Sound Design Weekly Newsletter - Monday, July 28, 2014

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Top new questions this week: What does warm mean? It seams like there is one magical word in post production, sound design and music production that describes everything from compressing and distorting signals to expanding and filtering signals: … sound-design   asked by Tobias Schmidt 2 votes answered by user16230 1 vote If studio monitors have flat response, what makes some better than others? I am looking into replacing some consumer stereo speakers with proper studio monitors for my home studio. I understand that studio monitors have a neutral, flat response whereas consumer speakers … studio-monitors   asked by JYelton 2 votes answered by Izhaki 7 votes Connect powered speakers to powered mixer? I would like to know if it isn't dangerous to connect a pair of speakers (Edifier r1000tc power supplied) to Beringher PMH2000 (power mixer). mixer power   asked by redraw 1 vote answered by leftaroundabout 1 vote VST alternative for TSE x30 Default Settings I've currently found a nice set of Guitar impulses that I'd like to starting getting in to, unfortunately they all require the TSE x30 on default settings. As I'm on a Mac, I can't get this specific … audio-recording vst distortion guitar   asked by Dboy1612 1 vote Reverb bus workflow for features (and bouncing DX+M&E) I've read in forums that people have reverb busses (around 3-5) to send dx-fx-mx to. Is this per food group (3 for DX, 3 for FX, etc..) or for everything since you want the DX and FX to be in the same … reverb me   asked by mikko 1 vote answered by coaxmw 2 votes Greatest hits from previous weeks: Bird flapping/flying away sound effect? I can't seem to find a recording of a bird (a crow in particular) flapping its wings as it flies away in to the distance. I imagine it would be a hard sound to capture. How can I make this sound? … foley birds   asked by scott-a-tron 3 votes answered by Steve Urban 2 votes Protools 10 what is a 32-bit floating point about? Today I started a course on protools 10, there are a few things I just can't get my head around. What exactly is a 32 bit floating point? I understand there are 6 Db between each bit (i.e 16 bit= … bit-depth native hardware pro-tools question   asked by JM V 1 vote answered by Rishi Dani 1 vote

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