Comments on: How to Achieve Good Translation in Your Mixes http://audio.tutsplus.com/tutorials/mixing-mastering/how-to-achieve-good-translation-in-your-mixes/ Music, Sound & Audio Tutorials Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:32:28 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Stan http://audio.tutsplus.com/tutorials/mixing-mastering/how-to-achieve-good-translation-in-your-mixes/#comment-26581 Stan Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:01:41 +0000 http://audio.tutsplus.com/?p=1139#comment-26581 I just picked up a nice Mackie MCU Pro. My primary work is VO's for film, commercials and animations. My secondary objective is for manipulating the various audio, music, SFX and foleying tracks for films. It is a fact that I do not have a single MIDI device. I work in Premier, Audition and sometimes Soundbooth. The audio PCI card is an M-Audio Delta 44 with 4 in/4out 1/4 inch plugs in a BOB. If I go from Mic to dbx 286A to PC, then USB to Mackie... will this work? Also... how do I get my Digitech Effects Processor into the chain and control its levels? This set-up would not use a single MIDI in or out on the Mackie. Is this do-able? I just picked up a nice Mackie MCU Pro. My primary work is VO’s for film, commercials and animations. My secondary objective is for manipulating the various audio, music, SFX and foleying tracks for films. It is a fact that I do not have a single MIDI device. I work in Premier, Audition and sometimes Soundbooth. The audio PCI card is an M-Audio Delta 44 with 4 in/4out 1/4 inch plugs in a BOB.

If I go from Mic to dbx 286A to PC, then USB to Mackie… will this work? Also… how do I get my Digitech Effects Processor into the chain and control its levels?

This set-up would not use a single MIDI in or out on the Mackie. Is this do-able?

]]> By: ITEM REUBEN http://audio.tutsplus.com/tutorials/mixing-mastering/how-to-achieve-good-translation-in-your-mixes/#comment-25217 ITEM REUBEN Wed, 17 Jun 2009 02:01:57 +0000 http://audio.tutsplus.com/?p=1139#comment-25217 hello Mo, i've read through ur ''how to achieve good translation in ur mixes'' and am happy to read a little about this topic. am an electronic music producer got a room studio of my.am from Nigeria and i've been longing to further more in my audio engineering skills and i think this is the right source i can go through. it's a dream i need to acomplish.hoping to hear from u soonest. hello Mo,

i’ve read through ur ”how to achieve good translation in ur mixes” and am happy to read a little about this topic. am an electronic music producer got
a room studio of my.am from Nigeria and i’ve been longing to further more
in my audio engineering skills and i think this is the right source i can go through. it’s a dream i need to acomplish.hoping to hear from u soonest.

]]> By: Lee Richardson http://audio.tutsplus.com/tutorials/mixing-mastering/how-to-achieve-good-translation-in-your-mixes/#comment-22924 Lee Richardson Tue, 19 May 2009 14:22:11 +0000 http://audio.tutsplus.com/?p=1139#comment-22924 Great article Mo, thanks a lot. Whilst there's a lot of discussion on sound cards I've recently purchased a Edirol USB AudioCapture UA-25EX sound card (External interface) which set me back £175. (see it here http://www.rolandus.com/products/productdetails.aspx?ObjectId=970 ) Have you ever used one of these before and if so what is your take on it? It's doing a good job for me so i suppose thats all that matters. I just hope i made the right choice in selecting this card and didn't miss out on something better for that price? Thanks in advance Mo. Lee Great article Mo, thanks a lot.

Whilst there’s a lot of discussion on sound cards I’ve recently purchased a Edirol USB AudioCapture UA-25EX sound card (External interface) which set me back £175. (see it here http://www.rolandus.com/products/productdetails.aspx?ObjectId=970 )

Have you ever used one of these before and if so what is your take on it? It’s doing a good job for me so i suppose thats all that matters. I just hope i made the right choice in selecting this card and didn’t miss out on something better for that price?

Thanks in advance Mo.

Lee

]]> By: UPRISE TV http://audio.tutsplus.com/tutorials/mixing-mastering/how-to-achieve-good-translation-in-your-mixes/#comment-22088 UPRISE TV Wed, 13 May 2009 05:08:35 +0000 http://audio.tutsplus.com/?p=1139#comment-22088 gr8 advice -especially about not being disheartened if u find a system in which u don't like the sound. you can't win them all, esp. with a home setup. You just boosted some confidence in my mixes, good read! gr8 advice -especially about not being disheartened if u find a system in which u don’t like the sound. you can’t win them all, esp. with a home setup. You just boosted some confidence in my mixes, good read!

]]> By: Joe http://audio.tutsplus.com/tutorials/mixing-mastering/how-to-achieve-good-translation-in-your-mixes/#comment-19955 Joe Mon, 27 Apr 2009 00:33:13 +0000 http://audio.tutsplus.com/?p=1139#comment-19955 What if we are using Reason, how could you use mixers/interfaces What if we are using Reason, how could you use mixers/interfaces

]]> By: Ian D http://audio.tutsplus.com/tutorials/mixing-mastering/how-to-achieve-good-translation-in-your-mixes/#comment-16138 Ian D Tue, 07 Apr 2009 02:16:07 +0000 http://audio.tutsplus.com/?p=1139#comment-16138 Cheers Mo, a good all round view of it. I liked the point that you need to focus on the sounds from the get go. often I jump in an find hasty sounds to get the idea down and then get stuck wondering why my tracks sound lack lustre. Cheers Mo, a good all round view of it. I liked the point that you need to focus on the sounds from the get go. often I jump in an find hasty sounds to get the idea down and then get stuck wondering why my tracks sound lack lustre.

