#audio mixing tools

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Explore the best music production programs to create professional-quality audio tracks. Learn about powerful tools like Ableton Live, FL Studio, Logic Pro X, and more. These programs cater to beginners and experts alike, offering features for composing, recording, editing, and mixing music. Whether you're crafting beats or producing full soundtracks, these software options are perfect for your music production needs.

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Mastering Sonic Excellence: Explore Lexicon PCM Total Bundle for Unparalleled Audio Processing

Lexicon PCM Total Bundle: A Comprehensive Suite of Professional Audio Processing Tools

Explore the pinnacle of audio processing with the Lexicon PCM Total Bundle, a meticulously crafted collection of premium plugins designed to elevate your sound to new heights. Immerse yourself in a world of unparalleled reverbs, delays, and effects that have defined the industry standard for decades. From the lush and expansive reverberations to the precise and intricate delays, each plugin within the PCM Total Bundle is a testament to Lexicon's legacy of excellence in audio engineering. Unleash the power of iconic Lexicon algorithms on your recordings, bringing forth a sonic richness and depth that will transform your music production experience. Whether you're a seasoned professional or an aspiring artist, the Lexicon PCM Total Bundle is your gateway to a world of sonic possibilities, ensuring your music stands out with clarity, dimension, and brilliance. Elevate your audio production game with the unmatched quality and sophistication of Lexicon's PCM Total Bundle.

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Ableton Live 11.3.10 Suite Download

Ableton Live 11.3.10 Suite represents the pinnacle of digital music production software, offering an unparalleled creative environment for musicians, producers, and DJs. This latest version builds upon Ableton's legacy of innovation and versatility, delivering a comprehensive toolkit that empowers users to craft music with precision and spontaneity.

Live 11.3.10 Suite offers a wide array of virtual instruments, effects, and sound libraries, allowing artists to explore new sonic horizons and experiment with diverse musical genres. Its intuitive interface streamlines the production process, making it accessible for both beginners and professionals. Live's Session View facilitates live performances and jamming sessions, while the Arrangement View offers meticulous control over your compositions.

This download includes a vast library of sounds, including synths, samplers, and acoustic instruments, along with cutting-edge audio effects. Additionally, the Suite version includes Max for Live, enabling users to create their own custom devices and expand their sonic palette even further.

With its continual updates and enhancements, Ableton Live 11.3.10 Suite is the ultimate choice for those seeking a dynamic, creative, and professional music production solution.

[chris-ostkreuz]

The benefits of digital tools in music production

The Benefits of Digital Tools in Music Production Welcome to the future of music production, where the only thing standing between you and your next chart-topping hit is your imagination (and maybe a little bit of talent). Gone are the days when you needed a million-dollar studio, a team of sound engineers, and a whole lot of patience to create a masterpiece. Today, all you need is a laptop, some…

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Karaoke 5

Karaoke 5 is a free and powerful karaoke player suitable for both beginners and professionals. With nearly two decades of development, it serves as a multimedia app that emphasizes minimal functionality while delivering maximum performance. Its main purpose is to enhance karaoke performances for amateur and professional singers. Features like real-time playlist management, cross-fading between…

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MIXLINE Review: Audio Mixing Made Easy

I’ve been loving MIXLINE so far. With a variety of audio devices and programs at my disposal, this software has simplified my audio management significantly. The layout is super simple and easy to use, making the process of audio routing, mixing, and streaming much less painful. The amount of audio devices I use Overview MIXLINE is an audio mixing software designed to streamline the complex…

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Discovering the Power of Reaper: My Go-To DAW for Music Production

In the expansive world of digital audio workstations (DAWs), Reaper stands out not just for its robust features and affordability but as my DAW of choice for all my music production needs. From the intricate beats crafted for the Garlic Farm project to the diverse soundscapes explored in my other works, Reaper has been an indispensable tool in my creative arsenal. Here’s why Reaper has earned its…

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The Mastering Maze: Navigating Your Music's Final Frontier

Mastering, the ultimate frontier in the realm of music production, holds the key to unlocking the full potential of your tracks. It’s the last crucial step where subtle tweaks can transform your music from raw to refined, ensuring it resonates with listeners across various platforms. Once reserved for elite studios and seasoned professionals, mastering has now become more accessible, thanks to…

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7 Best Percussion VSTs for Music Producers (2023)

Best Percussion VSTsToontrack Superior Drummer 3Getgood DrumsXLN Audio Addictive Drums 2Toontrack EZdrummer 2CinePerc (Cinesamples)HZ Percussion (Spitfire Audio)Berlin Percussion (Orchestral Tools) ConclusionAdditional Reading Best Percussion VSTs Looking for the best percussion VSTs? Here are seven of the most popular percussion VSTs that every music producer should consider: Toontrack…

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Is Dolby Atmos the Future of Mixing | Soul Asylum Studios

Dolby Atmos Audio Mixing is the best way for sound engineers and music producers to build immersive 3D audio experiences while having more control over the final product. Use of appropriate Dolby hardware or software is required for Dolby Atmos mixing.

