[RWP] Mix Opinion, Please?

[indigo]

Great, Roy!
Another very important tip to include in our Wikki Quick Guide, once it 
gets going.
Thanks,
Indigo L


On 3/20/2012 12:13 PM, Roy Shtupler wrote:
> alt+left/right arrows control panning in realtime , while Alt+Up/Down
> control volume.
> cheers
> Roy.
> http://elephant-dolphin.bandcamp.com
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "indigo" <33indigo at charter.net>
> To: "Reapers Without Peepers" <rwp at reaaccess.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2012 4:26 AM
> Subject: Re: [RWP] Mix Opinion, Please?
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>> I haven't found V U meters yet in Reaper
>> I need to learn where sighted users find them, and learn if they show
>> onscreen numbers.
>> Reaper is so full of numbers, it wouldn't surprise me to find V U
>> values expressed in numbers. smile.
>>
>> I'm just using my ears so far.
>> I've got adjusting midi track volume down pretty well.
>> I press control+right arrow on a selected track to show its first
>> item, then tab down to volume; in item edit; and set volume.
>> Then press enter to save changes.
>> I hear the immediate change in volume of that track.
>> So far, I haven't understood how to have the track playing so I can
>> hear changes as I tweak volume and other parameters.
>> I tried today to open item edit while a track was playing, and play
>> stopped.
>>
>> It's rough premixing in track view I'm doing so far, I'll get to the
>> mixer section later.
>> I just don't comprehend the difference in level; of what I hear while
>> recording; compared with what I hear playing the resulting file on
>> winamp later.
>> I also play other folks MP3's on that same winamp, and I sometimes get
>> my MP3's at decent levels and sometimes way too low.
>>
>> I've yet to learn how to find cymbal hits I want to zap on a midi drum
>> track.
>> I know there's some way to split a drum track into its instruments,
>> when the drum machine doesn't have a bunch of separate output jacks, 1
>> per instrument, each instrument on its own midi channel.
>> I believe there's an NTonyx utility that splits a drum track into its
>> instruments.
>> Indigo L
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 3/19/2012 9:15 PM, Chris Smart wrote:
>>> i wouldn't worry about perceived loudness yet, just make sure you like
>>> the mix and watch out for any clipping.
>>> Do we have access to the meters in Reaper?
>>>
>>> At 08:46 PM 3/19/2012, you wrote:
>>>> I'm learning a little more in Reaper each day, but I'm wondering if I
>>>> recorded this track too high in level, so the bass and kick distorted,
>>>> and, if that's so, then why is my overall level so low.
>>>> It sounds right to me when I record it on my off line daw, then I take
>>>> it over to this online computer and my track is way too low compared
>>>> to what others are doing.
>>>> I balanced relative levels of the midi tracks, and brought the bass
>>>> just under hearing distortion on it, and it seems proportionate to the
>>>> piano and drums, but the track is still too low in level.
>>>> I haven't compress it yet, or used Waves l3 maximizer on it yet, I
>>>> can't believe those are going to bring its level up 3 or more times in
>>>> volume, to where it should be.
>>>> This is still a rough mix, I'll remove those annoying cymbol hits in
>>>> the second half.
>>>> I want to use this as a basic rhythm part, and leave room for some
>>>> live sax and flute to take the place of the original vocal, , maybe a
>>>> shaker, some fun things, and I can hear the girl chorus doing that
>>>> little Still the Same chorus, I don't have a female singer, I guess
>>>> I'll have to fake it myself with AutoTune's gender bender. smile.
>>>> Please let me know your thoughts about whether it's recorded too hot
>>>> in the bass already, and how you yourself get overall levels up higher.
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Indigo L
>>>> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/63003631/1Still%20the%20Same.mp3
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