A conversation popped up on another platform about the role of AI in music production, generally as its used in the mastering process. Now I'm not sure how much AI that actually involves and see it more as a set of rules that will map your song or music to a contemporary 'good mix'... basically control the EQ, RMS peak and LUFS. Things like this are becoming more and more prominent on music histinf sites.

I do use AI in some processing as I use software like Steinberg's SpectraLayers to 'un-layer' and un-mix tonal qualities, and so on but I don't use it in mastering. I do that the old fashioned way.

Your thoughts..? Yay or nay..?

This is proving to be a fascinating combination. Next step will be to bounce the Morphagene output back into the PT Mini for further resampling. Rinse and repeat until I get white noise. 😁

I’m struggling to pan the chorus of my song. It only has drums, bass, one slightly distorted guitar and a lead vocal.

The drums have a nice default panning spread from L-R in the DAW I’m using (Logic). But the convention I’m reading online recommends putting bass and vocal in the centre.

My question is, what do I do with the guitar, which is just playing a power chord at the beginning of each bar.

I like songs that fill the stereo spectrum but due to the composition, this one seems narrow by comparison.

I’ve read about stereo expanders but I’m not sure when to sure them. I was also thinking that I could somehow split the guitar into two tracks by frequency and pan those differently. Not sure how to go about that yet and then not sure if I would need to do the same for vocals in that case.

Any suggestions on how to make the mix a bit more exciting without changing the composition ?

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/7539027

Hey there,

Like the title say, what can i use to share music/creations in simplicity ?

My needs :

• dont need the remuneration or being paid
• listening on the web browser is an cool feature
• accept audio with no loses
• respect peoples, let us manage the licences

instead of, What do you use to share files ?

Is there something for music, based on activity pub ? It would be great.

I did an account on BandCamp, but just read about the "drama", F it.

I've got a Firestudio 26x26 I'm trying to get audio from. Any advice or tips would appreciated.

i want to make a synth that makes a meow sound to any audio input going through it like how native instruments massive works but foss

I love Ardour so much

Bitwig and Presonus just released an open source exchange format between DAW. It would even transfer automation data which seemed to be until now a pain point. I think it's a good thing to be able to collaborate with other musicians easily.

So what do you guys think?

Okay, so this isn't a production software question, but I don't know where else to ask. I am looking for a replacement for Thimeo SteroTool. I LOVE this VST processor, but at €385 with the declipper, delossifier, and dynamic EQ options, it's a real serious dent in my budget.

Is there anything remotely close in the FOSS space at a more reasonable price point?

Arturia added another classic emulation to their product list, Acid V, a 303 clone.

Any seasoned Arturia users, do you think this will get added to the next Analog Lab bundle? I wonder how often they rev that.

Welcome the Mixxx release version 2.3.6, the final maintenance release before releasing the upcoming 2.4.0 with exiting new features.

Software Freedom Day is trying to increase awareness about their annual worldwide event and about Free and Open Software in general through an original music competition. Please spread the word. Hope some of you will enter.

My OS and software are on a 2280 nvme 1TB drive. I'm thinking of installing a 2nd m.2 2242 drive in the wwan slot (it does work on my laptop) and putting my drum samples on that.

My question is, would this increase performance?

Excited to announce my first #VST plugin : emulation of a Neve console strip.

Format #VST3 (WIN), #AU (MAC-intel), Free to use (CC/BY/ND)

A smooth progressive saturation with built-in oversampling, coupled with a finely tuned filter section which response carefully matches original console character.

Perfect on drum kits, basslines, or to push some smooth saturated 12k Air on vocals.

https://www.bellesondes.fr/wiki/doku.php?id=eq1979vst

#DAW #musicproduction #audioengineering

I'm trying out this new content format. Please let me know what you think :)

I've got an unusual problem. Previously I would have asked Reddit, but screw them. Please let me know if this isn't an appropriate usage of Lemmy or this... Sub-Lemmy? Anyway I've got an XDJ-RR that originally had been connected directly to our Sony receiver via RCA jacks on both devices. Audio was really good and it might clip if the levels were pushed to the extreme on the decks, but was controllable. Now we've connected the decks to an M-Audio Air 192 6 and run the audio through the computer using the XLR jacks on both devices. Now every sound from the decks wants to clip and the audio interface level meters are showing clipping. I've got the input turned all the way down to 1 on the M-Audio interface and we have to keep the master on the decks well more than halfway to negative infinity. The master level meters on the decks barely register. Some things I'm considering:

1. The RCA outputs on the decks run through a compressor for the basic removed while the XLR outs are raw and I'm expected to know how to deal with it.
2. My XLR cables are too low resistance. I bought these years ago for microphone recording. They're Mogami neglex 2549 microphone cables.
3. Either the XDJ-RR or M-Audio Air 192 6 are defective.
4. There's a setting on the computer I could find to turn down the input gains aside from the the knobs provided on the M-Audio Air.
5. ???

Some more Notes: I'm using QJackCtl with Carla on the computer. Mostly we just patch the inputs to the outputs of the audio interface to play, but will also patch into OBS Studio for twitch streaming or Ardour for recording. Even though we keep the input gains pegged at the bottom, the main output knob is kept maxed out. Turning it down didn't help with the clipping but brought the ouptut levels down unnecessarily.

Hey. I've noticed this community has been pretty silent for quite a while. This was one of the reasons I made a music production community over at waveform.social (link below). If you want to discuss music stuff, a specialized instance is way better than sticking to the drama of large instances (a lesson I learned only after creating the community at sh.itjust.works)

I've been posting content over at waveform.social, lemmy.studio and sh.itjust.works, all in their respective music production communities.

Waveform.social and lemmy.studio have other active communities related to making music all about synthesizers, gear and DAWs.

If you want to participate, head over to any instance that strikes your fancy and check it out!

Waveform.social link: !musicproduction@waveform.social

Lemmy.studio link: !musicproduction@lemmy.studio

Sh.itjust.works link [Warning - General instance]:!musicproduction@sh.itjust.works

On the off-chance that the community moderator here is still active, feel free to delete this post. I'll be happy to post my content here if I know it's still being moderated!

EDIT in the end, I settled on an Audient iD24, managed to get one from Juno for around £250

As per title... and to clarify, I don't just mean a headphone port, I mean an internal bus separate from the main outs, that can be seleCubase. This info doesn't seem to be present on the manufacturer's blurb; I've just been stung buying a Presonus 24c which it turns out only has 'Main Out L / R'.

Presonus support solution is to use their DAW, I am already fluent in Cubase / Ableton and have no desire to learn a third (StudioOne)! My main interface at home is a UAD Apollo which has main outs, virtual busses, and a headphone bus. I wanted to get a different interface for live stuff & travelling.

Obviously UAD is a higher tier than the £150 24c so perhaps I was expecting too much from it. I need an interface with headphone bus as I use that to run Slate VSX (headphone software).