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Subject:Help Creating This Effect Posted by: ericj Date:9/23/2002 6:35:31 PM Ok, we've all heard it a gazillion times...the effect of basically taking the Treble knob on your mixing board and going from +12dB to -12dB in an orderly fashion to the song...same with the Bass knob. Tons of remixes out there (commercial and non) do this effect and I can't seem to figure out how to do this with Acid 4.0 Trial version. I know how to insert the EQ and make the track equalized...but how to I find/use an EQ plugin that is similar to the Flange plugin...the Flange happens over the length of the track...whereas the EQ happens on the actual sample itself. I invision the Project to look like a Volume or Pan line where I can control how much Bass/Treble occurs at various points in the track...but alas...I cannot find this cool effect. Nor does the manual seem to state how to do it. Can it be done? Does anyone have a very simple .acd file they can send me with 1 or 2 tracks to demonstrate how the plugin works? Maybe even a few screenshots if you think that would help... Thanks! -Eric
Subject:RE: Help Creating This Effect Reply by: bgc Date:9/23/2002 7:03:14 PM You want to use the new resonant filter plug-in in 4.0 and then add FX automation to change the resonant frequency. Set it to bandpass filter mode first. What you're hearing is someone sweeping a bandpass filter (resonant filter) over an audio signal. Pretty common stuff. It sounds kind of "flangy" when you do it.
Subject:RE: Help Creating This Effect Reply by: ericj Date:9/23/2002 7:12:45 PM mmmm....got the FX Automation (but I can't control how often it "sweeps") but I can't find the "bandpass filter" you are talking about. Thanks for the tips and hopefully I can get this going tonight! -Eric
Subject:RE: Help Creating This Effect Reply by: ericj Date:9/23/2002 7:15:29 PM actually...Acid just crashed (GP faulted for us old timers) Can I be a pain and ask you to give me a step by step set of instructions? I am on Win2k Pro with 256MB of RAM, gigs of hard drive space, a P3 450MHz. Kinda old but I will be getting a new pc within a few weeks. I have a SB Live! soundcard. -Eric
Subject:RE: Help Creating This Effect Reply by: groovewerx Date:9/23/2002 7:28:15 PM use a plugin called neosweep or get cubase and turn the knobs
Subject:RE: Help Creating This Effect Reply by: ericj Date:9/23/2002 9:02:57 PM thanks about neosweep...and web links to where I can find it? -Eric
Subject:RE: Help Creating This Effect Reply by: ericj Date:9/23/2002 9:20:55 PM I should have clarified...all I can find is neosweep for VST (seems to be a competitor of SF). Any tips groovewerx? -Eric
Subject:RE: Help Creating This Effect Reply by: ericj Date:9/23/2002 9:43:13 PM I seemed to have figured it out...was getting confused with the definition of "Band" and where to play with the lines. I think I have the hang of it now. Thanks all. -Eric
Subject:RE: Help Creating This Effect Reply by: bgc Date:9/24/2002 12:50:13 AM wow, lots of activity eric! lemme know if you need any other help, but it's really a matter of playing with the fx automation envelopes. hell, you can even change the filter type with the envelopes. very cool feature in 4.0.

Subject:Help Creating This Effect

Posted by: ericj

Date:9/23/2002 6:35:31 PM

Ok, we've all heard it a gazillion times...the effect of basically taking the Treble knob on your mixing board and going from +12dB to -12dB in an orderly fashion to the song...same with the Bass knob. Tons of remixes out there (commercial and non) do this effect and I can't seem to figure out how to do this with Acid 4.0 Trial version.

I know how to insert the EQ and make the track equalized...but how to I find/use an EQ plugin that is similar to the Flange plugin...the Flange happens over the length of the track...whereas the EQ happens on the actual sample itself. I invision the Project to look like a Volume or Pan line where I can control how much Bass/Treble occurs at various points in the track...but alas...I cannot find this cool effect. Nor does the manual seem to state how to do it.

Can it be done? Does anyone have a very simple .acd file they can send me with 1 or 2 tracks to demonstrate how the plugin works? Maybe even a few screenshots if you think that would help...

Thanks!

-Eric