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Hey D,

I seem to be having a constant battle with my kick drum. I prefer to compress it as it sounds kinda loose otherwise but when I do, even when backing off the attack, it ends up sounding...

Best thing to do is re-wire all of your Reason tracks into software like Pro-tools and get an engineer to mix in a decent platform. Don't bounce down into stems as you'll loose some sound quality to...

Have you tried just using a sine wave instead of patch and play with the attack, cut off and resonance on the synth?

Can't wait for their next platform, should be out this year

Ok, you'll need some sort of signal generator and set it to pink noise (it's harmonic noise so sounds nicer). Then use a low pass filter as sweep it up and down and you'll get that kind of sound you...

You mean like a swooshy sweep you get at build ups/break downs?

Firstly, you need to be working with Instrument tracks. It's a MIDI track with inserts on it. You can then automate volume panning...etc by going to the edit window. If you want more in depth...

If you're sending your productions to a label then really you need to either master your own tracks or get someone to master them for you. If you want to do it yourself then use something like...

It could be a concern but the end sound quality is totally worth it!

Does he use HiFi style phones or DJ one's? It doesn't surprise me though as monitoring is all about knowing your monitors/headphones. If you know exactly how your headphones manipulate the frequency...

Osunlade is a very talented engineer thats for sure!

I've used the same plug-ins and found that the end result had a grainy texture to the sound, not nice. I found the same thing in CD Architect as well.

Pro-tools 8 will absolutely spazz all over ableton!

Check -> www.digidesign.com/protools8

For one example, inexperienced producers don't tend to pay attention to their lower mids. These are frequencies from 250hz up to around 6-700hz and if not dealt with at the mixing stage can cause a...

In all fairness, without a good mix a $250 mastering engineer wont make the difference you'd expect. Every stage of the production process has got to be on form to get the crispness and clarity that...

I've never really found it that difficult to get into a session. When I'm working with my production partner, a pizza and beer always helps to loosen up after work.

Sonic Foundry Acid is good for loops or you could use Sound Forge

I experimented around with getting a bigger sound from live bass. Compression during the recording stage is an absolute must!

I used Melodyne to construct a MIDI copy of the bass and then used...

If you have the ability to then yes maybe. If you want to burn a CD then it'll have to be bounced at 44.1khz 16Bit.

I would only ever record at such a high sample rate if I was recording a band...

I find that if I mute and solo things and alter the faders while recording automation can start me off nicely and give me a few ideas on how I would like the track to flow.

Where do you live mate?

Multiband Compression: Waves L3 Multimaximizer
Singular Compression: Smack!/BF52

EQ: Equim, T-Racks EQ although I use Digirack compressors and eq most of the time.

Cool, I could never get the result I wanted with it. I use separate plug-ins to complete each stage, plug-ins that specialise in that particular job.

Do you get good results with Ozone as a full mastering plug-in. I have only found the stereo imaging section any good!

Haha,

They are wonderful objects these External Hardrives! They've saved me so much hassle in the past.