]]> By: Jason http://audio.tutsplus.com/tutorials/mixing-mastering/how-to-achieve-good-translation-in-your-mixes/#comment-14279 Jason Sat, 28 Mar 2009 06:04:08 +0000 http://audio.tutsplus.com/?p=1139#comment-14279 The first thing I thought of when you said "but I’ll play my song then play another song I like and it just sounds so crisp and perfect in terms of quality" was noise reduction. If you're recording a live instrument you might be getting some extra system or room noise that is building up in each of your tracks. I use Adobe Audition which has a pretty good noise reduction filter. In the filter, you select part of the track that has no instrument sound to use as the noise definition. Apply the filter and that track should sound much cleaner. I'm a new sound engineer, so maybe this isn't the correct way to do things. I'd assume a good quality signal cleaner component or tweaking the input levels would help start out with a good noise-free recording. The first thing I thought of when you said “but I’ll play my song then play another song I like and it just sounds so crisp and perfect in terms of quality” was noise reduction.

If you’re recording a live instrument you might be getting some extra system or room noise that is building up in each of your tracks. I use Adobe Audition which has a pretty good noise reduction filter. In the filter, you select part of the track that has no instrument sound to use as the noise definition. Apply the filter and that track should sound much cleaner.

I’m a new sound engineer, so maybe this isn’t the correct way to do things. I’d assume a good quality signal cleaner component or tweaking the input levels would help start out with a good noise-free recording.

]]> By: Ben http://audio.tutsplus.com/tutorials/mixing-mastering/how-to-achieve-good-translation-in-your-mixes/#comment-13969 Ben Wed, 25 Mar 2009 17:02:11 +0000 http://audio.tutsplus.com/?p=1139#comment-13969 Ofcourse it helped! :) THANK YOU! Now need to make a proper decision between Mackie Uni Pro and Akai for Ableton (www.ableton.com/touch) ... Mackie is 2x mose expensive... ufff , its hard. :) I don't know if I can use your patience more... will you recommend any cheap and good / solid active midi keyboard. Wide keys and 4 octaves?... Don't know if USB or MIDI connections.. I can handle both.. Thank you and thank you again. I don't know if you realize that our conversation is actually ready article for somebody who have some savings and want to start small home studio immediately. :) This is our list by now: 1 MacBook 2 Motu Ultralite 3 Audio-Technica headphones 4 Mackie Cntrl Universal Pro / Akai APC 40 5 Yamaha HS80M studio monitors 6.... <- midi keyboard 7.... <- anything else needed to start? Ciao! Ofcourse it helped! :)

THANK YOU!

Now need to make a proper decision between Mackie Uni Pro and Akai for Ableton (www.ableton.com/touch) …

Mackie is 2x mose expensive… ufff , its hard. :)

I don’t know if I can use your patience more… will you recommend any cheap and good / solid active midi keyboard. Wide keys and 4 octaves?…
Don’t know if USB or MIDI connections.. I can handle both..

Thank you and thank you again.

I don’t know if you realize that our conversation is actually ready article for somebody who have some savings and want to start small home studio immediately. :)

This is our list by now:

1 MacBook
2 Motu Ultralite
3 Audio-Technica headphones
4 Mackie Cntrl Universal Pro / Akai APC 40
5 Yamaha HS80M studio monitors

6…. <- midi keyboard
7…. <- anything else needed to start?

Ciao!

]]> By: Mo Volans http://audio.tutsplus.com/tutorials/mixing-mastering/how-to-achieve-good-translation-in-your-mixes/#comment-13662 Mo Volans Mon, 23 Mar 2009 13:34:47 +0000 http://audio.tutsplus.com/?p=1139#comment-13662 Yep there is two version of the MCU the older version and the new Pro version... they are pretty in operation and build to be honest. The new version has a few improvements, such as a tilted display and better jog wheel but the main difference is that the newer version uses a direct USB connection as its interface rather than MIDI sockets. This makes connection to your computer much easier. Both versions will control both your DAW and MOTU software mixer. When you switch from your DAW to the MOTU mixer the faders and display will just flip... I know this as one of my previous studios had this set up and it worked well. Hope this helps? Yep there is two version of the MCU the older version and the new Pro version… they are pretty in operation and build to be honest. The new version has a few improvements, such as a tilted display and better jog wheel but the main difference is that the newer version uses a direct USB connection as its interface rather than MIDI sockets. This makes connection to your computer much easier.

Both versions will control both your DAW and MOTU software mixer. When you switch from your DAW to the MOTU mixer the faders and display will just flip… I know this as one of my previous studios had this set up and it worked well.

Hope this helps?

]]> By: Ben http://audio.tutsplus.com/tutorials/mixing-mastering/how-to-achieve-good-translation-in-your-mixes/#comment-13652 Ben Mon, 23 Mar 2009 12:39:55 +0000 http://audio.tutsplus.com/?p=1139#comment-13652 Hey Mo! Thx a LOT fot your Re: Are there 2 different version of mackie ctrl universal ? The new one and the old one ? Which one will handle both - my MOTU and my ABLETON mixer ? I understand, that to control my internal MOTU mixer I need to use MIDI connection , right ? Thanks agian. Hey Mo!

Thx a LOT fot your Re:

Are there 2 different version of mackie ctrl universal ?
The new one and the old one ?
Which one will handle both – my MOTU and my ABLETON mixer ?

I understand, that to control my internal MOTU mixer I need to use MIDI connection , right ?

Thanks agian.

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