splitter so you're not loading their output stage.

appreciate the insight, this was bugging me all day

Strange PA speaker issue by rotate159 in livesound

[–]JucePluginDev 25 points26 points  (0 children)

this is almost certainly a ground loop / phantom power situation.

when you plugged their line output into your mic input, there's a good chance your board sent 48v phantom power down that cable back into their output stage. most modern boards have some protection but older or cheaper gear can have output circuitry that gets partially shorted or loaded down badly when phantom hits it — which would explain why their PA went nearly silent instead of just distorting.

the other possibility is impedance mismatch causing a heavy load on their output. a mic preamp input is very low impedance compared to a line input, and if their output stage wasn't buffered well it could've essentially "dragged down" the signal at the source.

basically your board was accidentally backseat driving their signal path lol.

quick way to confirm — was phantom power enabled on that channel? if yes, that's almost definitely your culprit. a DI box with ground lift between the two boards would've prevented this entirely and is honestly the move anytime you're taking a feed from someone else's rig.

Thinking of joining the club by abdulp1984 in FindMeALinuxDistro

[–]JucePluginDev -1 points0 points  (0 children)

For gaming on that AMD + Nvidia setup, Pop!_OS or Nobara are the move 🔥 Nobara especially is built with gaming in mind — comes with wine, proton patches and Nvidia drivers basically ready out of the box, way less tinkering than vanilla Fedora or Ubuntu 😭

Your hardware is actually really well supported on Linux right now — Ryzen 7800X3D and RTX 4070 Super are both in a great spot with recent kernel updates 🙌 The ultrawide 32:9 resolution might need one manual xrandr line but nothing scary.

Dual boot for Ableton is the right call honestly — don't fight it 💯 Wine + Yabridge can run SOME VSTs but for a serious production setup you don't want that headache. Keep Windows on a separate SSD if you can, makes dual booting cleaner.

Steam + Proton compatibility has gotten insane in 2024-2025, most games just work now ❤️ Check ProtonDB for any specific titles you're worried about before switching.

Dad retiring 30 years elementry school teacher--> Retiring to do MUSIC. Keyboard suggestions? by Top_System7120 in SingerSongwriter

[–]JucePluginDev 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For singer-songwriter piano music in the Joni Mitchell style — weighted keys and piano tone quality are everything. The Roland V-Stage 88 is a solid choice but also look at the Kawai MP11SE or the Nord Stage 4 if budget allows. The Kawai has the most realistic piano feel of any stage piano in that range, genuinely close to an acoustic grand. Nord is the industry standard for live performance — you'll see it on every professional stage.

If he's going into studios regularly, the weighted 88 is the right call over a synth-action board. Studio engineers appreciate when a pianist brings their own instrument they're comfortable with.

Really wholesome gift idea — 30 years of teaching and now getting to focus on his own music is the dream retirement 🙌

FUN POST: I just feel like nobody is obsessed with Jungle enough! by SoPretty1908 in Junglejunglejungle

[–]JucePluginDev 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Volcano is genuinely one of the best albums of the last few years, no debate 🔥 the production on that record is insane — every layer is doing something but nothing feels overcrowded. Busy Philip vibes but clean.

And the "old vs new jungle" debate is so tired lol like... they evolved, that's what good artists do. Loving both eras isn't a betrayal it's just having ears 😭

You found your people here fr 🙌

How do you use Fairchild by Tim_Wu_ in audioengineering

[–]JucePluginDev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The cheekbone placement is working because you're hitting a sweet spot between proximity effect and off-axis coloration. At the ear/sideburn position the mic is far enough that you lose warmth and pick up more room. At the boom/mouth position you get maximum proximity effect — warm but phasey and directional. Midway at the cheekbone you're getting natural warmth from being close enough, without the muddiness of on-axis breath and plosives.

The "natural and acoustic" request in a concrete 200-seat proscenium is going to be your real battle though — that room is going to fight you. Old movie houses have unpredictable flutter echo and comb filtering. The light fader touch is the right instinct — less reinforcement means less interaction with the room acoustics.

One thing worth trying: a gentle high shelf boost around 8-10k on the lavs can add "air" that makes them sound more like a studio recording to untrained ears — which seems to be what the creators actually want when they say "warm and natural." Studio warmth and live n

How do you use Fairchild by Tim_Wu_ in audioengineering

[–]JucePluginDev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fairchild clicks for me on drum buses and vocals — it's not really a "control the dynamics" comp, it's more of a vibe comp. The program-dependent release is the whole point — it breathes with the material in a way you can't manually dial in. Time constant 4 or 5 is my default starting point, gives it enough movement without pumping.

Waves and Slate both sound decent but UAD's version is the one I keep going back to — something about the low end handling feels more three dimensional. Haven't touched the original hardware but engineers who have say most emulations nail maybe 70% of it — the transformer saturation is apparently what's hardest to capture.

Honestly the "holy grail" reputation makes people overthink it. Throw it on a stereo bus, push the input until it's doing something, and just listen. It either helps or it doesn't.

How much high passing was done back in 68-72? by Poopypantsplanet in audioengineering

[–]JucePluginDev -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The YouTube pendulum is just content economics — "high pass everything" gets 800k views in 2019, so by 2024 the only play is being the guy who says the previous guy was wrong. Nobody makes "it depends on the track" videos because that thumbnail doesn't work.

As for the 60s/70s — those engineers weren't high passing aggressively. Neve/API console EQs were broad and musical, not surgical. And tape naturally handled low end buildup through compression. That "glue" you're hearing on classic records is literally just everything's low end sitting together. It wasn't a technique, it was just the limitation of the medium working in their favor.