YouTube Lowpasses Audio at 16KHz?Dan Worrall2022-07-02 | In which I test the common claim that YouTube audio is poor quality and removes content above 16KHz. Is there any truth to this at all?
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As always if you'd prefer to just buy me a coffee you can do so here: ko-fi.com/danworrall (Note, this is just a tip jar, this will not get you the ear training series! Click the membership "join" button instead.)The Magic Separation Trick All The Pros UseDan Worrall2024-06-24 | In which I attempt to answer a question from a viewer about mix separation, and pitch a possible future ear training course: let me know your thoughts on that. Oh, and face reveal. No not an old band photo where I don't say which one is me, just me in the shot, no ambiguity.
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0:00 intro 0:26 Most compressors suck for loudness control 2:11 The strange way we categorise compressors 5:45 Levelling a voice 8:48 Lookahead modes and latency budget 11:42 Attack and Release Smoothing 12:43 Linear rate smoothing 16:18 Musical uses for loudness compression 17:18 Peak detection 19:39 Blocksize and offline HD 21:44 Dithering deltas and inertial ballistics 22:57 Attack and release units and BPM sync 25:50 Linear rate peak compression 28:05 RMS detection 32:35 Interface colours
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0:00 Intro 0:24 The problem with parallel compression 2:29 Wet / Dry mix control: how to do it wrong 4:03 Wet / Dry mix control: how to do it right 5:18 Why I'm right and you're wrong 6:59 How to correctly judge compression on a send
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00:00 Intro and Send modulation. 02:08 running as a send effect, Decay and Size parameters. 04:05 two and a half ways to do gated reverb. 07:28 gated reverb for everything! 08:32 multiband reverb. 09:41 real rooms. 10:00 trance-gated reverb. 10:28 reverb ducking. 10:54 small rooms. 11:36 importing user IRs. 12:03 that other thing that IRs are great for...
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Magic Death Eye compressor plugin: (not affiliate links) https://ddmf.eu/magicdeatheye/ Magic Death Eye Stereo compressor plugin: https://ddmf.eu/magicdeatheyestereo/
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Note that this is a low effort video with just my voice and no proper visuals (apart from one sneaky peek at my YouTube stats). Just so you're aware.
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0:00 intro 1:40 ergonomics 3:39 null tests with Pro-Q3 9:23 listening test 10:21 117 bit mode (not 114 bit as I kept calling it) 12:47 continuous filter slopes 15:06 analogue modelled curves 24:17 theming options 24:38 mixed phase mode 26:02 stereo options 30:17 high pass filters and the left / right slider 31:46 Dynamics!
note: a couple of Kirchhoff clips towards the end are really blurry. I've no idea why, I recorded them the same way as an the rest. Didn't spot it until the edit, and didn't have time to go back and redo. it's not your eyes or your display. Apologies.
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00:00 Intro 00:49 The Null Test 07:06 Cognitive Bias 13:05 Plugin Doctor 14:11 analysing "box tone" 16:18 testing for EQ cramping 17:58 the biggest Plugin Doctor fail. YOUTUBE AUDIO ENGINEERS NEED TO WATCH THIS! 20:51 how the "linear analysis" test probably works under the hood 22:35 a better way to measure the frequency response of a non linear plugin 24:34 harmonic analysis 31:13 Hammerstein 35:08 aliasing 40:30 measuring phase shift 43:36 "naturally gentler phase shift" 45:59 "why does this EQ cut make my mix louder?" 51:08 comparing limiters 53:26 comparing compressors 59:26 what is "program dependency"? 1:02:22 compressor aliasing 1:05:54 the ABX test 1:09:45 the only test that matters
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The Harisson response video over at @LonelyRocker youtu.be/Ak4MGeqKeigCan You Hear Cramping? #shortsDan Worrall2022-10-27 | A quick comparison of a cramped high frequency boost, vs a de-cramped (oversampled) EQ boost. Can you hear the difference? No talking!
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@sample left = spl0 + spl1 * 0.5; right = spl0 - spl1 * 0.5;
spl0 = left; spl1 = right; --------------------------------------------------------------SSL Fusion Violet EQDan Worrall2022-10-14 | In which I look at the Fusion Violet EQ from SSL. Does it cramp at Nyquist, as a viewer thought? (No it doesn't.) Is it worth loading a dedicated shelf EQ plugin, rather than just a normal EQ?
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Along the way we discuss the importance of the arrangement when it comes to the mix, why you should finish your mixes and release them instead of tweaking them ad infinitum, and you get to hear my attempt at a practice room recording of my band Elfin back in the 90s. Oh yeah, and face reveal. Seriously.
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Music: "Lizard Jam" by Elfin (unreleased) "I Won The Loudness War" "Reincarnation" "Wolf & Raven" by Dan Worrall (all the usual places)
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