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

[Chris Belle]

Well, what ever works is right, accepted practice is to record flat,
better boards
have by-pass buttons for eq and such.
Because eq can cause unwanted issues, and if you record with it in 
place, it's harder to undo later, but in the
plug-in world it is easy to add it and take it away without affecting 
your audio in a bad way.
If you're very sure you want to print it a certain way fine, but this is 
like the difference between
destructive and non-destructive editing or in this case eqing.


On 2/17/2016 11:18 AM, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote:
> 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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