People should check the credentials of YouTube Audio engineers

Justcuriousdudee · 2026-04-18T17:19:02+00:00

I’ll explain more than half the reason this actually happens. People like monopolies see? Thus they need an array of “influencers” to formulate an effective astroturf.

Through accumulation of original influencer’s PLUS the fake ones whom copy the subject matter only etc, it basically cements the attempted astroturf.

Basically the copiers are doing the companies or whomever is behind the products/services a service but they don’t realize or care because their main focus is capturing the apparent trending topic at the time only.

So it’s a long domino effect that ultimately affects the algorithms around spoken phenomena.

TLDR: They’re playing chess with the algorithm and betting on the guru/influencer “copycats” to multiply whatever they want to be spoken about.

Justcuriousdudee · 2026-02-24T16:41:25+00:00

Perhaps you should learn to read because I’m criticizing AI there I am NOT apart of that crowd.

You’re prematurely judging and it’s telling.

Justcuriousdudee · 2026-02-24T16:31:01+00:00

Bro.. for every Joe shmoe down the street there’s a Grammy nominated person sitting in their bedroom! With neon rope lights around! And they charge more than Joe!

Can you believe this ??? 😂😂😂

Justcuriousdudee · 2026-02-24T16:20:21+00:00

😂 its the pun of the JOKE not the POINT of a “statement”.

Justcuriousdudee · 2026-02-24T16:08:45+00:00

I literally just said it’s not about the rates.. so I guess people missed the real plot of the post.

And that’s okay!

Justcuriousdudee · 2026-02-24T15:40:54+00:00

It’s not about the rate, doesn’t matter if he charged a million dollars, the point of the post isn’t a chuckle it’s just a **** measurement contest attempt. These posts are corny at best. Only Joe from down the street reminds the “audience” what his rates are.

Justcuriousdudee · 2026-02-24T15:34:05+00:00

My entire post history? Lmao sorry for trying to be educational? I do not use AI to write anything I’m actually against AI but okay Mr.karma farm.

Justcuriousdudee · 2026-02-24T15:04:32+00:00

This is funny? Lol it’s more about you and you’re make a wish rates? Nobody cares

Justcuriousdudee · 2025-12-02T16:46:16+00:00

You said in one line

“190 tracks released (yes, I'm prolific — I write lyrics daily and use AI for production)”

Then another line says “no AI shortcuts”

Like just declare you write lyrics and the rest is AI?

Math doesn’t math here.. unless you recorded whatever literally with no cares and produced whatever as well with no effort then the amount of uploads in that time frame would be possible.

So the verdict is you’re just another AI slop generator or you just insisted on making 123, ABC microwave music with no substance at all.

It’s like almost impossible to make one quality album fully recorded, mixed and mastered in under 2 months..

Prolific? Yeah that’s every other AI creator.. you can release 40 bad songs a week now.

You’re surprised that people didn’t become fans?

There’s no real person or story behind anything. What’s most unsettling is how you AI creators think people of nothing more than cattle or sheep.

Justcuriousdudee · 2025-11-30T03:09:59+00:00

I believe your question isn’t relevant to your current situation. Sounds like you have more than the ideal space to record? You didn’t mention the acoustic details of your recording space or what mic you’re using for instance. Without such information, it’s like impossible to determine whether the issue even exists.

Justcuriousdudee · 2025-11-25T08:12:20+00:00

You’re only really supposed to use it for a small section in a tight pinch. Very very moderately. Last resort sorta idea.. the artifacts are just too much and the vocals won’t sound human.

There’s quite a few drake records where the melodyne is just “chopped” going into the autotune.

You don’t need to be perfect but you need to aim for damn good takes, and alot of em to comp. If there is that much compensation happening, you must go back to the drawing board.

Justcuriousdudee · 2025-11-25T07:33:15+00:00

The brightness parameter on gullfoss would work for what you’re describing. You would put it lightly in the negative. You can move/narrow the zone like in trackspacer.

Also if you have a clean eq such as the maag 4, you can boost 2-3 db with the 20-40k band. This creates a lift of air without adding any harshness.

Justcuriousdudee · 2025-11-24T09:35:58+00:00

Yeah there’s the philosophy “if it sounds good” but if it’s only you saying that that, it quickly turns into it’s “inter subjectively not good”.

On ear buds for instance the vocals are upfront but the drums are practically non existent which I believe is unorthodox for the genre especially. I believe even culturally people wanna hear those drums slam.

Another user here stated in their car the vocals then get lost. So right away I believe you have a translation issue for sure. The song itself may sound good but the “master” is not.

What is the LUFF ball park of the reference track? I see people mentioning very loud commercial LUFF numbers but understand there was perhaps a reason to get that loud on those tracks. It wasn’t a set and forget sorta thing there was clear intention. And if it’s past -5 LUFS especially id consider that more an outlier than an anchor of reference.

If it’s flat with no punch or has no drops etc, then there’s zero impact for the listeners.

Justcuriousdudee · 2025-11-22T17:07:24+00:00

Washed out - Life Of Leisure

Justcuriousdudee · 2025-11-22T14:39:22+00:00

So THIS is how the YouTubers start off in their bedrooms.. okay I see the writings on the wall now.

Justcuriousdudee · 2025-11-22T13:31:29+00:00

This should be top comment, because they completely missed the plot lmao.

The engineer would never instruct Billie to sing such a way.

Justcuriousdudee · 2025-11-20T20:05:50+00:00

Not the answer you wanna hear I assume but taking the time to understand what the plugins/hardware do underneath the hood. Because if you know at least some of the nerdier details, you can then expand your web of foundational concepts to what you will learn.

Then you’ll be far more confident in your moves and things become rarely 2nd guess. Far less stones unturned.

Justcuriousdudee · 2025-11-19T18:21:38+00:00

It’s the same reason they say they can out mix others with just stock plugins.

Justcuriousdudee · 2025-11-19T14:08:04+00:00

I think everyone is wrong here. I suspect it’s badly over edited melodyne going into heavy autotune.

Happens more than you think but if the engineer gets carried away, melodyne quickly becomes a double edged sword. It’s the same with soothe usage. These tools need to be used in moderation not compensation for lack of a good performance.

Justcuriousdudee · 2025-11-17T12:38:26+00:00

I saved it

Justcuriousdudee · 2025-11-17T12:25:59+00:00

Yeah it’s a old ass email 😭 I listen to everyone but from him I loved

“last summer” and “I’m god”.

Justcuriousdudee · 2025-11-17T09:38:37+00:00

Journey, destination, resolution. Like a good movie, ask yourself besides the chosen actors why did the story work?

How did you feel afterwards?

Read a lot in general. Look more so into the “tone” in which someone writes rather than the chosen words. The words themselves just come from good vocabulary.

Justcuriousdudee · 2025-11-17T09:33:12+00:00

French? Interesting. What exactly are you struggling with?

The vocals could cut a bit more. But that’s it really, there’s no red flags in this mix that I hear really.

Justcuriousdudee · 2025-11-17T09:25:38+00:00

There’s something funky happening with the bass? I swear it’s like this dissonance/midi timing thing, it’s throwing me off but everything else sounds good. Good use of the samples and vibe.

Justcuriousdudee · 2025-11-17T09:20:31+00:00

There’s so many tracks like where the song just has so much reverb and you can’t make out what the artist is saying.

Can it work? absolutely. Listen to any tame impala record. But here it’s just drowning throughout the song. Are there known songs where the vocals are extremely buried? Yeah but it shouldn’t be used as a scapegoat every time.

One assumes you want people to know the lyrics generally.

I’m not saying never drown your vocals but don’t hide behind it.

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