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I recently upgraded my music laptop from PC (3-4 year old i5) to Apple (M1 Pro) and the difference in performance is astounding to me. I use Ableton Suite as my DAW, lots of software synths, a Minilogue and some guitars, etc. My old setup really struggled with newer wavetable soft synths, which meant a lot of flattening/freezing tracks. It was really tedious to manage. Latency & buffers were a PITA. Projects with over 10 tracks were hard to work with. My hardware issues were killing my creativity and started to take the fun out of making music. Same audio interface (Scarlett Gen3), same software and the M1 Pro doesn't even break a sweat. No ASIO drivers or other nonsense. I can set the buffer size at the lowest setting and no issues. Latency is negligible. I was always a PC user for 53 years and never bought into the Apple fanboy talk, but Apple is the real deal for music recording & production. IMHO, if you're upgrading, spend the extra bucks on a M1 Pro Macbook.
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Discussion Quorum posted:I want to get a vocal mic for self-critique and lessons. I already have a good audio interface so I am looking at XLR mics, not USB. I do not want to buy any other gear (eg Cloudlifter). I'm leaning towards a condenser so that I'm not adding in the complication of stage mic technique right away -- that said, I'm also not looking for an excuse to spend money, so if a $100 stage dynamic is the way to go, problem solved. I have the Rode NT1 kit (new, not used) and I like it. Singing & vocals are my least favorite part of creating music, so I never really did any A/B comparisons. Works well for what I do. I record with the "air" function on my Scarlett and it sounds good to me. FWIW JeffLeonard fucked around with this message at 21:03 on Jun 14, 2022 |
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syntaxfunction posted:If your isolated tracks sound full and perfect they'll probably sound way too busy and cluttered in the mix. God, this is the truth. When I was a young musician, almost no one had access to a real studio. If you or a bandmate had equipment, recording anything more than 4 tracks required bouncing and all sorts of bullshit. But it didn't really matter, because everything went on cassette and even commercially produced cassettes sounded terrible. So, production wasn't a thought outside of individual tracks; getting cool synth patches, guitar sound, etc. Nevermind that there wasn't any way for people to hear these lovely demos unless you handed it to them. Now, for most of us, not only do you have to create something as a musician, you have to be a producer, mixing and mastering engineer. It's fun, but so overwhelming at times. I spend more time "engineering" than recording! I had to forget everything that I thought I knew about recording 30+ years ago, which apparently was all wrong. lol JeffLeonard fucked around with this message at 14:44 on Apr 2, 2023 |
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Slothful Bong posted:Gonna take a bit to sort out where I want to go I think, and I’ve got major song fatigue so I think I’ll need to start another track as a distraction. That's good self care! A friend of mine is a master wood carver. He carves amazing sculptures: merry go round sized creatures that take him years to complete. He gave me some excellent advice that really helped me: have several projects going at once in different stages of completion. That way, you keep your brain fresh. Don't feel like writing lyrics today? Work on drum programming! It really does help me stay fresh and creative.
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!Klams posted:Turns out I'm really fuckin' bad at this, anyone got any good vids on how to make stuff with Ableton that doesn't sound like utter garbage? My best guess: it sounds like you have "auto-warping" of your samples turned on. Turn that off in the options. Autowarping tries to stretch/compress an audio sample (i.e. your bass playing) to match the song tempo you selected.
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!Klams posted:Oh, well, I feel like I want that 'on' and it's not doing it, but, maybe I have it on and it's doing it wrong? But that's exactly what I want... I think? You really don't want autowarping on for what you are doing. That's more for importing samples into a song/set. You can always go back and manually tighten up the timing in the later production phases if you want to.
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I. M. Gei posted:What is Reaper? I've seen it mentioned in this thread but haven't ever used it myself. Is it good for identifying notes and chords and things in a track, or is it more for original composition? Have you tried Transcribe? It's an inexpensive little program that does a pretty good job of identifying notes & chords, and can isolate instruments with varying levels of success.
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I. M. Gei posted:Google shows several programs called Transcribe. Which one are you referring to? Transcribe! from Seventh String Software
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