Neodynium vs other multi compressors HELP PLZ!!!
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 5629 posts since 22 Sep, 2005
As a mastering newbi I'm trying to figure out what is the best multi compressor plug I should buy.. I'm a dance/electronica producer and need to be able to master/mixdown out my own stuff for commercial use. I've been having major problems getting the following at the mastering stage: pumping kicks, ducking, baseline blending and stereo image. I've been looking at some multi band/zone compressors and was wondering if anyone had any experience with Elemetal Audio's Neodynium.. ANY HELP IS GREATLY APPRECIATED AS MY ASS IS ON LINE HERE...
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- Banned
- 1648 posts since 11 Sep, 2005
Neodynium is alot different from other compressors in that its not a multi-band compressor, but rather a multi-zone compressor. That means, you define certain volume ranges upon which it acts instead of frequency ranges. Very different.
Maybe you should post a track here that you've had problems with, and we'll help you further. Well, not me, but others that know their stuff better than I
Maybe you should post a track here that you've had problems with, and we'll help you further. Well, not me, but others that know their stuff better than I
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 5629 posts since 22 Sep, 2005
arke plus I've been reading the neodynium user manual and figured that it would help in my situation... I just dont understand why theres not a way to just measure out my sound so that I can manipluate the right freq's/velocity ranges..
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- KVRist
- 204 posts since 10 Mar, 2005
If it's an EQ problem, then Neodynium might not be the one for you. you need a traditional frequency-based multiband-compressor.
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- KVRist
- 263 posts since 17 Jun, 2005 from Holding your humor hostage at your home
Sounds like you're looking for Soniformer, Neo is the best when it comes to layering.
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- KVRist
- 204 posts since 10 Mar, 2005
It might be a case of going back to your mix and re-adjusting elements, in particular if the kick is causing dipping levels.
- KVRAF
- 10293 posts since 3 Feb, 2003 from Finland, Espoo
I'd like to add here that Pumping Kicks, Ducking Basslines are NOT created at the mastering stage, at all. You really need to learn to mix these. Ducking bass line you get by feeding the kick into the bass line compressor's sidechain. This will 'duck' the bass every time the kick hits. Then route both the kick and bass to a sub group and add some rather heavy compression. This can give you the pumping kick/bass relationship (provided that your 'ducking' of the bass line was a success).
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- bManic
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- KVRist
- 263 posts since 17 Jun, 2005 from Holding your humor hostage at your home
Opps, missed that he wanted to do that, good rebound!
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 5629 posts since 22 Sep, 2005
Thanxs every1 4 the hlpfl suggestions... After a couple of hours of messing around with my board and my dbx on the insert I was finally able to get the sound I was looking for.. whew.. wont get dropped from the lable after all..
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- KVRAF
- 4321 posts since 26 Jun, 2004
Sooo... Its been almost ten years.
Is there anything else that has come out since that works like this db 'zone' concept Neodynium has?
Im thinking about that 'range' knob in Pro-MB, off the top of my head, but I dont know if that is doing what I think.
If you arent familiar;
http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2004/ ... ompressor/
Is there anything else that has come out since that works like this db 'zone' concept Neodynium has?
Im thinking about that 'range' knob in Pro-MB, off the top of my head, but I dont know if that is doing what I think.
If you arent familiar;
http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2004/ ... ompressor/
Synthopia wrote: Neodynium has the ability to affect distinct, user specified level
ranges. Not to be confused with multi-band compression, this
flexibility means users can hone in on sounds and audio at different
levels and expand and/or compress each separately. Because Neodynium
treats each targeted range of levels as a virtually independent
compression region, compression effects can range from muted to the
complete alteration of the sonic character.