Acid 1,2,3,4 - pro FX PLUG-IN Before rendering? -ACID Product Family

Subject:Acid 1,2,3,4 - pro FX PLUG-IN Before rendering? Posted by: VMP Date:1/4/2003 1:04:11 PM Hi,I am using Acid pro 4 at this moment, For wave loops only ( no keyboard or midi) every thing is going through the same sound card, mixing and Playing the final renderd file. How com, that the music sounds very flat when mixing with acid -(Bass and treble normal) and when I render it, and play the file with other software, it sounds very heavy (The bass and treble)? when playing in windows media, other players, and on the set top cd player? (I have set the Eq, on normal to make sure on the tested software and hardware) I have tried rendering it in lot of formats, wav mp3, wma etc. But if I play the same file in Sound forge and vegas it sounds normal ( like it sounded by mixing) but by al other software and, Normal cd players it sound very heavy? The renderd file only sounds normal (as it is by mixing) when I ad - The Audio FX Plug-in - "Parametric Eq" , and set the preset on "[Sys]200 Hz high-pass" then render it. Well, Am I the only one hearing the differens Between the mixing and the renderd file? or does everybody, ad a FX plug-in before rendering? I would like some help, Thank you if you do so.
Subject:RE: Acid 1,2,3,4 - pro FX PLUG-IN Before rendering? Reply by: Iacobus Date:1/4/2003 2:41:39 PM How the output sounds is all dependent on the software being used as well as the hardware. Consumer speakers, for example, will almost always color the sound in some way. Same goes for media players, what with their EQ's and all. Rest assured, a project in ACID, Vegas, or Sound Forge is as flat and pure as can be. At that point, it's all up to the hardware being used to monitor the sound that will ultimately help sculpt how the project will sound on different systems. Keep this in mind as you listen to your project. HTH, Iacobus
Subject:RE: Acid 1,2,3,4 - pro FX PLUG-IN Before rendering? Reply by: VMP Date:1/4/2003 7:12:00 PM ok thanks So is it a good idea to use The Audio FX Plug-in - "Parametric Eq", most of the time?
Subject:RE: Acid 1,2,3,4 - pro FX PLUG-IN Before rendering? Reply by: Iacobus Date:1/5/2003 9:19:25 AM Well, I'd use it if some sort of EQ was needed, but again note that you should listen to a mix on different systems (or listen to a mix using reference monitors) before coming to a conclusion. You shouldn't have to use it too much (unless you're maybe going for a creative effect), as the material should have been optimized as much as possible while it was recording, not after. Iacobus

Subject:Acid 1,2,3,4 - pro FX PLUG-IN Before rendering?

Posted by: VMP

Date:1/4/2003 1:04:11 PM

Hi,I am using Acid pro 4 at this moment,
For wave loops only ( no keyboard or midi) every thing is going through the same sound card, mixing and Playing the final renderd file.
How com, that the music sounds very flat when mixing with acid -(Bass and treble normal) and when I render it,
and play the file with other software, it sounds very heavy (The bass and treble)?
when playing in windows media, other players, and on the set top cd player?
(I have set the Eq, on normal to make sure on the tested software and hardware)
I have tried rendering it in lot of formats, wav mp3, wma etc.
But if I play the same file in Sound forge and vegas it sounds normal ( like it sounded by mixing) but by al other software and,
Normal cd players it sound very heavy?
The renderd file only sounds normal (as it is by mixing)
when I ad - The Audio FX Plug-in - "Parametric Eq" , and set the preset on
"[Sys]200 Hz high-pass" then render it.
Well, Am I the only one hearing the differens
Between the mixing and the renderd file?
or does everybody, ad a FX plug-in before rendering?

I would like some help, Thank you if you do so.

Subject:RE: Acid 1,2,3,4 - pro FX PLUG-IN Before rendering?

Reply by: Iacobus

Date:1/4/2003 2:41:39 PM

How the output sounds is all dependent on the software being used as well as the hardware. Consumer speakers, for example, will almost always color the sound in some way. Same goes for media players, what with their EQ's and all.

Rest assured, a project in ACID, Vegas, or Sound Forge is as flat and pure as can be. At that point, it's all up to the hardware being used to monitor the sound that will ultimately help sculpt how the project will sound on different systems. Keep this in mind as you listen to your project.

HTH,
Iacobus

Subject:RE: Acid 1,2,3,4 - pro FX PLUG-IN Before rendering?

Reply by: VMP

Date:1/4/2003 7:12:00 PM

ok thanks
So is it a good idea to use
The Audio FX Plug-in - "Parametric Eq", most of the time?

Subject:RE: Acid 1,2,3,4 - pro FX PLUG-IN Before rendering?

Reply by: Iacobus

Date:1/5/2003 9:19:25 AM

Well, I'd use it if some sort of EQ was needed, but again note that you should listen to a mix on different systems (or listen to a mix using reference monitors) before coming to a conclusion. You shouldn't have to use it too much (unless you're maybe going for a creative effect), as the material should have been optimized as much as possible while it was recording, not after.

Iacobus