, we had a plumber doing some work in our kitchen and I decided to blast "Delta".
... When the SID chip is used as a single monophonic synthesizer chip utilising all three channels just like on an ordinary synth of today, it's pretty darn capable, considering 3 oscillators, independent amp EG for every osc, analog multimode filter, oscillator sync, ringmod, filter routings and all... its a rather impressive chip for 1982!!! just the sheer CPU programability it has is marvelous. only regret is the envelope bug, and why they F**CKING never fixed that on the 8580R5 9V version is a mystery to me... maybe to be backwards "compatible" with the 6581... 
For me such a chart doesn't say a lot. It merely says something about the range of a particular instrument, which could be handy if you want to orchestrate or arrange something. But it doesn't say anything about the frequencies it has. In this case an EQ would only work if you hit exactly the note the instrument plays. The thing that makes an instrument interesting and separates it from the rest are his harmonics, which are EQ-able...Analog-X wrote:Speaking of separation, I've often seen charts showing which frequency Drums, Bassline, Synth Leads should sit so they dont interfere with each other.
So than you either dont use the instrument or as Razmo said earlier dont play both of those instruments at the same time?Reyn wrote: You know, trying to make all instruments sound good in solo-mode is pretty useless if there is no room for all of them in the mix, fighting for the same low-mid frequencies most of them want for themselves.
That's most of the time the best option. Unless they are both great ideas, then simply try to pan one more to the left and the other to the right. OR, like in my example, boost like 3k on one instrument a bit and 7k on the other. Or maybe place them both in a different room......Analog-X wrote: So than you either dont use the instrument or as Razmo said earlier dont play both of those instruments at the same time?
... and it's also the most fun to listen to... personaly I'm not into mainstream music... why?... it's too predictable. I want music that can impress me... I want to go "WOW! What is that?... wonder what's next!?"... pieces with intriguing build ups that make me want to listen on, has lots of arrangement dynamics and generaly puts me in a special mood. ... All of the topics here I believe is part of the mixing stage where you deal with individual tracks. Mastering is usualy performed on the two track mix-down, and involves very diferent techniques than mixing... I believe that some people has begun doing some mastering stuff on individual tracks these days, but in general it's performed on the final 2track mix, and is the last stage of them all. I've only just begun sniffing a bit to the mastering art.... and surely it is an art!... I find myself damaging more trying this art, than not mastering at all 
... some of us nerds, just want to do everything ourselves, and delve deeper into the phases 
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) Oh yes, very good point! It's the same trick really... For instance to get a nice tight low-end, it's really importend to make somebody 'the boss', which is most of the time the bass. (Not counting the kick/808 since that's a short low-end boost.).razmo wrote:Reyn: If your last example has two instruments competing for the same space, and just boosting two different spots in their spectrum, would you then not need to EQ out some of the overlapping frequencies to prevent "mud" anyway? ... I never tried that trick of yours, but my first thought would be to also EQ out some of that space-combat
Why is the question pointless? ... I don't recall having asked for a rule, just what others did, to see if I missed out on anythingThe main question is pointless: there's not a 'rule', it all depends on the source matherials and what you want to obtain in that track.
... of course there is as many ways to fiddle with effects as there are musicians and material... surely.. but you can still learn from what others do, and find new ways that you, yourself may not have recognised.
