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Quantization aligns (or "snaps") the MIDI data (usually musical notes) to the tempo (or subdivisions, thereof) of the composition. You can think of it as an automatic "clean-up" for MIDI data that was close to exact, but not quite exact.
It will often have configurable options, such as quantize to 1/4 notes, 1/8 notes, 1/16 notes, etc... (subdivisions of ...
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I'm a big fan of Ableton Live which, while it still uses the tracks/mixer paradigm, doesn't really feel like it because of a "session view" feature which makes it feel more like a looping program than a traditional timeline-based DAW. While it still uses virtual knobs everywhere, it's quite easy to control most of its parameters with outboard MIDI ...
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Yes, I have been using Mercurial (hg) with Logic Pro for a while now and with great results. Also coming from a software development background I find the main benefit to be the comments for each changeset and the ability to go back and branch from an earlier version to try out alternate production or composition techniques.
As mentioned you will likely pay ...
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With Josh's comment in mind I try to at least narrow down the answer -
Audio bus
This is an auxiliary audio channel (or track). Instead of adjusting each individual channel you have (one for each track) you can send the output of tracks, or create a group that contains selected tracks, and send the mixed output of these to a audio bus. This allow you ...
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Actually recording it twice produces a "chorus" effect. Think of the vocals in your average Queen song; Freddie Mercury would often sing the same thing multiple times with the same approximate timing and pitch, but due to natural imperfections it sounds almost as if he's singing with someone else. Simply doubling the same track won't do this, even if you ...
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DropBox could probably used to accomplish this. You can use up to 2 gigs for free, and it works on Windows, Mac, and Linux.
This would allow either of you to modify your notes and the changes would automatically be snynched to the other's computer.
You can also check out some of the alternatives listed in this article.
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I bet this won't be the best answer but let's give it a shot shall we?
Different DAWs do different things.
I wouldn't recommend Ableton Live or Propellerhead Reason for someone who wants to record a live band - both DAWs are oriented to a more software generated sound and sample handling situation.
The same way I wouldn't recommend Pro Tools for someone ...
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Analog and digital processors work in fundamentally different ways and therefore will always have some differences, however minor they may be in some cases. It seems to be generally agreed that you don't "need" outboard hardware any more per se, however if you want the sound of a particular hardware unit, or if you want an 'analog' sound, there's no better ...
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I've only used Premier, dabbled with it that is, and I did find it reasonably straight forward to get into (with some perseverance).
The only thing I can think of with music production software is the fact you're dealing with multiple concepts.
When using music production software it may help to separate each area into it's constituent components and study ...
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The important thing about such sounds is that the sources aren't coherent, neither the deviations in rythm and frequency nor the actual audio phases and amplitudes follow any predictable relationships. That's unlike the extra signals normal chorus/delay/phaser effects add, where the modulation is usually at best periodic and the relation very simple, only ...
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There are many reasons to double guitars in a recording, but the main one, in my opinion is because you want to pan the two tracks on the side during mix. Guitars have frequencies that typically compete with the voice tracks, which you want to keep in the middle.
Now, simply doubling a track won't cut it, because there is no way you can move the two tracks ...
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THE open source DAW is ardour. It is built on jack, a low latency audio driver daemon, and it has all stuff that you expect in a DAW, multi-track recording/editing/mixing. No windows support though, which shouldn't be a pain for open source enthousiasts, as jack offers support for most well-known audio interfaces.
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Subliminal CDs are pretty much a rip-off. The science is weak, but even if you did want to uncover the "subliminal" message, it'd take a ton of work (think of isolating vocals from a mixed down song). Since some of the methods for encoding the message involve reversing it or placing it outside the human hearing threshold (plausible deniability :D), this ...
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In REAPER you need to ensure that it knows where the Superior Drummer VST effect is installed. Go to Options | Preferences and in the Plug-Ins | VST section check to see if the install path for the Superior Drummer VST DLL is included in the list:
If it isn't, click Add and select the install folder for the VST DLL. Now click Re-scan.
If you still can't ...
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Mark,
While "sims" in your comments is correct that it does depend on the source material, and I've never met two professional mastering engineers with the same signal paths, I will give a shot at trying to answer your question based on my own mastering work.
