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Subject:wavehammer
Posted by: itchcream
Date:11/22/2009 8:46:26 AM

I've been having limited success using the wavehammer in acidpro 7. Whether i put the wavehammer is in a bus or master, the wavehammer never works consistently, for some projects. I've played around with the master volume, as well as selecting the individual tracks within a project and changing the volume, but there are some days where i can't get the damn wavehammer to work.

Can someone please tell me what i've missed? Is the wavehammer only usable in the masterbus, or can it be used in other busses????? This is so frustrating.

Message last edited on11/22/2009 10:50:40 AM byitchcream.
Subject:RE: wavehammer
Reply by: Iacobus
Date:11/23/2009 12:38:18 PM

You can use Wave Hammer on the track level or at the master level. However, your mileage may vary based on the material that you put through Wave Hammer and its settings (just like any compressor).

Iacobus

Subject:RE: wavehammer
Reply by: itchcream
Date:11/23/2009 12:53:27 PM

Thanks for your reply. What do you mean by 'mileage'?

Subject:RE: wavehammer
Reply by: Iacobus
Date:11/23/2009 1:18:45 PM

You'd probably want the material to be as best as it can be before throwing it through Wave Hammer. (The material should be as loud as it can be, for example.) Even then, I'd wait for the final stages of mixing before even thinking of compression.

Iacobus

Subject:RE: wavehammer
Reply by: Chienworks
Date:11/23/2009 2:55:20 PM

"Mileage" is a USA idiom and it's use is probably rare outside of North America, especially since the Imperial measurement system is but a fading memory elsewhere. It comes from "miles per gallon", which is a rating of how far an automobile will travel on a fixed amount of fuel. By extension it means "how much use you can get out of something." So, "your mileage may vary" means that you may find this very useful, or you may not".

Somehow, "kilometerage" just doesn't have the same ring to it. Also, i'm probably not likely to look at the twigs on the trees and say, "oooh, look at the cute little centimeter worm crawling along there".

Message last edited on11/23/2009 2:57:39 PM byChienworks.

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