What are some good vocal chains and plugins for these type of vocals? I’ll link some examples of what I’m referring to I’ve been trying to get this sound but I’m not sure how to achieve it I have good delivery when it comes to vocals I just can’t seem to get the tone down, I feel like I’m using the wrong type of effects with it or have the effects in a wrong order of such any help would be appreciated!

This is the example

Was listening to this Song and wanted to figure out what the timing of that echo was. I've used valhalla Delay and the closest timing I got was 1/8 Dotted [L] and 1/4 Triplet [R] on the pingpong mode but its still missing that pause and swing effect like example (Dum - Pause, dumdum - Swing) <-- how im hearing it but repeated when listening to it. Its kinda like theres 3 echos in a way which are playing off each other. Anyone know how I can aceive the exact timing?

TL;DR: Looking for which handheld audio recorder is best to pair with a condenser mic to record high frequency sounds (8000 Hz +) in a noisy environment like street level, that won't just have those noises washed out when mics are too sensitive

Hello! To begin with, I am a novice to this field and am trying to learn what I can about recording and audio eng to try to solve a really odd specific problem. I appreciate any guidance you may have

I began hearing a piercing, shrill, high pitched sound in my apartment as of a couple months ago that is continuous, and loudest in the evenings. I've been here for 3 yrs and the sound started suddenly without warning. To demonstrate to my landlord that the sound exists (he says he can't hear it), and to try to locate the source of the sound, I have been trying to find a way to best capture it in a .wav file and then run it through a software like Audacity to generate a spectrogram.

I have used the following combinations:

• laptop + USB calibrated mic (Umik miniDSP, sample rate 48k Hz)

• audio interface (Scarlett) + condenser mic (Monoprice 600700)

• Zoom H4N portable recorder + condenser mic (Monoprice 600700)

running most of these at the 44, 48, or 96k (for Zoom) sample rate

I then ran the recordings through Audacity, and captured constant, highly visible, and occasionally pulsing high frequencies in various ranges. There were several in the 19000-21000 Hz range, a constant one in the 9000 Hz range, and then various ones in the 10,000 - 17,000 Hz range.

Here is an imgur album of some of the recordings, where the brighter colours indicate louder volume: https://imgur.com/a/dZYdT7N

In almost all of them there is either a continuous, or pulsing sound at the 10kHz ish range.

I've had no luck trying to find the source of the sound. Even when I shut the breaker off to my suite and unplug everything electronic, the sound persists, so it is either external (from another suite), or from outside, or from the electrical wiring in my home.

I am trying to see if I can detect the sound's source by recording in different areas. I tried recording outside, but with street noise my mic just got overwhelmed, as you can see in picture 3 of the imgur link.

I am looking to rent a recorder again to try to record at night when it is quieter, but am not sure if the Zoom H4N is adequate for the sample rate I need or the mic specificity. Is there a recorder that would be better for focusing on the high frequency noises? I am wondering how recordings are done in noisy environments like concerts for example, and any settings configurations i should consider.

The persistent presence of the sound has been giving me massive migraines and what seems to be tinnitus developing. I can't really use my ears to localize the sound anymore, this audio from youtube sounds the closest to the noise that i hear (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMNa8yqUEbE&t=4s&ab\_channel=TestTones ) , except at a much higher volume.

Landlord denies there is a sound since he can't hear it, city/hydro company won't investigate as they believe it must be internal to my building, telecomm company (I live 40 ft from a cell tower) also won't investigate as i can't demonstrate the sound comes from there

I am hoping by being able to record outside i can narrow down the potential source of the sound, and see if i can try to get it addressed so i can get some sleep and not have perpetual ringing in my ears.

[I recognize that the easiest solution for me may be to just move, but that is currently not possible for me as rents have drastically risen in my area (average one bedroom is about $2700/month, I pay $1800). I am actively looking for something I can afford but my hope is that I can find the source of this noise as it didn't exist the first 2 years I lived here. I've tried earplugs, white noise, brown noise, fan, ear muffs, ANC, etc and nothing fully blocks this out]

Thank you

I have an RME ADI-2 pro fs that I use as a dac and I need to know what bit depth it is working in. I can easily see and set buffer size and sample rate from the madiface drivers, but using system audio, it looks like I only have the option of 16 and 24 bit outputs. Ideally, I’d like to utilize the full 32bits output that it offers, especially when mixing.

