Spectrum analyser...

[Dave Elyzium]

....Is it possible to use a spectrum analyser to effectivley grab a cross section of a tunes frequencies (for example your favourite tune) then use this as a guide to tweak your own track??? would this help achieve a more rounded mix???

[detfella]

yeah good method to use for comparison. should be a spectrum analyser on your sample editor.

[DJZeMig_L]

What ya what is steinbergs Freefilter... it will analise yer reference track in 32 dif. freq. do an average of the level of each... then u'll play yer track analise again, then use the morph slider, presto!! b very carefull cause u need 2 have a track with very similar components 4 this 2 work correctly! ;)

There are other plug ins but I can't remeber the name really... I think there was one called Voxego EQ aswell.


Z

[Dave Elyzium]

thanks guys im on it :)

[Dustin Zahn]

What do you recommend should look proper on the spectrum analysis? This is what my tracks usually like when I run them. When I compare them to others I think sound good they more or less sound the same. Anything I am doing wrong here?

[audioinjection]

well past 20KHz(if not more) I would roll off those freq. and same as the lows, roll off unused freq.

[DJZeMig_L]

Not really m8, I can't tell 4 sure just by looking at a graph, don't forget that having a big break with a heavy bass (just as an example) can make the graph look alright in terms of bass equilibrium, where in truth u might have a half dead BD...

there r 2 main schools of though :

Linear/ wall of sound... all freq. should get covered, no holes and the curve should b flat, meaning that if u try 2 find the tone 2 the all track it will come out as nothing.... this is the older way of going about it!


Exciting/ V shape curve ... this one assumes we pay much more attention 2 the sounds in the center so we need 2 bring out the extrems 2 make the final product sound sweeter even if in some way it won't sound as loud (as the other one... exactly bcause we are more sensitive 2 mid-range)! .... Hip Hop is generally a good example!


I try 2 get somewhere in between, with maybe a litlle heavuer on the bass range then the high... a slight dip in the mid range....



from an uneducated guess I would say 2 b carefull case u might b a little bass heavy (especially in the sub-bass area u have 2 b carefull so that any system won't struggle 2 play the tracks) there with maybe a tad 2 much mid-range....

But this depends loads on the program material... this might b perfect 4 certain tracks and it might me total cra* 4 others!


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[Dave Elyzium]

words of wisdom from Ze MigL!! respect m8 :)

[Jimfish]

hey dustin what are you using to take that analysis?

[Jimfish]

hey dustin what are you using to take that analysis?

[Jimfish]

hey dustin what are you using to take that analysis?

[Dustin Zahn]

Sound Forge 6
Sound Forge 6
Sound Forge 6

:)

[Jimfish]

doh!

[Jimfish]

doh!

[Jimfish]

what the ****??

[Jimfish]

what the ****??

[BloodStar]

One fact is in my mind while reading the posts above. Man has to have exact file format as a reference track. Decoded file with the same bitrate and all those things..

[DJZeMig_L]

Yep Make sure Bit rate, Sampling rate Match... nothing that has been mp3ed is acceptable if u r seriously goinfg about yer mixes! ;)


Z

[BloodStar]

I know. But tell me how you'll get wav of your fav tune,., I'd like to know,. do you mean grab from EP?

[discord]

Can anyone recommend a decent VST Equalizer (with quite a few points of EQ, if its parametric) that also has a Spectrum Analyzer with it??? (never understood why there aren't more of these around)