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• Hartke B600Digi Show - Jacksonville, MS
MusicXPC
MusicXPC Professional is a PC computer that's made for audio professionals. It's not designed for organizing photos or playing back MP3s, this is a machine for professional audio recording, mixing, mastering and media creation. Out of the box, it's ready for production because it's been tweaked it to the max. Windows XP services that are not needed are turned OFF and the ones needed are turned ON. It's small, very quiet, light and powerful beyond your wildest expectations. That's the MusicXPC Professional, a computer system designed for audio professionals who want a solid PC that works so that they can.
Hartke B600
Hartke's B600 features a 12" bass driver and 60 watts of power in a newly designed kickback cabinet with 3 bands of EQ and adjustable Shape circuitry. Like other B Series combos, the B600 features a dedicated effects loop, line level out, a buffered input and a headphone output.Digi Show - Jacksonville, MS
Check out Digidesign's Acceleration Tour co-sponsored by Sweetwater, and feast your ears and eyes on the most supercharged Pro Tools system ever. The new HD Accel card promises and delivers big things - be the first to experience how and why! We're coming to the Jacksonville, MS area on 11/11/03. Check it out here for more information!
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| Flux |
In general a term applied to the amount of some type of particle or energy crossing a unit area per unit of time. Magnetic energy is one type of flux. It is measured in Webers, or, as in the case of capturing and storing information as magnetic charges on tape; we use smaller units known as nanowebers (a nanoweber is one billionth of a Weber). Sources of magnetism create what we call a "magnetic field," which is made up of lines of flux that may radiate in several or many directions, but are polarized according to the magnetic charge (polarity) of the source.
Flux is also a substance that can be placed on a metal being soldered or welded to help lower the melting temperature and/or prevent surface oxidation that can impede the process. It can also promote the fusion of metals, particularly in the welding process. |
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| Double tracking effect by using pitch correction! |
Here's a great tip from Sweetwater Sales Engineer Kenny Bergle for creating a double tracked effect.
It's common in the studio to try to thicken the sound of a part like a vocal or guitar riff by applying effects that simulate the sound of double tracking. Accomplishing this usually involves the use of a delay, chorus, or a Harmonizer (pitch shifting device), or often some combination of these. While each of these effects produces a unique and usable sound that can be very effective - and I use them often - there is always something electronic or synthesized sounding about them. Some manufacturers have even employed some pretty sophisticated randomization algorithms in their boxes, which can really help, but still comes up short for some tracks.
Most recently I've been using a pitch correction device to accomplish this and the results are amazing. I use Autotune, but there are other products (hardware and software) that can do similar things. All you do is record your part as you normally would. Then you apply pitch correction to the part, but rather than simply correcting the pitch of the track you bus the corrected part to another track, which you can then use as a double track. Depending upon how you set the parameters in the pitch correction and how you mix the two tracks this produces some amazing results. It tends to have a much more organic sound and feel compared to parts that are created by more static processes. And since you're pulling the pitch more towards the correct value, as opposed to away from it, as is the case with things like chorus and Harmonizers, you can be much more heavy handed in the mix without it sounding as "effected." Additionally I will sometimes add a small amount of delay, or a slightly modulated delay, in the signal path before the Autotune, which gives it a little more separation.
There will probably never be any electronic method to perfectly recreate the sound and feel of a double tracked part, but this method comes as close as anything I've ever heard. |
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