Effects are transformations that can be applied to an audio or video signal to achieve a desired aesthetic result.
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How do I get a mix with two heavy bass elements to not sound muddy?
I often struggle with mixes where I've got two very bassy sounds, usually a very 'big' kick sample and either a hip-hop-style sub bass or a rhythm sample involving low-pitched drums.
What's the best ...
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Imitating a phone call?
I was wondering if there was an easy way to do a voice over of a phone call with it actually sounding like someone on the phone instead of just a voice over?
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Voiceover drowns in music. How do I make it more dominant?
Total newbie here, not sure if this is the right place to post this. I'm trying to record some station IDs for an online radio station thingamajig I'm doing. I'm using a Samson C03U. My voiceovers ...
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Delay vs reverb
I find myself using reverb fairly extensively to add space and smooth things out. Meanwhile, my delay plugins are collecting dust sitting on their virtual shelf. When should I be reaching for a ...
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Demo samples of common effect presets
Imagine I'm in a situation I don't have any gear with me (a meeting with a client).
When I want to explain what a 'slap-back delay' sounds like, I could put on a typical Elvis song, but 'wood room' is ...
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How can I improve the tone quality of a clarinet track?
I have a raw recording of a classical trio (piano, violin, and clarinet), with each instrument having its own track. The sound quality of the piano and violin are quite good even before editing, but ...
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Using stereo to re-create a stage effect, or to enhance the experience?
Last millenium with the advent of common Stereo equipment, recording engineers often used the stereo effects to re-create a 'stage' like presence in the recordings. I.e. the instruments would be ...
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How do I make something sound “cloudy” as though my ears are plugged using Ableton Live?
I'm working on a song that I'd like to have drums similar to Radiohead's "Pulk/Pull Revolving Doors." I love the way the bass kick sounds like it's cloudy, as though I were hearing it through plugged ...
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Uses for Ring Mod
I'm very much into processing of my sound sources (synths, vocals, samples, etc.) to add interest to tracks with uncommon sounds, and like to use effects in ways they weren't really designed for.
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How can I make a section in a song sound like it's coming from an AM radio?
I am working on a project in Logic Pro, and for part of my song, I want to make it sound like an AM radio is playing a segment from a talk show reporting on a sport event. What effects can I apply to ...
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Which effects should I place on return tracks?
What are the accepted practices/rules about putting effects on return tracks?
I tend to stick time-based effects (reverb, delay) on a return, and keep other effects (chorus, phaser, waveshaper etc.) ...
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“Extreme” EQ curves
Is it bad to use EQs to an "extreme" extent? I use that word because of what my friend said about the settings of an EQ on a song we were helping a mix and master. He had something like this, but more ...
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How do I make my guitar sound as smooth as possible?
I am doing a guitar track that I want to put a reverse reverb effect on. In order to do this I record the guitar, put heavy reverb on it, bounce, reverse, put heavy reverb on that, then bounce and ...
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Looking for an 80's VHS effect!
I'm looking for a way to turn an HD video clip into 80's style VHS low-quality.
Here is an example of the look I'm desperately looking for:
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How to make feedback in Ableton Live?
I'm making a short film where one of the actors accidentally turns the fader on the mixing board all the way up thus making an immense feedback. We don't want to do this in reality because of the ...
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Converting voice into modem sounds
I'd like to record my voice and apply some effects on it. The final result should remind the listener of phone lines or some modem sounds, but only the melody and rhythm of the language should be kept ...
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Real time fx in Reaper
I have a guitar fx vst that works fine in Reaper if I'm playing back the track. It adds the effects correctly and I can hear it. But how do I get it to do it in real time as I'm playing?
Here is my ...
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How to add motion blur in timelapse videos?
I remember watching a video about timelapse photography. There was a moment when the narrator explained that there is a specific trick to make the videos "smoother":
In the timelapse videos which ...
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Video with person 'writing on glass' effect
I'm trying to find someone who can make videos similar to one shown here:
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Side chain sources for a compressor working on a guitar or bass signal?
I've only ever used side chain triggering for compressors acting on drums. Where a kick signal compresses snare and toms. I'm trying to figure out some interesting use cases for side chain compression ...
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What is a “ducker”?
I saw another question on here that asked how to set up a ducker. Can someone provide a detailed explanation of what a ducker is? I couldn't glean a specific meaning from the context of the ...
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Sending different ranges of frequencies to separate channels?
How would I send specific ranges of frequencies to different channels like the example I made in photoshop below? Right now I'm using FL Studio 9.7
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Heavy Metal Vocal Equipment and Processing?
I'm in an upstart metal band and, currently, we have little recording equipment. Because I work in video production, I have some audio software on my computer for the occasions that I need it ...
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VST Plugins similar to Dblue Glitch?
I've had a lot of fun with dblue glitch vst. I was wondering if there are similar vst plugins that achieve the same clean cutting and manipulating that it does?
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Using effects without dry/wet parameter in Cubase
I have 2 tracks that I need to filter for, say, the first 30 seconds using one of the cubase builtin filters. I'm having problem figuring out how can I manage to do this using automations. I've tried ...
