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 • Apogee Rosetta 800
• Apple Mac OS X PantherSoftware Update: SampleTank 2 XL
Apogee Rosetta 800
The all-new Rosetta 800 takes two of Apogee's most celebrated products and the latest in high-definition digital and combines them into one impressive package. The Rosetta 800 gives you eight channels of superior AD/DA conversion at sample rates of up to 192k, Apogee's "SoftLimit", "UV22HR", and our advanced "Intelliclock". The result is a premium digital recording solution that is built for the professional recording facility yet economical enough for the project studio.
Apple Mac OS X Panther
Mac OS X has evolved. The fourth major release in just three years, Panther offers breakthroughs in innovation, ease of use and reliability that won't be seen in other operating systems for years, if ever. Including a new Finder, quicker Search functions, more efficient window management via Expose, and a whole lot more! Check it out today.Software Update: SampleTank 2 XL
With this upgrade, registered users of SampleTank DJ, SampleTank L, and SampleTank XL can upgrade to SampleTank 2 XL and receive a $50 factory rebate directly from IK Multimedia (via mail-in rebate). SampleTank LE and SampleTank SE users can also use this upgrade to move up to SampleTank 2 XL (rebate does not apply). This is the best and most affordable way to move up to SampleTank 2 XL PLUS SampleTank 2, takes the "sample workstation" to a whole new level! It is by far much more than a simple upgrade to the original! Check it out!
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| Abbreviation for Digital Delay Line. Refers a device used to delay an audio signal. The terminology of "delay line" comes from the analog world, where circuits are devised to intentionally introduce certain amounts of delay into a signal. There are many applications for such a circuit, and many different types have been developed. In some cases they do involve very long lengths of wire - hence the term "delay line." Even in early digital systems audio delays were sometimes created by passing the digitized audio through a series of small memory chips, with each one holding the signal for a finite (and small) amount of time. |
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| Using compression on a stereo mix for vocals vs. drums. |
Q: "How can I use compression on my final stereo mix that will affect the vocals and not the drums?"
Compression on your final mix is an art that many mastering engineers have been able to hang their hat on. In other words, it's not the easiest thing to master (pun intended). There's really no way to do anything to the stereo mix without it having some effect on all the elements. With that said, you can sometimes manipulate things in ways that can emphasize certain aspects of a recording while not causing too much harm to others. The secret to this with compression comes from understanding the attack and release parameters. The basic idea is that fast attack compression will usually help to tame drums on stereo masters, while slower attack settings tend to affect vocals and other similar instruments (bass, strings, etc.). Just how fast or slow depends a lot on the specific instruments and how they are mixed. There's simply no hard rule on this, to get started you can turn up a pretty extreme amount of compression and play with the attack and release controls. You'll begin to be able to hear how different elements are changed by the compression. Once you get close to understanding the attack and release times that change the vocals while not killing the attack of the drums you can dial it back to a more reasonable setting and go from there. It's all about experimentation.
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