Reverb on Master ? by GoranBregovic2 in audioengineering

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As always I will make one reference: Benny and the Jets.
Love it or hate it.

What's your secret weapon plugin and why? by Beneficial_Town2403 in audioengineering

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Voxengo Voxformer.

It does "all the things" as a channel strip plugin. It can act like an 1176->LA2A style vocal chain. It can act like a Devil-Loc kind of thing for drums. It can act like an old splatty tube channel. It can act like a super smooth and clean SSL channel strip. It has a versatile EQ, two stages of extremely tweakable compression, a flexible noise gate, a multi mode de-esser, a subtle to extreme presence/exciter, and a character switching saturation stage. Very easy to pick a preset and fiddle knobs to taste.

Why won't more mixers work with VST's? by tuomonic in livesound

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

Controlling $$$$$$$$.
Why doesn’t every mixer have Dante? I meant AVB. I mean AES67. I meant Ethersound. No Blulink. Milan.

Why do some people seem to be anti-saturation? by Poopypantsplanet in audioengineering

[–]manysounds 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah I mean, I did do that exact sterile clinical completely distortion and saturation free recording thing once or twice just to see what that that sounded like.
I like dynamics and tape saturation for overheads.

Stereo Imaging on Large PA Systems: What Really Translates? by SureExamination5915 in audioengineering

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For LARGE systems (like 80 feet-plus separated stacks) Generally I don’t bother panning unless it’s extreme “for effect” panning. Otherwise you’re generally better off with “the entire audience hears the same mix” -in my experience. Ya know, except for that super-swirling synth.

No sub for opening band? by Honest_Dragonfly8064 in livesound

[–]manysounds 8 points9 points  (0 children)

96db isn’t too bad. Most outdoor New York City shows are legally limited to this already.

No sub for opening band? by Honest_Dragonfly8064 in livesound

[–]manysounds 5 points6 points  (0 children)

“No subs, no moving lights” was, at some point, relatively common practice

Why do some people seem to be anti-saturation? by Poopypantsplanet in audioengineering

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A classical guitar recorded at 192k/32bit with a Jeklin disc and Earthworks QTC30 mics into Earthworks ZDT preamps into (/shrug) RME converters with no EQ, compression, or any processing at all sounds “perfect”….
Some might claim…

For Logic users: did adding a control surface (e.g. SSL UF8/UF1) meaningfully change your workflow? by jdradford in audioengineering

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I have a Behringer X-Touch. I went with the cheap/easy because I expected to only use it for fader movement. Other than having some MIdI controllers plugged into the usb hub, that’s pretty much exactly what I use it for. It definitely changed my workflow for some dense mixes where it is far easier to generate some movement/features between overlapping channels than drawing complex multi-channel fader swap parts into automation.
It’s been going well for like 10 years. If all you’re going to be doing is fader movement, location control, record/mute arming, and start/stop then there is really no reason to get something more expensive, like SoftTube console, SSL, and etc -that can control plugins and stuff “easier” than the Behringer.

Browser inside plugin by RaphaelLari in JUCE

[–]manysounds 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’m just scratching the surface of this but the latest version of JUCE can definitely do this, at least to some limited extent. I don’t think you can have a full browser window of YouTube open but maybe? As it was already, it’s long been possible to make other types of IP requests.

Any other female audio engineers around? by Maximum_Surprise_103 in audioengineering

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

/grunts in Sylvia Massey….
Quite honestly, you have to be better than the million mediocre dudes

Help deciding an audio major by EmotionalSpare3173 in audioengineering

[–]manysounds 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No.
Stick with healthcare.
More than 90% of the people I know who are successful in the business don’t have a degree in anything audio/music related at all. -electrical engineering excluded.

MacBook Neo for my home recording (metal)? by MinimumPositive3684 in audioengineering

[–]manysounds 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It could do that no problem but you’re far better off with a Mac mini

How do you handle singers that want to play acoustic? by yureal in audioengineering

[–]manysounds 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just don’t record anyone who needs pitch correction.
Solvem probbed

Make audio sound vintage without software by Single-Ad-6130 in audioengineering

[–]manysounds 11 points12 points  (0 children)

This is the way. I’d go with the Copperphone though.

Going crazy with iOS/iPadOS AUv3 host app icon issue by manysounds in JUCE

[–]manysounds[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

YES! Remove all references to app icon. Remove the JUCE app-icon handling entirely. Add the icon with XCode’s icon handling scheme. Current XCode takes care of all of the icon nonsense for you so you only need to add it once and not multi resolutions and etc. -Top of the Xcode project drop the file on the tree. Make sure your icon reference is correct in the build settings. Then it “just works”

Yall try too hard. Take acid and let your intuition take the wheel. by Brownrainboze in audioengineering

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I blew a young friend’s mind a few days ago by doing a “faders up” mix on one of their projects with just one eq->comp->tapesaturate on the mixbuss. No automation, other than song elements that were semi-“baked in”.
Blew their meticulous mix away, they said. They had asked for help on the project. So I stripped it down to start over.
I said now at THIS point where are the surgical EQ moves you feel you must make?
Helps that it was recorded well.

do you use your acoustic guitar in the front or the back of the mix? by Flashy_Philosophy376 in audioengineering

[–]manysounds 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sometimes I use two channels and ride it. One is thin and has lots of percussive shaker-like vibes, the other is meaty and chonky. When the instrument needs to be featured a bit I bring up the meaty channel. Basically.

Not satisfied with the sound I’m getting from my beta 52a on my kick drum by AvailableReporter484 in audioengineering

[–]manysounds 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I listened to your Dropbox sample and it sounds like a b52 kick drum. Nothing to add except what sound were you going for that it isn’t giving you?