Emu XL-7 & MP-7 User's Group

this group is extremely helpful and knowledgable.  so thanx to all on here.  my 
rig at my house does not include a computer.  so i cannot analyze 
frequencies.   would i be better off getting Sound Forge, or Fruity LoopS(as 
earlier suggested for graphing frequencies) or is there some piece of 
equipment i can buy that will cut frequencies off for me.  dont laugh, but for a 
long time i thought that, that was what a compressor did(solely).  see i ahve a 
huge problem with my apartment.  i am on a 3rd fl in a house, and my ceilings 
have wierd angles, and there are all these little pockets and part where the 
wall goes back and foot or 2.. point being  my bass gets trapped everywhere.  
it rings really really really deep in some pockets, but in front of my speakers its 
no where near this deep.  i am moving very very soon, but right now i am 
kinda screwed on my mix downs.   right now i know there is nothig to do about  
this.  so is there such a thing as an external frequency "blocker", or do i need 
to bite the bullet and bring my computer into the mix?







--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "biz" <biz@g...> wrote:
> 
> 
> >     1) I don't know if this is current mixing theory, though I have heard
> that everything below
> >100 or 150 Hz should be panned dead center.  This clears up phase 
problems
> that exist in different
> >listening environments which might otherwise cancel out certain bass
> frequencies.
> >
> >notes.  Then he runs the kick drum through 2,000 watts of subwoofer.  Yup,
> you read that
> >correctly, the kick drum is the only thing in the sub 200 Hz range that's
> getting amplified.
> >Therefore it doesn't get muddied up by anything else.  Since the bass
> guitar is doing a lot of
> >stuff right along with the kick drum, it sounds like the bass guitar has
> all that punch.
> 
> When mastering tracks, I roll off anything under 40hz. You can't hear it, or
> even feel it.  Audio below this level takes up a >massive<  amount of
> energy, which you can then use to normalize the audible freuqencies louder
> without reducing dynamic range.
> 
> >     3) The art of mastering is all about creating space for everything to
> exist.  If you really
> >care about getting the highest quality sound (and if you have the bucks)
> you owe it to yourself to
> >send your stuff to a pro.  Not only do they have hundreds of thousands of
> dollars invested in gear
> >(gives me a woody just thinking about it all), they also have thousands of
> hours behind the wheel
> >so to speak.  Failing that, read everything you can and keep your hands
> light on the controls.
> 
> Make sure you know who you are sending the stuff to, and that the know 
your
> music.
> 
> 
> bIz
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