Generally my chain ends up in blocks, in the following order, though any block may be in or out at ...
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I believe it would be possible with Ableton Live. You could split up both parts of the track, pre-pause and post-pause, and put in about a .5 second (however small you can make it) silence which you would place the loop markers around. You would start the track with the loop activated, and the playback would get caught in the silence (paused) until you ...
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Super simple explanation of the invert button. Imagine a simple sine wave. Thats the solid line in this graph. If you had the invert phase button on a console or use the plugin in your DAW does the same thing, you get the sine wave illustrated with the dotted line in the graph.
Why do you care? If you were to sum these two sine waves you'd end up with ...
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I can think of three different configurations. Which one you settle on will depend on how often you use the Yamaha and how you use it. Spend a little time searching Google's image search to find some ideas.
Keyboard and mouse in front of the Yamaha on the same surface.
This is a simple and common configuration. It works good if the Yamaha is only ...
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If you literally duplicate it in your DAW, then you have a sample-for-sample copy of the original track. Unless you change one of the recordings somehow, it won't make the resultant sound beefier so much as it will make it twice the volume.
Re-recording it causes a different-enough sound that it allows things to be "thicker" because even though it is one ...
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"Decent" makes this a bit subjective (and heck, tool questions can border on religious from time to time) but I'll recommend looking at Logic Pro.
I moved from a Cubase SX 3 to Logic 8 Pro system three years ago. I used to think SX 3's scoring capabilities were decent to pretty good but Logic, once I got used to the Mac and the Logic way of working, does a ...
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I use an analogy to illustrate what quantization is.
Imagine that a beat is like the rung of a ladder. An entire ladder with sixteen rungs is like a measure with sixteen notes.
While climbing the ladder, your foot can aim for any rung or land anywhere near a rung, but it will always end up exactly on a rung.
Quantization is the process that pushes your ...
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I have had pretty good luck with Reaper on my old single processor PC (Reaper also works on the Mac).
I haven't done anything with sampling, but even with my slow computer I have been able to play back several tracks with EQ and lots of effects on each channel without taxing the system much. Reaper also has a way to link to other computers running reaper ...
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I would suggest using a limiter instead of a compressor. While they're both very similar, a limiter can do what you need much quicker and efficiently.
Try taking the compressor off your master out and put a limiter in its place. Drop the threshold so it's always tripped, raise the out ceiling to desired volume, adjust the release, done. Pay attention to ...
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I don't know anyone who actually writes music in a DAW. DAW's are good for moving your basic tune to a more finished piece.
Typically you'll get your concept from strumming a guitar, playing on a piano, singing a melody etc. or just jamming with the band.
A simple next step is to pop a basic click track into a DAW and lay down a version, which you can then ...
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Your top choice for truly free (ie nonpropietary, and no license fee) is Ardour. Ardour is not incredibly simple to get setup, especially with VST support. It's not super difficult, but before you try it, I'd recomend reading about how to install it, add VST support and also about JACK, which it uses as its audio engine.
You should also take a look at ...
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FL Studio has this functionality, which it calls “Time Markers”:
In the Playlist window, click on the playlist menu button (the small triangle at the top left), and choose Time Markers > Add One. Alternatively, press the shortcut keys Alt+T.
Give your Time Marker a name.
The new Time Marker appears near the top of the window, just below the time bar and ...
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Pretty much every DAW I know of does not have this functionality. Although that wouldn't mean that it would be impossible.
If - for instance - you need this functionality for use during a live show, you could get around this problem using MIDI. If you add a MIDI track to your project, that plays MIDI events that are somehow rerouted back to your DAW as a ...
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...Or if you are lucky enough to run tape machine and dBX processing. True some encoding still require you to run on outboard.
And i haven't found a replacement for the H3000s and H3500s.
Then again, when you mean outboard, would you include space echos? Would you include Lexicon L480 and more recent? These units can't be emulated completely as IR doesn't ...
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A couple of things with doubling up recording a guitar track; you can for the first recording, dial one tone into the amp and for the second recording dial in a different tone and play the same track again, effectively mimicking two guitar tones(guitarists) playing together; you could then double each of these up and push one of each to each speaker.
As ...
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