Is there a viable way to test/see this?

I think I ask this once a year in here. What’s something you bought and basically had buyers remorse a week later?

It was on sale months ago, and I liked what it did on a drum bus, so I bought. In the months after, I thought I'd made a mistake...trying it more and more on the mix bus, it sounded too aggressive and it brought a lot of bottom roundness...ultimately, not really what I go for on the mix buss.

The dunce that I am, I finally set it to 1.5-2, slowest attack and quickest release, and WOW. Other than the extra fullness/tone it brings (which I'm liking now), it might be one of the smoothest sounding mix bus comps I have - at least the comp characteristics, anyway. Loving it.

TL Audio Ivory C5021 or the art Pro vla ? I've seen a lot of youtubers promoting the art Pro vla, not many talking about the tl audio ivory c5021 Anybody have experience with these budget friendly valve compressors ?

I stumbled on this vocal mic and i like its warm and rich sound but I've never seen it before

I know it’s optimal to have some distance between your monitors/the wall. I’m wondering if this rule applies to treatment. I.e. if I put some gobo type panels between the wall and the back of my monitors do they count as ‘the wall’?

Hi, I’m a live stage sound engineer at a local theater house of mine. I work there every weekend as needed and dedicated a lot of time and effort to the job, making sure I work 10 hours each weekend I work there. It started out as an internship, but I would really liked to be paid in the future but my boss says that is a very small opportunity and that I would have to work my way up. I want to least make some money/profit specifically doing music jobs but I can’t find any and I don’t have any ideas. Should I quit this job and try to find another one or stick with it in the long run?

This is mostly for Americans in this sub—posting this after getting into a heated debate in a comment section in another thread. Since what recording is inherently helps someone create a copy of a thought or idea that could be potentially spread more easily then if it wasn’t recorded do you think it falls under free speech and its protections? Have you ever worked with an artist, podcaster, politician, voiceover artist, etc. that really rubbed you the wrong way? What did you end up doing? Personally I’ve worked with soneone who I fundamentally disagreed with yet I still believed they had the right to be recorded. Even at my internship at the too studio in the city a right-wing politician came in who was running against who everyone present in that session was voting for but we showed him the same respect as any other client. Would love to hear everyone’s opinions and stories from their own careers

In the car I hear what the bass really sounds like. At home I have no idea. Do I need a subwoofer or is there another solution?
I need to watch videos about subwoofers. Does it make sense when I have the wall right in front of me?

Also i probably need another Interfaxe too?

Pretty curious to the service and the pros and cons of spending on their credits for reserved gear usage vs spending money on a local studio with hardware selection.

I’m a massive ITB mixing/mastering advocate, but I think it would be a lot of fun to do some mastering and finalizing with hardware for a particular piece of work and am considering options, and wouldn’t mind doing the finalizing in a room I’m already used to.

Tried searching the sub and found very few conversations from years ago

Any opinions?

I'm looking for a compact and affordable solution to reduce sibilance in live scenarios. I found two models, and I'm curious about people's experiences and opinions on them. Are they effective?

What do you think could be some innovative Plugins that will come out in the future? Without wanting to offend anyone but I feel we don't need another LA2A emulation. AI mastering is kind of a thing already and will probably be improved. I am interested in what you see coming! (Maybe fields of audio manipulation that are only becoming possible now..)

Hello everyone,

I'm doing foley sound of a movie scene. At one point, the main character holds the door handle and opens the door. Can any of you give a sound that sounds similar to a door handle.

Hey guys,

I tried to eq my Sennheiser HD 580 Precision to the Harman curve. I'm using the https://autoeq.app/ website, there's a preset for the phones with Equalizer APO, and I just copied all the values into Fabfilter so I can have it in my DAW and not just on Windows. (I'm also using Equalizer APO with the downloaded curve for normal listening.)

The results are super weird - very boomy, with some high mids cut off, and the difference in general is huge. When I compare the result on my phones (eq turned on) with my monitors (with the eq turned off), it sounds just too different. I guess I can just play around with the eq settings to get a better result, but honestly I'm not yet a pro, and I'm only doing it because my problem to begin with is translation - I mix with too little bass and tiny bit too less of low mids and a bit too much high mids. So it's getting really confusing.

