Subject:Cymbals sound garbled when mixxing down
Posted by: Lyxx
Date:12/6/2001 2:33:04 AM
When creating drum tracks everything sounds fine, until I mix them down to a stereo wav or aif file. The cymbals sound like a wavy recording, like they were recorded to hot, and none of the other drums sound like this. Even when I bring the volume down on the cymbal track. The cymbals are one shots from the disk called "Drum Tools" by Loops for Acid. Any help would be great! Thanx, Lyxx |
Subject:RE: Cymbals sound garbled when mixxing down
Reply by: grantb
Date:12/6/2001 8:43:58 AM
I've noticed the same thing happening with vocals when saving ACID tracks to a mixed .wav file. something to do with that register of sound, I think. Someone who knows - is there a workaround? |
Subject:RE: Cymbals sound garbled when mixxing down
Reply by: mattlok
Date:12/11/2001 4:32:23 PM
Hi There, It sounds like you have what they call a "phasing" issue or a sample stretch in terms of retaining the same note on various BPM speed. There are 2 things you can check or try. ** quick note ** - I mix everydown to a 16 channel sound board which will give you really good optimal control over the compression and equaliztion, also it can keep the sound warm. But I had a similar problem with certain hi-hats and sustained notes. First thing to avoid phasing, make sure the loop is in stereo and not in a 2-channel mono. Usually a sutle delay and reverb can fix that. The other option to fix that stretch sounding noise is to change the loop segment to a pitch segment. Usually this will pitch up the tone a bit but it will give you a cleaner sound in the highs. Hope this helps. MattLok Label Director Foru01 Recordings www.four01recordings.com |