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Explore the best music production programs to create professional-quality audio tracks. Learn about powerful tools like Ableton Live, FL Studio, Logic Pro X, and more. These programs cater to beginners and experts alike, offering features for composing, recording, editing, and mixing music. Whether you're crafting beats or producing full soundtracks, these software options are perfect for your music production needs.

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Don't Use Duolingo if You Really Want to Learn Irish

That title is a bit dramatic, but I really don't think that duolingo is a useful tool for Irish, especially in its current state, so I want to talk a bit about why, and I'll also talk about some alternatives.

Pronunciation

The first and most egregious issue is that at some point recently-ish, duo decided to start using Text-To-Speech for their Irish course, rather than recordings of a native speaker. The problem here is that their TTS is not trained on native speakers of Irish and pronounces words incorrectly. It doesn't make consistent distinctions between broad and slender consonants for example.

Irish has no standard pronunciation, so I understand how it can feel weird to choose just one dialect for the purposes of pronunciation (the old recordings were from a speaker of Galway Irish), but having just one dialect is much better than TTS which sounds like a learner, imagine if they had TTS for the French course which sounded like an anglophone schoolkid trying to pronounce french, and claimed they were teaching you how to speak french!

Grammar

Duo tends to be correct on grammar at least, which is a start. But often people using it get very confused about the grammar because duo doesn't explain any of it. I think there's a place for immersion in language learning, and I don't think everything has to be explained like that, but within duo's system of sentence testing and exercises like that, not having any explanation for why it's "mo chóta" and not "mo cóta" can be really confusing. Duo used to have more grammar information, it's a shame that they removed it, I wonder why they did it.

Money and Motivation

Duolingo is a business, and their motivation is not to help you learn a language 'fully', but to keep you using their app and hopefully have a higher chance of sharing it with others, competing with others, buying or causing others to buy memberships or lingots or any other in-app purchases.

I don't want to make it out like duo is some big conspiracy and they're tricking people, I don't think that's the case, but it's good to remember that their primary motivation is to keep people using the app, rather than help people move to a level in a language where they don't need the app anymore.

Keep this in mind whenever you see people trying to sell you stuff for language learning.

Why do people use Duolingo

I do get it, and I don't want to make anyone feel bad for using duo, there's a ton of reasons people tend towards it at first 1. It's really well known, so especially if you're learning a language and haven't heard of other resources for it, you'll check duolingo 2. It's very motivating for a lot of people, checking in every day and forming that habit is a really good way of sticking with a language 3. It's fun, people enjoy it

If you use it for reason 3. and you still like it, then don't worry about this post, I'm not trying to yuck anyone's yums, keep having fun!

If you use it for reasons 1. or 2. you can still keep using it if you like, but I want to suggest some other things which you might find helpful in trying to get to a higher level in Irish.

Other Resources

To address the pronunciation issue, I'd heavily recommend you disregard the pronunciation in duolingo, if you're looking for more reliable sources of pronunciation, I'd look towards recordings of native speakers, you can find that on:

Teanglann and Foclóir (they use the same recordings)

Fuaimeanna

and a really useful and underused one: https://davissandefur.github.io/minimal-pairs/ where you can hear the difference between similar sounds that English speakers often mix up in Irish.

A lot of people like duolingo because it's nice to have a clear path forward, a progression that you can get into without too much decision-making. For this I recommend getting a good textbook or course and working through it, the ones I'll recommend also have native speaker audio on them.

Learning Irish by Mícheál Ó Siadhail, this book teaches Galway Irish, not just in pronunciation but in grammar too. It's quite dense but it's well thought out and well explained.

Teach Yourself Irish (1961) this book is available for free online, and is a really good option if you're interested in Cork Irish (Munster), and have some experience with grammatical terminology. I used this book myself and really liked it, but it's very intense and not for everyone. (If you do end up using it, feel free to skip the appendices at the start, they're more of a reference and sometimes put people off from actually getting to the first chapter. Also if you have any questions about it or need any help just let me know.)

If you want a video course, there's a great course called "Now You're Talking" which is available for free online, along with audio files and worksheets here. It features Donegal Irish and leads into the more intermediate level course called Céim ar Aghaidh also available online.

There's other textbooks that I have less experience with (Buntús na Gaeilge, Gaeilge/Gramadach Gan Stró, etc.) but if they work for you, stick with them, there's nothing worse than not making progress because you keep switching resources trying to find the "perfect one"

Whether or not you continue to use Duolingo, I would really really encourage you to try engaging with media in Irish. People often shy away from this when they're learning because they don't feel like they're "ready" yet. But you basically never feel like you're ready, you just have to try and find something near your level and try to get comfortable with not understanding everything. This is where you learn a huge portion of the language, you hear how things are pronounced you see what words mean in what contexts, getting input in your target language is so important!

