Not only with compression but any plugin which introduces latency. You will need to compensate for this manually if your DAW doesn't have automatic PDC. Though, even with automatic PDC, if the system doesn't allow for separate delay of sends then you might have to insert additional channels just to control latency if you are processing more than one parallel channel. For example: If you have a group buss and separate reverb or other effect buss in parallel.Spring Goose wrote: ↑Wed May 27, 2020 11:11 am I think Marvel GEQ is causing comb-filtering when i export the song on Reason 10.4. It isn't during playback, it's only when i bounce/export it.
I did a process of elimination to determine which plug, if any, is/are causing the comb filtering.
Mike Senior in "Mixing secrets for the small studio" says about it "thing to be aware of with parallel compression .. is that you can easily run into comb-filtering problems if the compressor delays the processed signal. This is an ever-present danger in digital systems where analog-to-digital conversion and DSP processing both have the potential to incur short latency delays. .. it nonetheless pays to be aware that some plug-ins don't declare their latency to the host software properly"
Apparently it's Marvel GEQ causing the comb-filtering, because when i bypass Marvel GEQ the problem is fixed.
Nothing to do with your speed of learning. Reading books and absorbing ideas online is one thing but experience from applying knowledge and experimenting is another - and that takes time. You need to give yourself a break if you've only started learning a couple of years ago. That isn't long at all. No one should expect you to be producing at a commercial level yet - not to mention that many who do work in teams. A common figure, often quoted, is around 10 years to gain enough experience to be proficient at what you do.Spring Goose wrote: ↑Wed May 27, 2020 12:47 pmIt was you who point out that my mixdowns were crap. That was 3 weeks ago, i've read 2 books and my mixdowns are improved.
I've got 2 books with music theory that i'm reading. Maybe i'm just not a quick learner.
So just hang in there. Stay interested and hungry.
Sitting down and analysing some songs might be beneficial. Listen to a tune on loop and break it down into sections, noting what is happening during each section. Try and make it as detailed as possible and also note anything that you don't understand yet. Listen to subtle variations used - as a number of people in this thread have suggested - which might be overlooked by a casual listener but are vital to the overall feel of a track.
Most of all, enjoy the process.
