After researching these two nagging questions everywhere online, I decided to ask our own Kontakt guru(s) and pick their brains regarding: 1)...
Absolutely. I think having a mastering chain (beyond light compression, EQ, etc.) gets out of hand when it's being used to overcompensate for bad...
The difference between algorithmic reverbs and IR revers is the same as using a sampled DI guitar routed through an amp sim and a sampled...
I've had this problem with both Amplitude and T-RackS in the past, especially since I've cloned/switched out my laptop's hard drive a few times,...
I use Lexicon PCM for my reverbs. It comes with 6 (?) plugs in the suite, but so far, I've only really used Room and Hall (though I've messed...
I also always normalize each individual track to -0 dB after recording them, just to make sure I'm always mixing tracks at their optimum levels....
Actually, if I understand the question, it's very simple (though I'm not clear on why -6 dB is your max peak level; some people say -4 dB, some...
I'm assuming, since the AutoCad reference screenshot you posted is from a Mac, that you have a Mac running OSX? Is it a recent Mac or an older...
A lot of people will mix too low, or mix in a way where the drums are buried or the guitars are buried or the vocals are buried, then try to...
Today's (lack of) dynamic range is terrible. I try not to go past the mid-Nineties. in terms of overall dynamic clarity, so I keep my average RMS...
I agree! Like I said, the Reaktor version I have is a bit wonky, but what sounds I managed to load up were great. There's also an OBXpander...
A Mac version does exist (kind of) as a Reaktor instrument. I don't think it has the full capabilities that the Windoze version does. The...
Agreed! Any time I freeze an audio or VI track in a DAW that supports freezing (or select all tracks for ITB mixdown), I always select two or...
Damn, no Mac version until 2015!
Sorry I didn't see your post! I actually use Session Strings as my "main strings" for anything that doesn't require actual orchestral strings,...
NI actually makes one and it's easy to find: Session Strings (or, if you have unlimited drive space, you can seek out Session Strings PRO). You...
I usually cut 200 Hz and below for my reverb auxiliaries (Lexicon PCM Room/Ambience for drums and rhythm guitar, Hall for everything else), though...
A lot of people generally have all their VIs playing live and mix/dump to two tracks that way -- because of my slow computer, I usually dump all...
I have most of the EZX Expansions, and for whatever reason, MOST of DFH's kit is exactly the sound I'm looking for. Even so, I wind up running...
That's "Drumkit From Hell" EZX, which is what I normally use. The only problem I've ever had with it is the snare, so I wind up using a Steven...
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