ZokZTM

Thanks Zo.... Good stuff, Maschine is now catching up with Akai MPC re auto sampling. 

5 hours ago, Zo said:

Are you able to do unbiased A/B while 5e B usually louder ? 

By the way curious to know how the plugin stacks against the hw , very few feedback on this ...

i had the hw on my radar for a mastering chain , then switched to neve mbp to finally stay itb and invest in uad system for conveniance ...

Mostly A / B - ing should be done gain matched otherwise record to DAW and gain adjust on playback for comparison.

I was so impressed by the Iron plugin that I did test it at the time versus the hw Iron. I thought I might as well sell the hardware... So, in my setup and test I did, I only remember thinking that there was no way I would sell the hardware (Iron) ever! I use it on my master bus.

Proper HW vs plugin tests for Comps & Eq's (and saturators) are rather depending on one's  personal system and configurations. Does one use WIFI - ETHERNET, what buffers sizes, Sampling rate, bit depth, converters, cables, power supplies, grounding etc...

I also think that for me going out (from Daw to analog hardware) at least once is very beneficial... I do it (go out to analog) at mixing stage and then do mastering ITB @ 384kHz / 192kHz on a PC.

Btw IRON is highly recommended plugin even if it costs 200 USD...

19 hours ago, Zo said:

Yep just really wished the would oversample a little on this one and do a full input output knobs without 2db incrementes ...

if i would have bougth the hw i would have been really bothered bout that !

Not problem what so ever. I have the hardware and you use +/- 2db  more as a colouring / drive tool... and a s always gain stage b4 and after if needed. There's a reason for this. SPL guys truly know what (electronics - pots switches) degrades the audio path! Also the 110v rail is awesome!

1 hour ago, James Foxall said:

Tantra is one of my absolute favorite plugins and I've had email conversations with Dmitry - nice guy!

I have both v1 and v2 but I use v1 - I prefer the colorful and imaginative GUI to the PA version. 

You can do some REALLY cool things with this plugin!

Yes great plugin indeed! 

2 hours ago, Zo said:

at least this one has a lot of ports ... Using Apple laptops with a hub : how does it works nowdays ? (back in day it was a suicide with usb , but with thunderbolt , this might work great , any feedback about that) 

It works great on Mbook M1 pro!

11 hours ago, Fleer said:

Would a similar tonal/transient split compressor make sense as a mixing or mastering duo with SplitEQ?
Does anything resembling such a split comp even exist? 

Absolutely it would make sense indeed. I think it would work great, maybe even beyond that, if such product was to be made by a knowledgeable developer! As Eventides Omnipressor is an excellent product I trust if they make SplitCOMP it would be awesome. Speaking of which I should send this request directly to my Eventide contact!

In the meantime, using multiband limiting / compression / expansion is the 2nd best thing. DMG Limiltess + Multiplicity are imho the best - most flexible choices. Use them all the time.

4 hours ago, Zo said:

Yep a very inspiring and beautyfull tools.

I always thougth that culure is the most accessible way of fist contact and link betwén people , of course this the first thing that have been labeled non essential , go figure why .... 

I m always amazed by some instruments , scales , techniques , articulations ect ...

Absolutely!!! Maybe this time around I should finally get it myself 🙂

1 hour ago, Reid Rosefelt said:

 

The VO dialog leans very heavily to the right channel. Again, it should be at the centre 🙂

10 minutes ago, Reid Rosefelt said:

Grem, this was the problem with the first video.  But since then, I've addressed it.  

I can see that the original audio is always louder on the right in the original tracks in Premiere.  So I separate the tracks in Audacity and balance them in Cubase.  When I put the new mix back in Premiere, the meters go from their previous state of being louder on the right to being essentially even.  In all my years as a musician, I have never put as much attention to a close study of the balance between left and right.  I have to trust what I see in Cubase and Premiere.

Something isn't right then, your audio definitely isn't centred and it should be... Sorry just want to help you track the problem. Use headphones not just eyes .-)

4 minutes ago, fret_man said:

Thank you for doing these, Reid. Maybe it's my slow brain, but the photos and movie titles flash by too quickly for me.

I agree with this statement I would suggest a minimum 5 sec slide (pict) or title length in a fast paced narrative. In this case probably even 7 sec (or perhaps even more, with a slow zoom in/out) would be a good compromise especially as the narrative is a talking head :-). It would engage the audience more into the story told.
 

20 hours ago, simon said:

You should keep the glasses on - adds gravitas

I agree with @simon... definitely keep the glasses!

Just now, PavlovsCat said:

But the video only had two thumbs ups when  I  watched this morning,  so we need to step up our thumbs up game.

I'm doing it as I write this!

Hi @Reid Rosefelt sorry I missed this tread so far,  did notice it, but it slipped due to the lack of time.

And sorry if any of comments here are dealt with or are out of place, as I didn't have the chance to read through the whole tread (yet).

I will try to help. First the video and the glasses reflection.

