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Studio Access
Hey everyone, does anyone know how to access the studio without an ID? Currently locked out… thanks
Useful texts for your projects
Hello 1421 People,
These links have quick and useful information about reverb and compression in the mixing process. You might find tips that may help you in your first project. Enjoy!
1. Compression Made Easy: Demystifying Compressor Controls & Parameters
4. Dynamic range & the loudness war
Studio B audio fixed AND saving Live projects for upload
Two issues to bring to your attentions:
- The audio in studio B was crackling in Ableton Live and I was able to fix it today. Someone had apparently set the audio buffer (how much audio the system stores before having to spit it out) to a very small value. I have increased the buffer and now all audio sounds perfect.
- When saving your Live projects (the project folder), it is important that all of the audio files used in the project go along with it. Please use “File–>Collect All and Save” to make sure all sounds, wherever they may be stored on the lab computers, have been “collected.
#2 has an FAQ if you need more details: Collect All and Save in Ableton Live
Saving all project materials together in one folder in Ableton Live
Ableton Live projects are stored in folders, containing all pertinent audio files, processed files, MIDI, and other project details. When files are added during mixing (drag-and-drop, etc), their location on the disk is referenced BUT the file itself is not automatically copied into the project folder.
In order to make sure that all files are stored together in the project folder (to bring to another studio, to upload as part of an assignment or finished project, etc), please use “File–Collect All and Save”, which gathers all files into the project folder automatically.
See here for more details: How to ‘Collect All and Save’ a Live Set
If you wish to view a more detailed view of all gathered sounds in any project, this can be done with the “File Manager”, with more information available here.
Free Ableton Live Course
As Cornell students, we have free access to all courses on Lynda.com, one of which is an Ableton Live 9 Essentials course with over 9 hours of videos, and also 1.8 GB of exercise files so you can follow along and practice what you’ve learned. I’ve gone through a couple hours so far and they are really good. The exercise files are in the downloads folder in Studio B, and I can’t remember where I put them in Studio C, but they’re there (I’ll update this when I figure out where they are in Studio C).
H4n portable recorders, data transfer to lab systems
There are two methods for transferring audio data from the portable recorders available from the Cox Music Library reservation desk:
- Transfer the data using the supplied mini USB cable.
- Remove the SDCARD from the recorder and connect it directly to the iMac computers (the port is found, awkwardly) on the back)
Are stereo files ok for the upcoming assignment?
I have my own Tascam handheld recorder, which records in stereo. Is it ok to submit stereo files or should I just submit one of the channels? Thanks.
John Cage
I was pleased in this afternoon’s lecture for John Cage to have come up in our discussion. Today is, in fact, the composer’s birthday! To celebrate, here are two pieces of his to enjoy:
WATER WALK
SONATA V FROM SONATAS AND INTERLUDES