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Post by Johnkenn on Oct 30, 2024 8:22:08 GMT -6
How do you document settings? Just snap a pic? That’s what I’ve been doing on some stuff that that’s a little more critical. I’ve just been snapping a pic and keeping in my notes app.
Also considering just setting like the Drumbus comp a certain way and then driving into it to reach the desired reduction…but what about attack, release, etc? Just seems kinda one size fits all.
Just wondered if there’s any software or whatever for this purpose?
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Post by EmRR on Oct 30, 2024 8:33:33 GMT -6
Someone did mention a software option, don't recall what.
Pics will lie on knob settings due to depth perception of the lens. I'll sometimes take pics but usually it's written notes.
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Post by basspro on Oct 30, 2024 8:34:34 GMT -6
I take pics and create a folder for them in the PT session folder
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Post by christopher on Oct 30, 2024 8:51:29 GMT -6
I started doing video so I can talk about my routing and why I do things. Also to move the camera different angles for more accuracy. Lot easier for me, only 1 file to show everything.
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Post by sagefields on Oct 30, 2024 8:52:53 GMT -6
Someone did mention a software option, don't recall what. Pics will lie on knob settings due to depth perception of the lens. I'll sometimes take pics but usually it's written notes. Could it have been Session Recall? I use it, and highly recommend it. Check first that your specific equipment is included. |
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Post by Dan on Oct 30, 2024 9:04:30 GMT -6
I wrote them down in a composition book with o clock settings or knob settings way back when. ITB now. Would never go back.
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Post by drbill on Oct 30, 2024 9:24:23 GMT -6
I find the secret is to have enough gear and I/o and finding the sweet spot of each piece of gear and leaving it set without messing with it. Then, having trims instantiated to gain stage into the gear the way you want to. It either works or doesn't. If it doesn't I move on to a different piece that does. in addition, using a few good plugins, you can easily mix hybrid with instant recall and have the glorious sonics of hardware.
I do have all the settings documented and generally calibrate every 6 months or so. There are a few pieces that get reset and changed every session. For those, I'll make notes, but it's rare and simple.
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Post by bgrotto on Oct 30, 2024 9:28:10 GMT -6
How do you document settings? Just snap a pic? That’s what I’ve been doing on some stuff that that’s a little more critical. I’ve just been snapping a pic and keeping in my notes app. Also considering just setting like the Drumbus comp a certain way and then driving into it to reach the desired reduction…but what about attack, release, etc? Just seems kinda one size fits all. Just wondered if there’s any software or whatever for this purpose? Channel processing gets "Commit Up To Insert" 'd, buss stuff gets documented with pdfs of recall sheets, marked up using a free Mac app called Paintbrush. |
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Post by thehightenor on Oct 30, 2024 9:50:34 GMT -6
How do you document settings? Just snap a pic? That’s what I’ve been doing on some stuff that that’s a little more critical. I’ve just been snapping a pic and keeping in my notes app. Also considering just setting like the Drumbus comp a certain way and then driving into it to reach the desired reduction…but what about attack, release, etc? Just seems kinda one size fits all. Just wondered if there’s any software or whatever for this purpose? Channel processing gets "Commit Up To Insert" 'd, buss stuff gets documented with pdfs of recall sheets, marked up using a free Mac app called Paintbrush. So you render to file channel inserts? As a parallel? |
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Post by bgrotto on Oct 30, 2024 9:54:32 GMT -6
Channel processing gets "Commit Up To Insert" 'd, buss stuff gets documented with pdfs of recall sheets, marked up using a free Mac app called Paintbrush. So you render to file channel inserts? As a parallel? In Pro Tools, there's a "Commit To Insert" function. I use hardware inserts to route my ITB channel signal to the console and back to the ITB channels (so I can use plugs pre or post-hw, and take full advantage of PT automation, among other reasons). So I commit up to the hardware when a first mix pass is done, committing their sound as new audio files (and replacing the unprocessed files, btw), while still allowing me to modify the plugin settings and any volume or panning. |
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Post by jeremygillespie on Oct 30, 2024 9:56:21 GMT -6
I use these if I’m at the studio, mark them up, then run 1k through compressors and see what my return volume is and mark that down so you can get it exact. www.barryrudolph.com/recall/sheets.html |
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Post by lowlou on Oct 30, 2024 10:07:53 GMT -6
Wow treasure trove right there thanks.
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Post by Darren Boling on Oct 30, 2024 10:10:28 GMT -6
I do photos of the gear and a Plugin Doctor screencap.
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Post by doubledog on Oct 30, 2024 10:17:42 GMT -6
I take a pic with my phone. I should probably delete some of the 100+ old shots I no longer need lol.
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Post by Tbone81 on Oct 30, 2024 10:29:35 GMT -6
For compression my input/output gain and threshold settings usually stay the same. The only things I need to adjust are attack, release, ratio and sidechain filter. I just write those in the session “notepad” attached to each track in Cubase. The rest is controlled with trim gain on the insert plugin.
With preamps even easier, the HW settings always stay the same and I just adjust the gain in the DAW.
I also, quite often just commit and render the tracks with HW processing.