• Angling your glasses downwards a bit
• Positioning your soft light as high as possible and to the side (even ceiling mounting and quite close to the subject is ok)
• Lifting camera a bit higher and to the opposite side than light
• Possibly still additionally use circular polariser filters for the lens and for the lights (sometimes it helps and sometimes not - depends on the angle of lens to the glasses)

I searched for you further and found this:

The simple solution is to pose your subject so that the reflection from the glasses lies outside the family of angles with respect to the camera

https://strobist.blogspot.com/2006/04/lighting-101-lighting-for-glasses.html

Now for the sound part:

No matter what acoustic place you have at hand, use hyper-cardioid or shotgun mics and then as close as you can to the subject. My preferable distance 30 -60 cm (would that be 1 to 2 feet?)

Those mics are designed for dialog captures in any kind of environment, and by watching your video, my guess is - you will be fine!

My suggestion is buy once cry once: Audio Technica AT 4053B

If possible don't record in to the cameras mic-pre / line in. Use your best mic pre and DAW to capture the VO recordings. Use simple 'on camera' clap to sync in post audibly and visually. Camera's built in microphone as a scratch audio track only!

Remember,  dialog (or VO for that matter) is like a solo instrument. Spend some time and give your love to it, you'll be awarded back in multiples 🙂

And as the dialog is the most important part of any movie, doc or commercial, so it is in YT video. It must be in a centre channel.

So one will need to do some post production to the project and one should be more than happy to do so, because once you put your materials to the YouTube, they are there to stay... They are your Business card - your ID 🙂

One can make shorter and faster videos but I still think if you love what you do you own it to yourself to do it ''good''. It is your product at the end and you should care otherwise you might just do something else. That is my MOTO at least. There's no shortcut to success, just a lot of hard work in the process, with uncertain outcome (smells like  music business itself  🙂).

Also at some point in the future, when things get going, you can consider a big TV for the screen background (82 inches and above). In that way you could always change the background picture that would be appropriate to the topic presented. You might have few reflection problems there as well, but with some care and pretty much the same principal as per above it could work extremely well and give an additional value to your production (which I think it deserves!)

I'm super happy to advice you further if you need, just contact me via my web page www.finspire.art ... or send me a PM here.

And btw in this video that was kindly posted here by @Zo it took 3 hours of preparation, 4-5 hours of recording session and two weeks of editing and post-production (different type of material but still - it is always worth it in the end!).

Love from Finlandia!

17 hours ago, ZokZTM said:

 

This is a really great idea and we could also offer a helping hand to everyone who has a need for video making within our community! 

@cclarry @Zo @Fleer any idea how would we approach in organising such a share broadcast - sub forum?

43 minutes ago, Zo said:

People don t know what it take to make those videos , easy when the containt and editing is all over and short or when thing scripted but still ... keep it going we really have a great community of content creators around here , and a share broadcast will be great to implemented on a regular basis imho ....

This is a really great idea and we could also offer a helping hand to everyone who has a need for video making within our community! 

3 hours ago, kevin H said:

I own all plugins including spliteq and it’s still $39 for me. Don’t get it. I know others said they are in same situation. 

That's weird!

6 hours ago, Fleer said:

Yep, I’m only missing SplitEQ and SP2016 (but I’ve got it’s iconic Stereo Room algo) so I’m good. No need to upgrade for little old me. 

Dear Fleer! SplitEq is one of my favourite releases last year... it is simply awesome 🙂

9 hours ago, Zo said:

It's not because it's @ZokZTM  it's just an exellent video pleasing to watch !!!!

A lot of usefull infos no matter the experience (i didn't knew the trick with airwindows to convert to 64 bits float for exemple) 

 

 

 

Thank you Zo!!! I feel honoured and am very grateful for you kind words and support. It took quite some time to make 🙂

2 hours ago, cclarry said:

$148

https://8dio.com/instrument/cage-bundle/

it was 75$ not so long ago... If you are into aleatoric fx it is a good library to have... Unfortunately I'm not 🙂

7 hours ago, Zo said:

Same here , it was os fun and direct to produce oin a Fantom back then , looking for sound , play , record , next ....i still do it like that itb but Roland Korg sounds were so much more musical than 80 % of softwares nowdays , because preset were made by musicians !!

Cannot agree more, still have Roland Fantom 8 ( FA 08 previous generation) and Roland Integra 7. Extremely playable stuff.

2 minutes ago, mibby said:

Good point.

...BUT, do they have motorized knobs??   (OK, get your minds out of the gutter guys!)  It's pretty cool to watch the fader(s) move as you play through a song.  😁

yes I love it... especially the noise they create... keeps the groove going 🙂

9 minutes ago, mibby said:

I don't know if this helps or not, but I found a like-new original FaderPort last year on Reverb.com for like $67!! I have been absolutely loving it for switching screens, transport functions, and mostly doing automations.  It's been great.

...Then I saw a Michael Brauer tutorial and he was "playing the song" and doing multiple automation moves with his 16 channel controller at the same time.   😕

PS. If you're going to get a controller, you HAVE to have faders!  😁

Half true... because if your background is in synth programming and live performance (with synths and controllers), then knobs will feel more natural to use for certain automatisations... at least for me... but one can of course adjust. I love my big knobs on Hydrasynth for that!

14 minutes ago, kevin H said:

For $29 hahah

minus monthly 25$ loyalty voucher

28 minutes ago, kevin H said:

Don’t have much to contribute other than I like the combined version with wooden frame.  Maybe some day

 

NICE!!!