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Control Room - Setting Up In Cubase 5

Our last post covered the relevance of a control room mixer in a small studio and how it can impede the wearing out of physical knobs and faders. This post takes a look on how to set up a simple monitor and headphone control room mixer on Steinberg's Cubase 5. We'll also explore a more manual way of achieving this on just about any DAW even though most already have a set up for it. Setting Up a Monitor and Headphone Control Room Mixer in Cubase 5 1. Open the Devices tab on the menu bar 2. Click on VST Connections . 3. On the Outputs page, ensure your master out ports are not connected . 4. On the Studio page of the same VST connections window, enable the control room. 5. Click the Add Channel button and select Add Monitor from the drop down. 6. Name this channel as you please. 7. Click the Add Channel button again, only this time click Add Headphone from the drop down 8. On ...

Compression For Mixing - What The Pro's Don't Tell You

The internet is already replete with so many resources on compressors and what they do. So pardon me if I skip to the chase and talk about the compressor from an application point of view. This post aims at helping you know what to expect sonically when you turn those dials on your compressor plugins and how to apply this musically to a mix. Important note! For teaching purposes, we are going to assume a fixed gain reduction ratio of 3:1 and the threshold set to a level where the compressor begins to work. For more information on compressor parameters - threshold, ratio, attack and release please visit link Uses of compressors in a mix There are two basic uses of compressors in a mix: 1. Dynamics Control. 2. Depth placement. 1. Dynamics Control As history tells us, this is the trigger that inspired what we know today as a Compressor. Man wanted a way of averaging the loud and more quiet portions of a conversation, so they created a device that a...

Mic Round-Up: Cheaper Alternatives to Rode

Rode Microphones seem to give a lot of gear sluts 'eargasms' and for good reason. Apart from their silky smooth sound, they are probably the worlds quietest microphones and seeing that small studios without professional acoustic isolation abound in every street corner, silence has become golden! Neumann U87 In its class are German legends in microphone design, Neumann and especially the U87. These mics are pricier and aren't very obtainable in the Nigerian audio market, however, they can be shipped home within 10 days using the SHM Air Freight platform. Today we are focusing on other great sounding budget microphones that can serve as alternatives to the affordable and fast selling Rode NT1-A and NT2-A . *** I would like to put a disclaimer here, the acoustic environment and preamp also contribute to the quality of the recorded sound. Yes, a hi-end mic can sound bad in a room with poor acoustics and a cheap preamp whilst an entry level mic can sound ex...