[RWP] Mix Opinion, Please?

[Roy Shtupler]

you're welcome! this also works in automation situations when the volume and 
pan envelopes are armed for recording.
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 11:01 PM
Subject: Re: [RWP] Mix Opinion, Please?


> 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?
>>
>>
>>> 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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