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Hi guys, I know this is off the usual topics, but I'm sure there are people on here with experience in studio building who can help. So, I'm sitting here in my living room and I can hear my neighbor beneath me skyping his family back home, and I would like to NOT hear him. I own my apartment which is on two floors, but the one beneath us is rented. The guy who lived there when we moved in was silent as a mouse. She's when we did the renovations, I laid new laminate floors with a good, but not special, underlay because I thought there was no issue with sound. Then a year or two ago a couple moved in. Initially all was good... Then they started hosting their extended family in the one bedroom apartment...then the loud music started. I had to do a serious soundproofing job on a partition wall above their kitchen which was acting like an amplifier. I used weighted vinyl and green glue for the job, and it worked. I highly recommend the product. However... Now, the issue is with his voice in the living room. I'm considering taking up our laminate flooring and adding something to block the sounds coming up.... And that is where I need help. Most products on the market are concerned with sounds passing down (footfalls etc..) but few discuss blocking voices rising up. I've considered heavy vinyl sheeting, but I've been wondering... Has anyone ever used 'lead' sheeting for sound proofing? I know that lead is a great sound proofer because it's inert. But I've never seen anyone mention it as underfloor insulation. Any suggestions? Ideas? Cheers guys

Is that the AT2020? I've got the USB version, and I must say - I don't like it for vocals. I don't know about the AXR version, but the USB one has some kind of internal compression going on which works great for podcasting or zoom calls, but makes vocals too bassy in songs for my liking.

That'll be the RVA download. ? Hope you sort it out soon. ?

I have to add, though I like the sound and the layout of this plugin, it does seem to be glitchy as hell. I would strongly advise anyone against loading it into their next project 'before' saving everything. Unfortunately, it has already crashed a project mid-way through, making me lose a fair amount of unsaved edits. It also doesn't seem to render in Sound Forge, and I'm yet to get it to render in a CbB project; this alone makes it useless in a production. So, despite my early enthusiasm, I cannot use this with any reliabilty in projects - I eagerly await a fix. Shame really.

Good guy gesture.

Thanks Kurt, Listening back to it, I'm really not pleased with the sound - I'm going to take it down and rework it some more. Thanks for the advice.

I just started using D'addario strings. Swapped from my previous go to strings because I found them too bright. I totally agree with you there. I prefer a played in feel.

An attempt to mix styles. Folk guitar, Italian folk themes, and soundscapes. Straight if, I think it might be a bit heavy on the compression. All feedback appreciated.

Just a quick heads up - if you are thinking of registering only Objeq Delay and not Lounge Lizard etc because you plan to resell the serial numbers, you can't...... when you get your package from Humble Bundle it contains only one code for everything in the package. Once that code is entered, everything in the bundle is resistered to your account. I don't know what AAS's policy is on transfering serial numbers. Perhaps someone on here have experience with that.

I've reworked and updated this acoustic track. Love to hear what you think of the results. Cheers!

Only crit I have of this, is that it sounds a bit like you are being sarcastic. I would suggest listening to Ron Sexsmith's Wishing Well. He handles this type of theme incredibly well on the album Retriever.

Beautiful work - lovely production. Was this recorded in a studio or by yourselves? Best of luck with this - you deserve to do well.

Mid section vocals are sounding better than the beginning and end. Are you using a stage mic such as an SM58? If so, I think because you pulled your head back from the mic). It sounds to me like you are singning too close to the mic which is creating too much bass. I would suggest taking the bass frequencies out of the vocals (use a multiband eq before a multiband compressor on the vocal strip and experiment with taking down the frequencies until you isolate the problem, then use the multiband compressor to compress down the harsher ones and final an additional stage of compression to smooth it all out. There are some great moments in the song - got that ACDC vibe to it.

Thanks everyone - very valuable input form you all. I don't have a great studio setup - do my mixing by headphones - so I'll go back and tame the basses @Bajan Blue Out of interest @jack c. did you find the quantizing problematic throughout or more at the beginning? I noticed myself the beginning seems a bit off but felt it levelled out later in the mix. @kurt soderquist I'm tending more towards muffled these days (the piano is felted and the guitar is down tuned which takes a lot of harshness out of the strings) as I find the harsher eq guitar sounds of modern mixes grate on my ears - I might be suffering from Misophonia though as certain sounds trigger anxiety in me - so while I was post mastering, I ran it through a variety of izotope presets, and all the high-end eq stuff left me cold. Perhaps it's just me, but I like mixes where it feels like a slipping into a warm bath. I am aware that this is my problem though. @mark skinner I've always loved fret noises in mixes - it lets you know that the person playing is human, and not a UJAM instrument. Also, if you slide the frets in time, they can become percussive.

A down-tempo track that captures my current mood. Think True Detective theme music without lyrics. All live instrument overdubs except for two drum sounds. The guitar is in an alt tuning of my own creation (trade secret). It's nothing ground-breaking. But I like the vibe.

If you say it's 'ok' I think I'll pass on this one. I've got enough 'ok' stuff on my computer to last several lifetimes. Thanks for sharing.

I'd just like to say that Applied Acoustics were really cool about supporting old Sonar customers. Good on 'em. I first got Strum and Lounge Lizard bundled with Sonar, and after the Gibson uncoupling AAS gave Sonar users the possibilty to switch to full versions (unlinked to Sonar) for FREE. This means that I have never directly paid them for any of their products, and they still provide me with updates. This was really cool of them, especially as other companies (not to name anyone) deserted Sonar users at the end, leaving them with old legacy (and possibly unsafe) software. So, hats off to AAS.

Does it work outside of the Harrison daw?

I just can't get any of their stuff to show up on my account. I've got a Steinberg account, When I try to get the free instruments, it says 'check your email for link' but the email never comes. I've tried using two different emails. Nothing gets through. Huh!

I use it all the time for alt tunings. And best of all, you can save your own.

Ozone 9 standard for 79 euro? Would that be a good deal?

...and that is why no women hang out on music message boards. ?

Doh! Now i remember. ? You already told me that. Blame it on the wine.

I'm going to try demo versions before committing to registering licenses. This year I got the Acoustica bundle on Humble Bundle with Pianissimo included. I went ahead and installed everything before checking the small print only to find out later that you can't transfer the license. I have about 20 better pianos than theirs, but I can't even give it away now. Same with all the Magix stuff. I accidentally registered two Studio licenses by magix and I can't de-license them. I'm good at throwing my money away.

You turned that frown around very quickly. ?