[ddots-l] Re: Recording terms tips

  • From: "Rod Alcidonis" <roddj12@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2004 14:07:17 -0500

Thanks Phil!


Rod
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Phil Muir" <philmuir1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, November 13, 2004 7:01 AM
Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Recording terms tips


> HI Rod!!
>
> EQ adjusts the tone on a sound.  Think of it this way, on your stereo, you
have controls for
> adjusting the bass, midrange and treble.  That's what you can do with EQ.
You can use it to filter
> out specific frequencies for example, if you were recording a Fender
Rhodes sound, there may be
> quite a lot of midrange frequencies in that sound.  So, you could use the
EQ to filter out some of
> them which would help the sound of the Fender Rhodes cut through in the
mix.
>
> Compression is used to boost the overall level of a sound.  For example,
when some vocalists sing,
> there can be quite a change in the volume level coming on to the track.
Or, if the singer is
> singing a song that has quite a large vocal range.  Some of the sound
going down on to the track
> could be at say, minus 3 or for DB where as other parts of the sound could
be at minus 0.2 DB.  You
> could then add a compressor which would bring up the volume of the notes
at minus 3 or 4 DB and
> compress or push down the volume of the hier notes at minus 0.2 DB thus,
levelling out the sound on
> the vocal track.
>
> Regards, Phil Muir
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rod Alcidonis" <roddj12@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, November 13, 2004 10:51 AM
> Subject: [ddots-l] Recording terms tips
>
>
> > Hey gangs:
> > Two questions:
> >
> > What is the difference between EQ and compression please? I need to
start
> > making my tunes sound a little better. Provide Examples please!!!!
> >
> > My other question, when one listen to a song, and hears a little noise
> > that's not wanted. for example, a phone that rings far in the background
or
> > something. This is a bad freqency, I suppose.  Now, how do you determine
> > what DB is that frequency and what and how much frequency to cut or
filter?
> > What I am getting at is when someone say, I get rid of the frequency I
want
> > and boost the ones I like. How do you get to finding out the frequencies
you
> > want and don't want. I am having problem conceptualizing the terms, I
think.
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Rod
> > MSN: roddj12@xxxxxxxxxxx
> > IM: Roddy12RA
> >
> > "No power on earth can stop an idea whose time has come."  Victor Hugo.
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Gordon Kent" <dbmusic@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Saturday, November 13, 2004 2:33 AM
> > Subject: [ddots-l] Re: converting to MP3 with Sonar
> >
> >
> > > Sonar 4 is now using the lame encoder, which is much better than what
they
> > > were using.
> > > Gord
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Brian Kijewski" <sitedblind@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Sent: Friday, November 12, 2004 6:57 PM
> > > Subject: [ddots-l] converting to MP3 with Sonar
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi:
> > > I only converted a .cwp file in Sonar into an MP3 right when I got
Sonar,
> > > and now when I tried to do it again, Jaws says "processing audio data"
but
> > > once it's finished doing this, a message box comes up asking me to
type in
> > > my unlock code. I have no idea what it is talking about and when I
press
> > > escape or click on "continue", nothing else happens and therefore, the
> > song
> > > is not converted into an MP3. It seems as if maybe I need to download
> > > something or as if my trial has run out.
> > > Does anybody know what I can do so that I am able to convert .cwp
files
> > into
> > > MP3's??????????????
> > > Thanks a lot!!!!!!
> > > Brian
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