I’ve tried it a bunch of times now after watching the original video from AU5 and it’s definitely come up with some awesome results! I want to try it with melodic stuff next like vocals could be like vocal chopping but even more random to create some cool melodies from samples in your song’s key…tons of fun ideas to be had here 😊

@@benjaminwlang writing is very much like therapy! :) it’s not a replacement for someone who knows what they’re doing, but it’s the practice of asking questions and expanding on concepts, which if you apply that to yourself and your own situations, can be really healthy and helpful. Journaling is also a great way to do this 🙂

@@StarOasis26 that’s a great question! If you’re lowering the volume of the references, it becomes a bit of a guessing game how much you actually lower the volume…Also, now you’re essentially changing the reference volume based on your demo, versus using the reference to make changes to your demo! So what I personally do, and what I would recommend, is turn your own mix up to match your reference 🙂 put a limiter so you’re not clipping. This will help you compare apples to apples in terms of loudness and then you can adjust as needed! 🤘🏽 hope this helps! - nick

@@sounds-sights ok good to know, a limiter. Thanks !

Why not? 🙂

Yes, for the most part! The only thing you’d be missing is the attack and release settings, and it’s easier to “solo” the bands with the multiband version, but you can totally do most of it with pro-q 🤘🏽

@@sounds-sights keep doing what you're doing. You're dropping some good gems. Maybe we can collaborate on some music one day too

@@DeltaZones10 KZbin shorts only lets me post 60 seconds 😭😭 the original video is 3 minutes where I show both, I’ll add a follow up and tag you :)

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Any update on the sound? I was also thinking of trying it out on my UAD Apollo

hey there! which part did you mean? so the multiband compressor does most of the work, the only things that you would need to adjust are the threshold mostly (when does the compressor kick in) and the attack / release settings (how quickly it starts reducing volume once it hears something that goes above the threshold, and how quickly it returns the volume to baseline after the volume is below the threshold) I just set to quickest attack, and quickest release for this - other than those knobs, no automation needed! let me know if this helps!

Agreed. He also stated that these are starting points.

there are definitely problems that dynamic resonance plugins like deres or soothe are really good at solving, like when there's a specific resonant frequency or two that are making the vocal sound harsh or otherwise unbalanced. but in my experience if the vocal is generally well recorded, but the problem is there's just too much difference between the bright parts and the rest of the vocal (too much dynamic range), solving that with deres is a bit indirect vs. broad treatment with a mulitband compressor, or even just a normal compressor. it'll probably work, but it might sound less "natural" since all of those other frequencies are what makes a persons' voice sound like their voice, and it's way easier to screw that up with a tool that's designed to mess with those relationships at a really fine grained level. hope this helps!

now wait just one goddamn minute! are you... telling me... if I copy a melody for the purpose of practicing writing lyrics... it won't result in a unique melody?!?!? are you sure???? wow crazy. this is clearly meant for brainstorming and writing lyrics, not coming up with melodies.

If the goal of the exercise was to create unique melodies, then you’d be right! But the goal is to create unique lyrics from nothing, something that a lot of songwriters struggle with. After that’s taken care of, you can play around with the melody a bit more and see what suits the lyrics of the new song and the mood best 🤓

Thank you very much I appreciate your kind words! Lots of practice 🤓

Hahaha, I do aim to be a calming presence when it comes to music because it can be stressful sometimes when you really care about your art and things are new and unfamiliar or don’t go the way you expect! Just here to help :)

I think mix engineers are also artists, and as such each have a "style”. So that’s where it’s a bit on the artist to do their research. Check out the mix engineer person’s previously mixed songs. And I’m not saying a mix engineer that usually specializes in tearout dubstep can’t mix a jazz track…but…..🤣

But def in that case some constructive feedback would be required 🔨

🤣 no promises. The funny thing is right behind me I have a 3500 dollar Manley microphone but this is just what was in my hands when I had this thought 🤷🏼‍♀️

Heck yeah glad you liked it!

hey! great question - so if you're just starting off, I'd probably try 10 minutes of one technique to keep the focus since 10 minutes isn't a ton of time. try each of them maybe each day trying a different technique just to get a feel for which ones you like. for me, practically using this everyday, I kind of just go with the flow and whichever one kind of feels most natural in the moment is the one that I go to - or if I'm feeling like I'm running into a wall, will pivot to the other! don't worry there's no getting this "wrong" so whatever works for you is what you should do! but as a general guide, start simpler, and then as you get more comfortable with the different techniques, use them as you see fit. hope this helps! - nick

that's so interesting! yeah there are plenty of things especially in english that don't quite translate exactly and you've found a great example here haha

Of course I remember g sweaty guy!! You’re my OG! 🤓 and I’ve been taking a little break from streaming so you didn’t miss much but I’m back so glad to have you, you’re welcome anytime 🤘🏽

I came for the content and fell in love with the guy 😂❤

Im also curious to know about this