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Post by Johnkenn on Oct 30, 2024 10:35:45 GMT -6
I take pics and create a folder for them in the PT session folder Oh - is that one of the new features? I didn't really understand when they added that. |
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Post by Johnkenn on Oct 30, 2024 10:37:44 GMT -6
How do you document settings? Just snap a pic? That’s what I’ve been doing on some stuff that that’s a little more critical. I’ve just been snapping a pic and keeping in my notes app. Also considering just setting like the Drumbus comp a certain way and then driving into it to reach the desired reduction…but what about attack, release, etc? Just seems kinda one size fits all. Just wondered if there’s any software or whatever for this purpose? Channel processing gets "Commit Up To Insert" 'd, buss stuff gets documented with pdfs of recall sheets, marked up using a free Mac app called Paintbrush. I haven't done that just because I thought what if I want to change something last minute? I'm sure the file it hides after committing - I've just never tried it. |
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Post by jaba on Oct 30, 2024 10:41:16 GMT -6
Anything I do on channels (EQ or compression) I just commit to. Pretend it was there from the beginning. I almost never redo those but there's always the unprocessed version a click away.
I have LH95s and a VCA comp that end up on the 2-buss early in the mix. Those settings I write down in the session so I never lose them. Takes no more than 1 min to write down, 30 secs to recall.
One thing I do is always park my comp's threshold (one of the few knobs that is continuous) on a certain number then use the Cubase session's hardware send to fine tune the level hitting the compressor.
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Post by Johnkenn on Oct 30, 2024 10:52:48 GMT -6
Someone did mention a software option, don't recall what. Pics will lie on knob settings due to depth perception of the lens. I'll sometimes take pics but usually it's written notes. Could it have been Session Recall? I use it, and highly recommend it. Check first that your specific equipment is included. Oh wow - that's awesome! Thanks.. |
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Post by bgrotto on Oct 30, 2024 11:03:55 GMT -6
Channel processing gets "Commit Up To Insert" 'd, buss stuff gets documented with pdfs of recall sheets, marked up using a free Mac app called Paintbrush. I haven't done that just because I thought what if I want to change something last minute? I'm sure the file it hides after committing - I've just never tried it. You can select the option to 'hide and make inactive', however, when changes are needed, I usually just do it via plugin on the committed track, and all these years later I still haven't needed to resurrect the 'dry' track. |
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Post by Dan on Oct 30, 2024 12:23:09 GMT -6
I find the secret is to have enough gear and I/o and finding the sweet spot of each piece of gear and leaving it set without messing with it. Then, having trims instantiated to gain stage into the gear the way you want to. It either works or doesn't. If it doesn't I move on to a different piece that does. in addition, using a few good plugins, you can easily mix hybrid with instant recall and have the glorious sonics of hardware. I do have all the settings documented and generally calibrate every 6 months or so. There are a few pieces that get reset and changed every session. For those, I'll make notes, but it's rare and simple. How do you recall flexible gear then where you turn the knobs by ear like the CL1B, STC-8, or even an 1176 or gear with several different sweet spots like an SSL bus where each attack setting has a different amount of gain reduction it can transparently take off with the de rigueur auto setting? |
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Post by drbill on Oct 30, 2024 13:18:37 GMT -6
I find the secret is to have enough gear and I/o and finding the sweet spot of each piece of gear and leaving it set without messing with it. Then, having trims instantiated to gain stage into the gear the way you want to. It either works or doesn't. If it doesn't I move on to a different piece that does. in addition, using a few good plugins, you can easily mix hybrid with instant recall and have the glorious sonics of hardware. I do have all the settings documented and generally calibrate every 6 months or so. There are a few pieces that get reset and changed every session. For those, I'll make notes, but it's rare and simple. How do you recall flexible gear then where you turn the knobs by ear like the CL1B, STC-8, or even an 1176 or gear with several different sweet spots like an SSL bus where each attack setting has a different amount of gain reduction it can transparently take off with the de rigueur auto setting? If I only had one compressor and one EQ this definitely wouldn't work. But because 95% of my musical output is my own, and because I'm the producer, and because I have a VERY FOCUSED vision, and because I own 40+ channels of hardware EQ and 40+ channels of hardware compression 16+ channels of hardware Silver Bullets which I can augment with plugin's, it works great. I've found the sweet spot of gear over decades of working with it, and I know what each piece does best. Just like I can intrinsically choose a U47 vs Gefell UM70 before even putting the mics up to listen. Find the sweet spot. Leave it there. That's my mantra. I leave a few pieces "wild" where they have no default setting, and where I will just simply notate the settings or hard print them. For example - I have 3 stereo SSL style comps. I have 8 channels of 1176 style comps. Multiple VCA style comps. And 12+ channels of Varimu's. Etc., etc., etc.. If it works, great. If it doesn't, something else I own will. Done and done. It's 100% instant recallable - faster than plugin instantiation. Hope that makes sense. PS - when I print, I also commit hardware as that was how I learned. Create, dial it in, print it to tape as is - less to do in the mix. (You know, like the 1980's.).  |
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Post by bradd on Oct 30, 2024 13:23:35 GMT -6
There's no doubt it's tedious, but my latest method is to include all recall information in the track notes in Logic.
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Post by basspro on Oct 30, 2024 14:15:12 GMT -6
I take pics and create a folder for them in the PT session folder Oh - is that one of the new features? I didn't really understand when they added that. No, not a new feature. I just create a subfolder within the session folder and Airdrop pics from my phone and place them in that folder. |
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Post by Johnkenn on Oct 30, 2024 14:34:42 GMT -6
ohhhh
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