[ddots-l] Re: preferred mastering tool in Sonar
- From: Chris Smart <csmart8@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 02 Jul 2012 09:51:23 -0400
Hi Robert, that's all great to hear!
I wasn't trying to be offensive with my questions, only pointing
out that the ears and the monitors and room are the most important
parts of the chain, but especially the ears. It sounds like you are
definitely going about it the right way, trying your masters on
various systems etc.
As for learning to identify various frequency ranges, if you have a
good ear for notes, you can simply start to relable some of what
you already know. For example, if you are most familiar with the
piano, the few notes just below middle C, if struck all at once,
are equivalent to an equalizer boosting around 250 HZ. Move that
sound up an octave, and just double the frequency value to 500 HZ.
Keep going up. Every time you go up an octave, the number
doubles. Every time you go down an octave, divide by two. (500,
250, 125, etc.)
There's a handy notes to frequencies chart at:
http://www.phy.mtu.edu/~suits/notefreqs.html
Chris
At 02:36 AM 7/2/2012, you wrote:
Well Chris, I took a course in audio technology somewhere between
1997 and 1999 when I was finishing up my degree in (General Music
Studies/Vocal Concentration) here at Columbia College Chicago: so,
I think my grasp on the technical terms used by audio engineers
has slipped quite a bit since then but, I think my ears would know
when something's not quite right. I'm more an artist/entertainer
just dabbling on the mixing side of the table: in other words,
I'll probably never be able to get as descriptive with identifying
sounds as you my friend with abbreviation like KHZ for Kilohertz
*smile* but, I do know what the abbreviations mean. I am
monitoring using Fostex Tower Powered Monitors. I live in an
apartment: so treating the walls or ceiling is out: so I go back
and forth between monitors and headphones to achieve an acceptable
mix: burn a CD and test drive it on every player in the house
starting with the cheapest. If it matches close to industry
mastered mixes, that's good enough for me. Robert.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Smart" <csmart8@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2012 9:56 PM
Subject: [ddots-l] Re: preferred mastering tool in Sonar
Well, the LP64 linear-phaze EQ and multiband compressor are good.
I'm not a fan of Boost11 though. Channel Tools might give you
the ability to split mid from sides if you need to manipulate the
stereo image, or treat the center or sides separately. I say
"might be able" because I haven't used it in awhile, after
getting some plug-ins from Brainworx and Waves Center.
More importantly, do you have full-range monitors in an
acoustically treated room? Or, if someone said "hmm it's a little
overbearing around 3KHZ", would you know what a peak around that
frequency sounds like?
Chris
At 12:24 PM 7/1/2012, you wrote:
Hi listers: I'm interested in knowing, what is the best tool for
mastering in Sonar 8.5. I think I recall Chris mentioning one,
but I cant locate the email. I'm experimenting with the
Vintage_Channel_VC64. Chris maybe you can chime in and remind me
of which it was. Robert.
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