[Rwp] Is it just me, or...

[Christopher-Mark Gilland]

Yeah, I figured it out, actually.  Somehow, I think when I grabbed my 
headphones, I must have accidentally brushed the E Q low dial on my mike 
channel, and got it a little too umphy.  Trust me when I say, you don't! 
want that dial turned all the way down, but you don't want it up all the way 
either.  Even neutral at flat 12:00 tends to be, with my Blue Bluebird mike 
way too muddy.  I usually crank it a little bit, but only very suttly.  Yes, 
you're correct.  I have the Alesis Multimix 4.  I also have an M-Audio Fast 
Tracks C400, although it's not hooked up at the moment.  I kind a like the 
Multimix 4 as it has your high and low dials on it, as well as a pan dial 
per channel.  Call me old school, but I'm more the type who likes to get the 
sound E Queued and balanced the best I possibly can going in, rather than 
trying to undo wicked things in the mix afterward on the output side.

Chris.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Belle" <cb1963 at sbcglobal.net>
To: "Reapers Without Peepers" <rwp at bluegrasspals.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2016 9:33 AM
Subject: Re: [Rwp] Is it just me, or...


> Look at everything in your chain, it could be anything from your interface 
> hardware settings, to your speakers, if you are monitoring through a home 
> theatre
> type system, it might have a compressor enabled,
> or a board with some dsp, but reaper by default gives you exactly what you 
> put in to it.
> I forgot what interface you said you had, was it alesus multi-mix,
> but make sure no limiter is turned on there, and turn off your 
> enhancements if it's something like the realtech card.
> Those realtech cards
> are not the thing you want to use to get clean, and uncolored recordings, 
> though they can work in a pinch,
> if you have nothing else, but you have to make sure none of the bass 
> boost, or stufff in the control pannel is going on.
>
>
> On 2/16/2016 11:45 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote:
>> Is it just me, or does Reaper, by default, add a little teeny bit of 
>> compression?  I don't know where it's coming from, but my vocals have a 
>> little bit of compression on them when I play them back, and I know 
>> beyond an absolute doubt! that I didn't put a compressor on that track. 
>> Normally, this could! be a good thing, but it's making my vocals sound 
>> all squashed.
>> Chris.
>>
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