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Hi Paavo: I'm having problems opening rendered files in HB 3 (0961). I thought this might be a bug with 094 but this is still happening. I'll like to compare before and after files I master for my clients, and HB gives me a quick to match volumes and then compare them. The files peak at -0.3 dB. Thi...

It's listed in the userprofile. I would really prefer a wav or AIFF file if possible. Thanks!

Karl

Can you post a 30 - 50 second segment that I can download?

Without actually hearing the track, (and assuming that it is a full mix), visually there is a boost at what looks like 280Hz which can cause problems with clarity (ie: muddiness) and playback on boomboxes. I hear (and see this in HarBal) a lot with client mixes in this region (200Hz - 500+ Hz). Try ...

If you have (or know someone who has) WaveLab 6 there is an extraordinary time stretcher/pitch shifter processor in this program. I had to time stretch a file almost to half speed and I was amazed at the quality. To my ears it was as good as anything Melodyne was doing.

Karl

This post is more about something Paavo said rather than the present topic - it deals with converting a 96kHz file to the CD (44.1kHz) rate. I was fortunate a while back to attend an AES meeting in Toronto with Bob Ludwig as the guest speaker (It was, no doubt, one of the best attended meetings in m...

Earle In your opinion, are there any software (plug-in) compressors that come close to hardware units - for example, your Avalon 747? In my work at present I'm only able to work in the digital domain. I would really value your insight on this as you're one of the few ME's I've come across that doesn...

Bonzo I'd like to add a comment about Magneto as I often use it on my clients' masters. If your levels going into Magneto don't exceed 0 dBFS then your output will never be over 0 dBFS. So you wouldn't need a limiter unless you needed to add an extra dB or two of gain. However if you needed that ext...

Hi Earle, Paavo First off, congrats for the amazing update! The clarity the newly coded IntuitQ provides a mix while maintinaing its original intent is amazing. Just what the producer ordered!! Next, I was wondering if Earle could give me a little more direction as to selecting the best portions of ...

Thanks Paavo!

I was going to ask you if there would be a way to add this kind of function. Seems like everyone is on the same wavelength!

Karl

Well!.............. Before actually doing anything I'll listen thru once or twice just to hear what is there, of course... My first step is to check imaging & L/R balance. Having that little detail taken care of helps a lot to get a nice solid soundstage. There's two ways of I check this: swappi...

I'd be interested in an iZotope Ozone document (similar to the old Waves LinMB one) as well, if that's possible.

Also - Earle - I may have missed the announcement, but is your book available yet?

Happy New Year!!

Mister

Hi Paavo Seeing that you can hold down a "letter" key and use it as a modifier, how about this: hold down "P" and using the left/right arrow keys move the playback position ten seconds backward/forward; hold down "P" + SHIFT and the arrow keys move back/forth in one sec...

Hi Paavo Originally when everything concerning the LR Thingy began, you mentioned that you added reverb to the "side" channel - that is, the channel swapped, polarity inverted track mix. So does Har-Bal Air incorporate some reverb to this side channel; or is it just increasing the level of...

It pays to be one's toes, I suppose, but I think we're getting a wee bit off topic!

The tips I could offer regarding imaging seem rather simply technical, more of an overall corrective nature, not anything magical - I was just wondering if there were other techniques to enhance imaging.

Cheers.