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Makers of best-in-class DAW plugins for recording/mixing?
I'm not too concerned about a particular kind of plugin or what formats, but trying to find out who are the companies in the market that are making the good stuff.
On the high end
On the cheap end
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Removing tonality: antitune
What kind of processing would you apply to an audio track to remove its tonal quality (its pitch), leaving sound with the same texture as the original but ambiguous pitch? For example, a drum sound ...
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zooming animation is not smooth in Premiere CS6
Animatedly, I tried to zoom into a video clip in Premiere by creating two Position keyframes and two Scale keyframes
But the result is very shaky for some reason?
What am I doing wrong with this ...
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After effects: Moving text along 3D path
After Effects beginner here.
The effect I'm after is where text is appearing from behind an object. So far, I'm using the position and rotation parameters.
But the text is rigid. I found something ...
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Difference Matte Keying software
This is my first post on this site.
I would like to know if anyone out there knows of any free software, or software not as expensive as Adobe After Effects, that can do Difference Matte Keying? I ...
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Voice recording for radio, what effects are used?
I'm recording my voice for my radio show. I used to record at the radio studio but we have a problem and so i'm stuck at home with Sound Forge.
I record the voice with a Cobalt C04 Mic that sounds ok ...
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how to do an amplitude modulation in Ableton Live
What I want is simple: I want to modulate the volume (amplitude) of one channel, with the amplitude of another channel.
There's the vocoder effect which does something vaguely similar to what I'm ...
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How to create a ragdoll effect on a human?
I make an action(combat) short-length film and I use After Effects and 3DS MAX to edit it.
I want to make a battle scene where the one guy hits another guy and the second one is thrown away like a ...
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Getting rid of a lisp
I am recording a podcast for a radio show using WaveLab 6. I have a bit of a lisp, and so the sounds ess and shh seem to have a burst in volume and in pitch in the recording.
I was wondering if ...
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Dynamic saturation exaggeration
What is this type of processing called?
In some popular songs with a very strong bass beat, the strength of the bass beat is exaggerated by momentarily "turning down" the rest of the sounds while the ...
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How do I produce this effect?
Can somebody tell me what effect/processor I need to apply to make any sample "stutter" like this chainsaw in this trailer @ 0:58
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What is this filming technique called and how do I do it?
I hope I'm in the right forum for this question!
Basically, I'm trying to create this effect, where the camera zooms in on Simba's face and the background seems to zoom in at a different pace.
I'd ...
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What vocal effects do these heavy metal bands use for live shows
I have been trying to look for the vocal effects that singers like Brian Fair of Shadows Fall and Randy Blythe of Lamb of God and other heavy metal singers use, but i cant seem to get an answer to a ...
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How does one setup a simple ducker in ProTools?
This seems like a simple thing to do, but for some reason no one's been able to give me a clear answer at all. If I'm working with one stereo full mix track and one vocal track, how can I get the ...
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Cluster laser stage lighting
I'm not entirely sure if this is on-topic here, since it's about stage lighting rather than audio or video directly, but I'll give it a shot.
I've been looking at various types of laser stage ...
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Visual equivalent of VST
What would be most similar in concept to VST effects but for visuals? In other words, is there a standardized interface for running VisFX on a video in the same way that one can run VST realtime ...
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What's that vocal effect? Or it it natural?
I'm an AVP n00b, so bare with me.
I've been wondering about a vocal sound that I'm very fond of. Some vocalists over the years have been using it, but it's not really that common. The sound is very ...
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How to simulate a photo being taken from the photographer's POV in a film?
How would I go about simulating a photo being taken from the photographers POV in a film?
I want the still to be part of the shot, with moving images before and after the still. And I want the ...
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Real-time audio effects in Windows
I am looking for instructions on how to setup a real time reverb or echo effects on a PC.
Searching did not yield any obvious winners, so if someone can recommend a setup that is easy and works well ...
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How to achieve overcompressed sound?
How can I make a track sound like its over-compressed, like this one:
http://mp3.juno.co.uk/MP3/SF1228842-02-01-02.mp3
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(I'm using the izotope Ozone plugin inside a VST host)
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Video editing objects from black and white to colour
For school we came up with a cool concept, the video starts in black and white and when a person in the video touches an object it turns to colour.
Could you guys help us out here? Do you have any ...
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Recording and processing backing vocals with only one singer
I'm recording a few songs using Studio 64 Linux and I'm wanting to add some backing vocals. As there's only me I was wondering if anyone had any good tips to make the recording sound more like a ...
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VST plugin that hosts VST plugins
Is there any VST plugin out there that is capable of loading other VST plugins (effects) ?
A free one, if possible :P
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Old video tape effect in Premiere Pro
I am creating a video promo, and the customer wants the "crap old soviet" style.
We have shot the video on a Nikon D800 and it is being edited in Premiere Pro CS6, so the workflow is top-notch ...
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Why do my DAW's reverb presets sound artificial and metallic on certain recordings?
Newbie question. I'm using Sonar LE in combination with a stock reverb effect. I've mostly used pre-programmed settings since I'm rather unfamiliar with audio production theory. On some recordings I ...