What would you suggest in this case? Maybe use those Harman settings but tame them, and try to mix and check on other systems until I feel I get better translation? (probably gonna be a long process...)

There's always the option to get better headphones of course, but to my understanding they should probably also be rebalanced to the Harman curve anyways?

P.S I can't really trust my monitors regarding low end since room isn't treated, that's why I need my headphones for mixing as well

Thanks a lot in advance! Appreciate any input

Fairly certain most people who spend any time on social media have probably seen the buzz around the artist Mk.gee, specifically the song “Are You Looking Up”

To me, the mix sounds real weird and seems to clip several times? I’m not real good at knowing exactly what’s happening in a mix from a technical perspective all the time, but it feels very dark and unbalanced to me. I feel like if I, a random artist with 250 monthlies, posted that mix for feedback I’d get a long list of edit notes!

It’s got a cool vibe for sure and right now it seems to be a hugely successful song.

Kind of makes me think about how the vibe of a song is, obviously, maybe the most important aspect? Do people really care how a mix sounds that much if they’re just vibing to the song?

Obviously this song was produced, mixed, and mastered to exactly what the goal was since it was, well, put out as it was and I’m in literally zero position to critique.

It kind of makes me wonder if big artists have a little more leniency to release a song with weird/bad mixes for the sheer fact that they’re an established name. Or, again, if people literally don’t actually care that much as long as it resembles familiar music enough?

Just curious what the professionals here think. Is it a weird mix they decisively put out? Am I an idiot and it’s a good mix?

Hey all, weird question. I'm working with a client who's trying to install microphones on the outside of his house, near bird feeders to hear all the birdsong over speakers inside the house. I'm hoping to find reasonably good-sounding microphones that can be mounted outdoors indefinitely - I've seen various security and intercom microphones that seem like they might do the trick, but without buying and auditioning them all, I really have no idea what level of fidelity they'll provide.

Anyone have any ideas, or prior experience with weatherproof, installable microphones?

I’ve been recording vocals with a microphone borrowed from an old band member and they’re coming over to take it back soon. It’s the valvet x by brauner. Obviously it’s a fantastic microphone but I don’t have the money to replace it. The recordings will mostly be acoustic rock based, more often quiet than loud, and ideally something with relatively low self noise.

Any opinions you have would hugely helpful.

Hi guys, I’ve recorded my band with audiofuse studio interface with an external audient 8channel pre, wired via adat. What I found in the recorded tracks is that they are not in sync each other, in particular the multi mics I’ve put on the same instrument are not in phase bit they have the same distance and the same angle and the same everything. And the problem is also that the phase shift vary along the song. Anyone know the problem? Thank you in advance

like, do they just really like ford truck month music? are they making it specifically for a commercial?

its like the songs i hear in netflix reality shows. the songs sound like youd only ever hear them in a reality show and nowhere else.

Looking to get some opinions; what is the solo interface that is most likely to last quite some time without needing work or a replacement?

Whats the worst/cheapest sounding but yet cool reverb unit/pedal you've ever heard of? Love it.

Edit: In the schroeder reverb style

Can be production too. Can also be objectively rather than your favorite or both.

Alice In Chains Facelift is sounding pretty damn nice.

Hi

I have read some of the qualifications an audiobook producer need like:

• being highly literate
• strong interpersonal skills
• knowing my DAW
• budgeting
• helping the narrator to bring life to the text

How do I start to be qualified for that kind of job ? What kind of projects can I start with on my own to have some portfolio to show ? What else should I know for that ?

Trying to emulate the filter curves of the Spirit Folio series from Soundcraft digitally. From reading the manuals I know the mid band’s Q is 1.5 (they seem to keep this Q to this day). I’m wondering if anyone knows the Q factor for the shelves?

Here’s the curves from the manual if it helps at all. If anyone would like to do a frequency response for the curves, please be my guest as I do not own a Soundcraft desk.

Many thanks!

I hope this is the right sub to place this. I want someone's laugh to be made quieter in this hilarious video.

Waves is having a buy 2 get 2 plugins free sale right now. If you had to pick just 4 plugins what would you pick?

Yesterday i posted a thread about my song being sh*t on phone speakers, the problem was a boost of 3.25db on 18khz. I removed the MB chain and raised the volume of the drums/guitar which makes it sound like this

Now i feel like the ‘punk sound’ is gone without the MB… any tips to make it sound fuller?