Pelle ten Cate

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Hey there!

My name is Pelle ten Cate, I am a graduated professional recording engineer, and I love do do ICT related work as well.

I live in the Netherlands, studied at the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague, and I am now working for an ICT company in Utrecht.

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Sep 20	comment	Are there any audible differences between 192 and 320 kbit/s .mp3 files? I did do a sort of blind test with classical music, on a pair of Genelec 1030 loudspeakers. We listened to one piece, in which every minute the bitrate changed. We knew beforehand which qualities were available (varying from Stereo MP3 96kbps to full 16 bits 44k1 PCM) and we had to determine the order. We did the test with 6 professional engineers, all of which were able to put a lesser quality on the 192kbps than on the 320kbps. While not as reliable as a double blind test, it really suggests there is an audible difference.
Sep 20	comment	The most common mistakes for newbies recording @TravisDtfsuCrum Did you read Andrew's comment and have a look at the history of this answer? You'll see that Andrew changed "mix" to 'master candidate' after I wrote my comment. Don't get me wrong, I totally agree that you should listen to your song at all available systems, but not during the mixing stage. (Which was the stretch of what the initial answer was.) My point was just that you should not do this while mixing, because in general (and there are always exceptions) the mixing desk is wrong place to fix sound/balance issues caught on your car speakers.
Jul 8	comment	An open source sound editor, but not Audacity? I agree, but since they clearly state that if you decide to pay nothing, you get a limited demo version of the product, I would call this an expectation rather than an encouragement.
Jul 5	comment	An open source sound editor, but not Audacity? @Tshepang See ardour.org/download.
Jun 17	comment	What is a good mastering chain to use in a DAW? "Linear phase dynamics" is ambiguous, do you specifically refer to multiband dynamics by calling it 'linear phase'? As far as I know, full one-band dynamics are always linear phase. (They only increase/decrease signal level.)
Jun 17	comment	What is a good mastering chain to use in a DAW? oZone still allows you to change the order of blocks in the chain, and therefore only mentioning the plugin is hardly an answer to any of the original questions. I do agree though, oZone is great, T-Racks is good, and Wave Arts FinalPlug is good as well if what you need is only a limiter and a dithering plug-in.
Mar 31	comment	How to record one or several celli? Well, I never used them personally, so I might be wrong about this, but in general, I think these type of microphones are used for very close mic-ing because of their characteristcs. (As you mention: putting them on the instrument is basically as close as you can get.) Close mic-ing (i.e. putting the microphone very close to the instrument) is not recommendable for chamber music, as one wants it to sound like natural, acoustical instruments. Part of the music is the acoustics of the room where they were played.
Mar 29	comment	How to record one or several celli? What do you refer to as 'classical microphone'?
Mar 27	comment	How do I match a microphone to a preamp +1 for linking to the website of Eberhard Sengpiel. (And of course for a very good answer.)
Mar 27	comment	The most common mistakes for newbies recording I respectfully disagree (probably due to terminology here): during the mixing stage, one should only listen to his studio monitors (and incidentally a pair of good headphones to get a better idea of reverberation, acoustics and noise, but really not to get an impression of the mix); doing otherwise is something I consider a mistake myself. The task of making it sound well on other speaker systems should not be taken care of during mixing, but during mastering. (i.e. after the mixing is done.) And during mastering, the mix should not be changed to solve these issues.
Mar 22	comment	Placing Monitors On-Stage +1 for a very valuable answer.
Mar 22	comment	Porting audio from web browser to DAW Closed. This question is merely about extracting audio from flash applets rather than importing it in your DAW.
Mar 19	comment	List of free notation software No it doesn't, there is always denemo which lacks a few features but gets the job done.
Mar 19	comment	Two microphone setup to record voice and acoustic guitar I agree with the last statement, crosstalk is not evil. Rather try getting the kind of sound you want that fits with the music.
Mar 18	comment	How do I match a microphone to a preamp The short version: Among others, sensitivity is the most interesting thing to look at. It is displayed in mV/Pa. More mV/Pa means more sensitive mic, means stronger signal.
Mar 14	comment	Gang Vocal Recording Techniques So, 10-12 different people, recorded simultaneously multiple times (so you end up with a lot more voices). Then, a non co-incident system (e.g. ORTF or AB) will do fine. If any doubt, put an XY up as well, and compare the results. You can safely do panning in an XY, since the capsules are (almost) at the same place, so no comb filter effect will happen.
Mar 14	comment	Equipment: new interface necessary or not? (Using Mackie 402-VLZ3 with 2010 iMac) Pretty much the entire answer. Getting rid of Behringer stuff is never a bad idea anyway, because although it does sound a lot better than your intel MBP sound, IMO it is still to noisy to be useful. Have a look at the brands Presonus, M-Audio (ProFire stuff) and Focusrite, they all have relatively affordable interfaces with quite a good quality for the price.
Mar 10	comment	Is Garage Band a viable tool for home recording? +1, very valid question here IMO.
Mar 6	comment	“The Chordettes - Mr. Sandman” Copyright Status This question is off topic and does not belong here.
Feb 26	comment	How to move a sound back and forth or up and down +1 for mentioning Wave Arts Panorama. (with which I am in no way affiliated, it's just a darn good plugin).