I know content can be kind of hard to find, so I'll make a few recommendations here: There's a wealth of content available for free online (more if you're in ireland but some internationally) on TG4 If you're still starting out, I'd recommend trying to watch some kids shows since they'll have simpler language and will be easier to follow. I wouldn't recommend using English subtitles when you watch them. Some good options include:

Dónall Dána: an Irish dub of Horrid Henry, silly and childish but the actors have good Irish and importantly the show has Irish language subtitles, they don't always match but if you're still beginning and can't necessarily get everything by ear, they're really useful. (Mostly Galway Irish)

Curious George: another dub, again with Irish language subtitles (I can't remember what dialects were in it off the top of my head but I'd assume mostly galway again)

Seó Luna: No subtitles, but a good option if you're aiming for Munster Irish, the lead character has Kerry Irish

Miraculous: No subtitles but a better show than most of the other kids' ones and more bearable to watch as an adult (Mostly Galway Irish)

Ros na Rún: Moving away from kids shows, a long running soap opera, this has Irish subtitles and a really good mix of dialects within the show. If you're finding the kids shows boring or too easy I'd really recommend it, but it can be complex because of the amount of characters, dialects, and plotlines. I'd recommend starting at the beginning of a newer season and just trying to catch on to what's happening as you go.

There are a lot of books, if you live in Ireland you can get nearly any Irish book for free from a library, so please check out your local library or request some of these from other libraries in the system:

There's a series of fairytales (Rápúnzell, Luaithríona etc.) by Máiréad Ní Ghráda which are illustrated and for children, which are a really good option for when you're just starting out reading

There's kids books about Fionn and the Fianna by Tadhg Mac Dhonnagáin

There's a cute little kids' book in Kerry Irish about a cat named Mábúis

Leabhar Breac has a lot of graphic novels, some of them based on Irish mythology, some on other stuff. The fact that they're illustrated can make it a lot easier to follow even if you don't understand all the words at first.

Gliadar has just released their Scott Pilgrim translation

If you're looking for something a bit more advanced you can look at some of the books for adult learners by Comhar, they contain simplified language and glossaries but have full original adult stories.

And if you're wanting full, natural, native-level Irish there's a load of books by those same groups, and others like An Gúm, Cló Iar-Chonnacht, Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne, Éabhlóid, Coiscéim, and more.

And don't shy away from older books written in Seanchló either, they can be more challenging but it's a whole extra world of books

If you're trying to improve your listening comprehension, I definitely recommend listening to shows on Raidió na Gaeltachta, hearing native Irish speakers talk at full speed is really good practice. But I get that it can be overwhelming at first. Here are some things you can do as you build up to that:

Watching those same TV shows I mentioned without subtitles is a good way to build up listening skills.

Vifax is a website where you can practice listening to short news segments and answer questions on them, then getting to look at the transcript with notes afterwards.

Snas is kind of the evolution of vifax, now using clips from both the news and Ros na Rún.

I really hope that this post can help people move away from duolingo if they're looking to take their Irish learning to the next level, if you've got any questions, just let me know!

[ariyan24]

iZotope – Music Production Suite 5 Download

iZotope's Music Production Suite 5 is a powerhouse software package that caters to the creative needs of musicians, producers, and audio engineers. This cutting-edge suite offers an unparalleled set of tools and features, available for download, designed to elevate music production to new heights.

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Additionally, the suite features an array of virtual instruments, sound libraries, and creative effects that empower artists to explore limitless sonic possibilities. Whether you're crafting EDM, hip-hop, rock, or any other genre, this suite provides the essential resources to compose, record, edit, and mix music with professional finesse.

With Music Production Suite 5, you gain access to a comprehensive set of tools that streamline your workflow, boost your creativity, and help you produce music that stands out in today's competitive industry. Download it today and experience the future of music production.

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Why Your Digital Mix Needs a Splash of Analog Summing Fun!

In a world dominated by digital audio workstations (DAWs), it may seem a little outlandish to talk about analog summing, as if we were suggesting a vinyl record in a world of streaming. But before you dismiss the idea of mixing your pristine digital audio with some gritty analog charm, let’s dive into why this is not just a whimsical notion but rather a delightful necessity for any serious sound…

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I uploaded the Splatoon 3 Side Order OST

I just added the Side Order OST to my Splatoon 3 OST game rip which you can look up here

As always these are direct rips from the game, converted to flac and normalized.

This rip also includes the overworld and tower foyer tracks which had to be recorded in-game since these tracks are not stored as music files but rather - from what I understand - the game mixes these tracks live by having each instrument emit its sound from the visual elements that represent the sound.

To make it special I recorded these tracks in surround sound and then tried mixing these channels with a spatial audio mixing tool to emulate the "3D" effect from each instrument playing from a different location. (Mind you I'm not super experienced with mixing like that so it might not be optimal)

I also uploaded every other Splatoon CD release if you're interested!

Edit: I re-uploaded the OST now with tracks that were missing in my first upload. Be sure to use the "Side Order (Complete)" folder!

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where do the cookie clicker sounds come from!!! are they homemade or did you nab them from some library

mixed from a variety of free samples or made in whatever music/sound software i have on hand! (plus probably some recorded directly with my laptop mic) i usually process them in Audacity or some of my own experimental audio tools to add effects