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How should you mix / master when producing music for Video Games?

Should anything be done differently when mixing and/or mastering for Video Game music, considering it will play along with various other game SFX? Should a certain range of frequencies (or multiple bands) be "cut" out of the music to leave room for…
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What is a good mastering chain to use in a DAW?

I realise that there is no one 'correct' answer to this (so maybe this can be marked community wiki), but as a hobbyist with a small home studio I would be interested to hear how others set up their mastering chains within their DAW to finish off…
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What is the best way of dealing with latency in Ableton?

I have a Lexicon Lambda which I use in Ableton and Audacity. Latency is hardly an issue in Audacity, but I can't seem to get it down to a manageable state in Ableton, no matter how many different setting I tweak. I used to use a Behringer BCA2000…
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What exactly does it mean to normalize a track/how it is done?

When exporting a song I was working on in Ableton I decided to export it as an .aiff file for the first time, just for kicks I guess, when I noticed some options that I had never really paid attention to. Specifically the option to Normalize the…
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Inches vs Watts on speakers, what does it mean? What is the difference?

You find speakers that read... 8" 200W , 10" 200W, 12" 200W. What is the difference in these speakers, same manufacturer. Or you find Subs that read, 15" 500W, 18" 500W,15" 1400W, 18" 300W,18" 800W. I'm confused. I don't have much experience with…
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How to read and use a Phase / Vectorscope

I been using Izotope Ozone 4 for some time, but I'm still a bit intimidated by the Vectorscope in the stereo-imaging section. When Mastering / Mixing a signal... What "lissajous shape" are you trying to achieve? And which ones should you absolutely…
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Is it possible to record directly to a computer's CD drive?

I'm working with a client who needs to minimize the time between when recording is done and when the finalized audio CD ejects from the drive. All of the computer recording software I'm aware of will generate a file which can then be burned to an…
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Why are drums generally panned to the listener's perspective but piano panned to the player's perspective?

i've posed this question to many engineers (even a few who are drummers) and i'm still without an answer. what's even more befuddling is that i have a few recordings where the drums are panned to the player's perspective and it sounds fine (and even…
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In which situations is Audio Expansion applied (opposite of compressors)?

I've encountered from time to time some plugins that allows a threshold and a ratio to be set so that quieter sound can have an even more quieter level (or silenced altogether). Ableton Live actually has one in it's multiband compressor which, IMO,…
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What exactly is a "bus" on a Behringer Xenyx mixer?

I'm looking to buy a Behringer Xenyx 802 which is an 8-Input 2-Bus mixer. My question is.. what does it mean by "2-bus"? I understand the concept of the word "bus" in this context as to mean sending multiple inputs to a single track, but how is…
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Can opening closed speaker cabinets for service affect the sound?

I have two pairs of speakers that could do with opening them up to investigate problems--one decades-old set of Celestion hi-fi speakers that has developed a rattle, the other a set of M-Audio Studidophile SP-5B powered monitors that needs a…
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Why is my cutting equalizer increasing output level?

I'm using logic studio latest version On one of my channel strips I'm having an ultrabeat drumkit with an overdrive and a compressor plugin. The track is only playing single snare hits. The channel level peak is at -5dB. So, I wanted to apply an…
Mattias Nordqvist
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Ableton Live synths: Analog vs. Operator

I've been researching Ableton Live 8, and I'm wondering, what is the main difference in sound and limitations between the Analog and Operator instruments? I'm looking for an industrial rock type synth sound and I was wondering if anyone has…
Lebowski156
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All-round vocal mic

What should I be looking for when purchasing a good all-rounder vocal mic? We've dealt in Shure SM58's for years. Are there other alternatives? What qualities should I be looking for when shopping around? It's for a medium-budget setup. I would say…
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How to connect two (2) MIDI devices to an Audio Interface with only one (1) MIDI In port?

I have one large keyboard (Roland KR-370 [MIDI IN/OUT]) and a small one with pitch/mod wheel (microKorg [MIDI IN/OUT/THRU) and I'm trying to connect them to my Audio Interface (MOTU Traveler [MIDI IN/OUT]). Is there any way I can pass my Roland's…
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