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This is just a limited (or clipped through distortion) sound wave added through the normal mixing process, to a lower frequency soundwave.
I've created a simple example to demonstrate what I mean.
The higher frequency sound wave; Let's pretend it's a nice brass instrument:
The brass instrument is then clipped for whatever reason:
The ...
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Strictly defined, overtones are frequencies higher than the fundamental in a musical note, while harmonics are frequencies that are mathematical multiples of the fundamental. For example, 400Hz has harmonics at 800, 1.2KHz, 1.6KHz, 2KHz, etc.
More colloquially, both "harmonic" and "overtone" are often used interchangeably to refer to frequencies beyond the ...
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In the studio I record my guitars directly in to Cubase or Guitar Rig with no distortion before the record chain. This way I can alter the effects precisely (I pop them in the effects loop) and is the way most studio work seems to go with other bands I know. If you do mic up your amps, you can get a very live sound, but it takes a lot of work to get it clean ...
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To me, it's one of those subjective things in the mix. You're dialogue level sounds appropriate (equal to -27dB on a DOlby LM100 for LEQ(a) ), but for music, in my opinion you sort of have to ride it against dialogue to what feels right, especially since the dynamics of music are always changed compared to dialogue. It should probably be nice and full, but ...
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I'd say insanely difficult, if not impossible. You're going to have huge issues if the music is audible while the person is speaking. If that's the case, you're going to need something that can separate out elements of a complex signal. The only thing I can think of that might be able to pull that off is Melodyne...but I'm not sure even that will work.
Is ...
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For electronic, hip hop and house, you should be able to get a lot done with samples of the classic drum machines. Things like the Roland TR-808 and TR-909, the Linn Drum, and other classics. If you google around, you can find plenty of free or donationware sets. There are also commercial sets that are very nice, though most good software samplers will come ...
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It's called a hidden track.
Back in the day when CDs first came out, many artists put an extra song on the CD that was not available on the cassette version. It was probably a marketing thing to get people to buy the CDs.
Later when CDs were more popular, some CDs started including a hidden track in the manner you described in your question. Some are ...
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how far away? is your macbook air connected to speakers?
Your file has a "loudness" (RMS level) -> player volume (gain) -> system volume (gain) -> audio interface voltage specs (gain/level) -> amp (gain) -> speakers (sensitivity). So it's impractical to try and "compute" it with that many variables. Grab an SPL meter.
There are SPL meter smartphone apps ...
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After a 3 year hiatus I return with an answer that I hope doesn't get torn to shreds by newer members here:
I'm going to start out with a more general answer: NOTHING done as a corrective measure (ADR, 'fixing in post', etc.) is necessary to do on a film set if it is properly planned for and solutions are brought to the table well enough and early enough in ...
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Other than turning down the music, if you have access to the music stems, you can "remix" the music to accomodate the dialogue. Certain instruments often compete with dialogue (cymbals, guitars, or strings are common culprits). If you are working with premixed music or licensed tracks from an album it is obvious that the music was not mixed with the ...
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Dr. Mayhem has offered some very good solutions for 'direct in' recording however, I would like to add a note about live recording. Many guitarist especially blues players think of the electric guitar as only half of their tone, the other half being their amp. These folks spend hours having their vacuum tube amps tweaked for optimum bias of the power tubes ...
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Jamendo has a whole bunch of cc by licensed music.
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Here are some techniques and things I used improperly for a long time that I think will help you. Luckily for you, I've researched a lot of techniques for dubstep and EDM in general. And I have a lot of experience with NI Massive.
What I did for a long time was use the EQ too boost the loudness of my instruments which is NOT what you want to do. Using the ...
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Assuming we're thinking about the same thing, it's not octaves, it's harmonics. The difference being that harmonics are doubles of the original harmonic, meaning for example the first overtone of 250Hz being 500, the secon one being 750 and so on. They are pretty hard to come by because they are mainly used to remove hum and such, though it can indeed be ...
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Uh oh, don't do that... the stereophonic inversion police aren't up for any fun...
Truth is, many headphones are designed almost symmetrical, so if you turn them around and flip the stereo channels you get exactly the same experience. Flipping the channels is easy enough if you're working with a mixing console. In consumer devices there's seldom such an ...
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You will note that this emulates the effect of a DC blocking capacitor, in a record player on clipped vinyl... i.e. no 0Hz being passed. This waveform's clipping slopes exclusively the same way, towards zero. Unless this were a mixture of a triangle, and a square (clipped) wave, of the same frequency, with a phase difference of 90 degrees, Marc W's example ...
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In my experience, it all depends on where the audio is to be used next. If there is a limiter of some kind in the next phase of the process. Sometimes a limiter will be applied at varying levels below 0dB to prevent overload and clipping distortion.
-o.1dBFS is a peak normalization preset because basically, that is the highest level a sample can be without ...
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There is sound torch it sounds like the same app that you describing but this one runs on windows only. sound torch works nicely but it takes an age to create the database for searching.
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Labels ask remixers for remixes as these serve as added content and added value to sellable products. In the professional industry the label typically initiate the process (that is, you are asked to remix something, you don't ask to remix something).
As you have mentioned, remixing competitions are common nowadays as they increase the artist reach, exposure ...
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I'm not a FL Studio user, but I'd be surprised to find that there are no active forums full of FL Studio users.
That said, the other DAWs you suggest break down as follows:
ProTools is said to be great at audio and weak at MIDI. It seems to
be the go-to choice for full-serivce professional studios. As far as
I know, you can't run VSTs natively in ProTools, ...
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From the individuals I know in this space, I understand there is an element of side-chaining which is utilised in many high end games, but apparently an equally important aspect is in composing your score to include multiple paths:
I haven't got the right terminology for this, but effectively what they do is use side-chaining to reduce the volume of the ...
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I dont think this is particularly a Sound Design question in the first place, but I would point out that there can be considerable differences between any two different equalisers (hardware or software) in the first place, so the notion that settings for 'an' EQ might be studied, rather than the more consistently measureable frequency content of music, seems ...
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I don't think you will find any research in to what EQ settings will make a difference. There may be certain frequency groups that help, but EQs just apply adjustments to what is already there though and countless other things have more of an impact. Pacing of the music, how busy the music is, how complete the "wall of sound is", tempo, style, volume, etc ...
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The most "proper" solution is to use a bass sound that in itself has some midrange as well. For normal subtractive synth sounds, that means: don't use too steep LP filters, try a simple 12 dB/8ve or perhaps 18 instead of 24 dB/8ve.
There's a trick that works pretty well on almost any bass, to introduce some "non-sub" harmonics: apply gentle overdrive/...
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