layers. pure sine wive > big ass kick > lowpassed reese > midrange awesomeness > boppy little subtle melody > huge reverb, crashes, and white noise the basics for his signature tracks. the man's my idol. i've gotten high and dissected his tracks so many times. This is more or less correct (though t...

Hey, Longtime friend & occasional collaborator of Lorin's here.... The answer you're seeking is that Lorin primarily uses Reason to write in, and occasionally uses Cubase to a lesser degree. He uses Ableton for His shows, and may make beats in it a bit more now, but that's more or less the way i...

macc wrote:
Example:

Sample CD drum hit peaks at 0dB. .........chasing your tail.... Bollox to that.

Pure Gold. Clear as a bell.

Cheers!

It isn't about the faders being at -10 (or whatever). If your input signal is at plus 10 zillion dB, -10 on the fader won't even touch the sides. I get that. Input level, of course. I said faders, but I meant input level. I guess, since I'm mostly using samples, many of which have been limited to 0...

I'm not sure where you've got this magic -10 from... well you got it from this thread but Macc has been insistant that this isn't an exactly science, rather a set of guidelines. well, on page 1 of this thread, Macc says something to the effect that things should be around -8 to -10 for drums as a g...

Okay, okay. SO, I've been reading this thread for a while, kinda stopped keeping up over the last few pages, but, I may have a new question for you here: I write and mix in 2 stages: 1-I write in Renoise or Ableton and then Bounce to..... 2-Logic for mixing. WHEN/WHERE should I be making sure the fa...