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making bass mono

Post by dubsteppa » Wed Jan 16, 2008 2:54 pm

i make my bass in albino 3 but one i render to audio itcomes out in sterio how do i make mono?

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Post by FSTZ » Wed Jan 16, 2008 3:01 pm

should be an option when you go to export

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Post by djake » Wed Jan 16, 2008 6:28 pm

u can also make albino into mono

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Post by RFID » Wed Jan 16, 2008 6:30 pm

the spread button?
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Post by tremourz » Thu Jan 17, 2008 4:21 am

you can always render it then put the sound in a wave editor such as cool edit or sound forge (peak for MAC users is good) and convert it into mono there

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Post by vadarfone » Thu Jan 17, 2008 6:25 am

If you are using Renoise, do this...

Render the audio (you should always be doing this anyway, to be honest)

Look at the sample in the sample editor, look at the general properties of the sample and change it from Stereo to mono.

Job done.

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Post by dubsteppa » Thu Jan 17, 2008 12:45 pm

thanks u lot i workred out u can select the midi track in ableton and render it to mono but when u put it back in ableton it sounds muddy so i deleted it i keep workin on it

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Post by vadarfone » Thu Jan 17, 2008 2:03 pm

Or render it in stereo, put the audio back into ableton and set the track to mono (can this be done in ableton?), or use a plug in to make it mono

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Post by djake » Thu Jan 17, 2008 2:03 pm

changein the number of voices in albino to mono that makes it mono dnt it?

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Post by slim » Thu Jan 17, 2008 2:05 pm

djake wrote:changein the number of voices in albino to mono that makes it mono dnt it?
I don't use albino, but surely that just makes the synth monophonic, not mono in terms of spread

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Post by djake » Thu Jan 17, 2008 2:06 pm

Slim wrote:
djake wrote:changein the number of voices in albino to mono that makes it mono dnt it?
I don't use albino, but surely that just makes the synth monophonic, not mono in terms of spread
ah right

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Post by whineo » Thu Jan 17, 2008 3:48 pm

dubsteppa wrote:thanks u lot i workred out u can select the midi track in ableton and render it to mono but when u put it back in ableton it sounds muddy so i deleted it i keep workin on it
or you could use the mono setting on the 'Utility' in ableton

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Post by docwra » Thu Jan 17, 2008 7:03 pm

Or jus make sure your bass is not panned in albino in the first place. Or use a stereo imager

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Post by vadarfone » Fri Jan 18, 2008 12:05 pm

I am sticking with ...Render, change sample to mono, whack it back in.

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Re: making bass mono

Post by Ldizzy » Sun Aug 01, 2010 10:50 pm

i dunnow if ur bass is a leady-bass ( u know what everybody calls bass but in fact serves more as a lead) or a real sub bass...

if its a simple deep sub.. u should prolly just bounce it stereo and turn the mixer track its assigned to to mono in ur daw (should be possible in all daws).. if not there are MonoEr plugins... or gain plugins with the mono option.. anything could do really

if its a more leady sound.. and u want to exploit the whole spectrum ur allowed to fill with... theres an old trick i use that was given to me by guys on hip hop forums (also saw it posted recently on house forums).. it helps.. u bus ur stereo bass sound to two diff channels.. on channel one.. eq the highs out so u isolate the subbass of ur leady bass.. (Everything under 300 hz AT LEAST)... then turn it to mono... sounds way more cohesive.. and is crucial if u produce music for the dancefloors...

then, in the the second channel, u can put the rest of the freq (roll off whatever amount u have going thru the first one so it evens out)... and u put it stereo and add effects..as a lot of yall do anyways..

hope it gives u further venues to explore
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Re: making bass mono

Post by Depone » Sun Aug 01, 2010 10:55 pm

Can i ask why you are making your bass mono? Sub bass like below 80hz or so should be kept in mono for various reasons.

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Post by norman swashbuckle » Sun Aug 01, 2010 10:56 pm

i usually bus to new aux, mono the bus?
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Re: making bass mono

Post by paravrais » Mon Aug 02, 2010 12:35 am

So...you guys are saying you have to make sub bass mono...I always just assumed that if I didn't pan it either way it was essentially the same thing :oops: this is very upsetting news, so I have to actually bounce stems of sub bass in mono and put it in a sampler and then play it from now on? Cos i've just been making a synth with a sine wave and that would take aaaaages longer :(

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Re: making bass mono

Post by samkablaam » Mon Aug 02, 2010 12:54 am

paravrais wrote:So...you guys are saying you have to make sub bass mono...I always just assumed that if I didn't pan it either way it was essentially the same thing :oops: this is very upsetting news, so I have to actually bounce stems of sub bass in mono and put it in a sampler and then play it from now on? Cos i've just been making a synth with a sine wave and that would take aaaaages longer :(
dont worry. what you're doing is fine.

if you've panned something centrally on a mono channel strip, there will be no difference in its left and right when it gets to the main mix.
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Re: making bass mono

Post by Depone » Mon Aug 02, 2010 1:54 am

There are many stereo tools out there, i myself use one for my 'mastering'.
I can set a frequency in which everything below it is mono, and everything above is stereo.

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