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[rty13ibz98]

Originally Posted by Mathias_

Sort of found a solution..

I imported the exported muffled garage band file into the free program called Audacity, then used EQ, normalizers, and a leveler effect(?) to beef up the sound, exported it, and BOOM. Got a much brighter and fuller sound, and that was just after a few clicks and not fine tuning anything.

I find it surprising that a free program like audacity has vastly superior export-capabilities than garageband :/.

i use sound forge to do roughly the same thing. i export from sonar and double check/master in sound forge. most any brick wall limiter will work. glad to see that you have found a pseudo solution for the meantime. i really would not recommend a normalizer as it can raise your noise floor, but eq is a must. it'll help glue your mixes. a decent multiband compressor will do you more good for controlling dominant frequecies and keep your mix sounding balanced.

rich

[TheMusicBucket]

Originally Posted by rty13ibz98

i use sound forge to do roughly the same thing. i export from sonar and double check/master in sound forge. most any brick wall limiter will work. glad to see that you have found a pseudo solution for the meantime. i really would not recommend a normalizer as it can raise your noise floor, but eq is a must. it'll help glue your mixes. a decent multiband compressor will do you more good for controlling dominant frequecies and keep your mix sounding balanced.

rich

Thanks for all the help, I'm gonna use this setup for awhile, then once I feel I've utilized it to it's maximum potential, look into buying a better recording program such as Logic Pro(or something else that works with Mac.)

[rty13ibz98]

btw, glad you got a little bit out of the recording terms scavenger hunt!


rich

[nato101010]

Originally Posted by rty13ibz98

not trying to start a war either(i am not known to do so. on this site or any other=]), but why are you trying to give recording advice (via the sm57 on drums, not that the sm57 won't work, but it is my last choice on drums except for snare drum). it just comes down to experience in order to give advice.

rich

No, no no. I asked, "What's a computer mic?" I googled it and nothing came up.

[rty13ibz98]

Originally Posted by nato101010

No, no no. I asked, "What's a computer mic?" I googled it and nothing came up.

no harm, no foul. i was just referring to the sm57 post you had.


rich

[nato101010]

Originally Posted by rty13ibz98

no harm, no foul. i was just referring to the sm57 post you had.


rich

Oh, alright. I though you meant something like a mic with a USB on the end or something...lol

[TheMusicBucket]

Well, I spent some time with my drum machine and Pod X3 last night and got some pretty decent results!

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/defa...?bandID=973611

Its not perfect by any means, but it doesn't sound pathetically weak even when I compare it to the other songs on my computer. Using a real-drum track would probably help the sound a lot too, but I think the guitar/bass sounds pretty good.

Another summit has been reached!