Phone Effect – How do you make someone sound like they are talking on a phone?
Have you ever heard a song where somebody sounds like they are talking on the phone? How do they do that? Do they put a mic on the phone and have somebody call and record what comes out of the phone? I guess they could do it that way, but it’s actually a really simple effect done with EQ.
The telephone effect (or phone effect) is heard in recordings all the time. It is basically a simple EQ effect that simulates the filters used in telephone systems. There is a high pass filter at around 400 Hz and a low pass filter at around 4,000 Hz (4 kHz). This can obviously be adjusted to taste, but the resulting sound is very midrange heavy and small sounding.
It is often used for a vocal at the beginning of a song later to be removed and reveal the full sounding vocal. It also is commonly heard with additional vocal parts (or adlibs) panned to the sides or sitting in the background. The telephone effect can be very effective at giving a different character to additional vocals. It can be used on drum loops or just about anything to make it sound like it is being heard through a telephone.
Read more about the telephone effect here.
Or read more about mixing techniques here.
Where Can I Download Pro Tools?
Posted by admin in Uncategorized on January 18th, 2012
People are always looking for a way to download Pro Tools and they are often fooled by free downloads. The thing to realize is that downloading Pro Tools is one issue, but the authorization is an even bigger one. Pro Tools 8 and earlier were all authorized by having a Digidesign hardware audio interface (Mbox, 002, etc,) connected.
The tricky thing is that when you first load Pro Tools (even with the hardware connected) you have to enter an authorization code for your version of Pro Tools (this basically authorized each new version with a new code). Pro Tools M-Powered required authorization from an iLok and required that an approved M-Audio hardware interface be connected. Pro Tools 9 and 10 require iLok authorization and can work with any audio interface.
Read more here.
Pro Tools Free – Myth, Reality or Legend!
Posted by admin in Uncategorized on January 16th, 2012
Pro Tools Free was a trimmed down version of Pro Tools LE 5 that let you record up to 8 tracks of audio with any interface you wanted (It came out in 2000). There wasn’t a Pro Tools demo of the full version, because you could easily download Pro Tools Free and install it on your Mac OS 9 or Windows 98 computer.
There is a few close equivalents to Pro Tools Free today. Check them out here.
Internet DAWs – Use Your DAW Online!
An Internet DAW can be used to create music without installing any hardware on your computer. Web based DAWs allow you to access your project wherever you go. Many are free, but all are simple and easy to use.
Here are some that you might want to check out to see which is best for you:
Sonic Producer
Mega Music Beat Maker
Cyber Sequence
Soundation
Audio Tool
If Web Based DAWs aren’t your thing than check out this great list of regular software DAWs here.
Creating a Loop-Based Project in Pro Tools
Some people think that it is difficult to work with loops in Pro Tools. It’s really quite simple if you know what you are doing and make sure to have the right buttons clicked. Check out the videos below to see how easy it really is.
DAW Comparison Chart
Checkout this list of nearly 20 different professional DAWs with links to individual reviews and discussions of the good, bad and history of each.
Which DAW is the Best…for you?
Deciding which DAW is the best really depends on who is making the decision. Which is best for you really depends on what you are planning to work on, how you like to work, where you will work and who you are going to work with. The debate of which DAW is best is usually narrowed down to the top five and more specifically Pro Tools verses the other four (Cubase, Sonar, Logic and Digital Performer). In all the discussion that I have heard, the best way it has been described is that Pro Tools is a machine and the others act like an instrument. So basically Pro Tools is set up like a functional tape machine, mixing console, and keyboard that is logically designed so that if you understand the controls you can make it do whatever you want. The others function like an instrument that can become so familiar that it will practically play the next note for you by anticipating what you are trying to create and placing features in your path that will assist you in the creative process.
Click below to read the rest of the article including scenarios of the who, what and where of your setup and answers of which DAW works the best in each.
Which DAW is the best…for you?
What Is A DAW?
People are asking this question all the time. DAW stands for Digital Audio Workstation (pronounced “daugh” with a heavy southern drawl or simply spelled out “D-A-W”) and is a system designed to record, edit, and mix digital audio. There are two main types of digital audio workstations, standalone and software based. Standalone systems look like a mixer with an LCD screen. They are great and have their uses, but here we are going to focus on software DAWs.
Check out the rest of the article here
Acoustic Scenario 3
This acoustic scenario was introduced in the book “Home Studio Setup”. This design is based on the ideal setup of the author’s project studio. The studio is based around one large room multi-purposed as a control room and studio. There is an attached isolation booth and machine closet. Read more here
Acoustic Mailboxes
Learn how to build acoustic treatment that looks kind of like a mailbox. It is absorption and diffusion all wrapped into one little package. Watch and listen as Ben Harris from theDAWstudio.com shows you how they are made from start to finish.