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any advice on "cleaning up" samples?
whatever i try to do they always come out sounding really flat and shite
im talking about minimizing background noise from things like films quotes etc

eq with tight bands avoid presets and filtering
you can only clean so much
remember you cant polish a turd

you can tru some restoration software, but IMHO

eqing out the unwanted frequencies is the best way to go

Deadly Habit wrote:eq with tight bands avoid presets and filtering
you can only clean so much
remember you cant polish a turd

on the contrary

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rax27_ZIVM

cheers though man didnt even think about eq

ive only just started gettin into production learnin everyday

zinny wrote:learnin everyday

that part never ends

i remember that episode
i'm calling fake on them

FSTZ wrote:

zinny wrote:learnin everyday

that part never ends

i learn something new daily which is why i love contributing on here

goddamn it we need the doa script smilie on here

Deadly Habit wrote: i remember that episode
i'm calling fake on them

I don't even think the Hyneman knows how to lie...

Deadly Habit wrote:eq with tight bands avoid presets and filtering
you can only clean so much
remember you cant polish a turd

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LOOOOL

i good trick is to fool the listener, well at least it works somethings not all the times, what you want to do is put ALOT of reverb on it, to gave it space and wideness then and as deadly habit said Eq out from of the freq's this should help
well at least it helped me but give it a try.

zinny wrote:

Deadly Habit wrote: i remember that episode
i'm calling fake on them

I don't even think the Hyneman knows how to lie...

i'd hate to play poker with the game face that man has

Deadly Habit wrote:

FSTZ wrote:

zinny wrote:learnin everyday

that part never ends

i learn something new daily which is why i love contributing on here

goddamn it we need the doa script smilie on here

yeah totally, been producing 15 years but still always learning.

"fuck learning...I know everything about producing"

It's funny, I see this question a lot and when people ask me what I do, I tell them:

I don't even try to clean up samples.

In my opinion, it's that grit, those cracks, pops and hiss that really add to a track, especially if you are using mostly synths and such. To me it adds a lot of character to the sound.

Then again. I have a hip-hop background where lo-fi is cherished.

Deadly Habit wrote: i'd hate to play poker with the game face that man has

inspired for my avatar dont think youd want to play poker with anyone pulling that face

cheers nitz as well ill try that out as well

Paradigm X wrote:

Deadly Habit wrote:

FSTZ wrote:

zinny wrote:learnin everyday

that part never ends

i learn something new daily which is why i love contributing on here

goddamn it we need the doa script smilie on here

yeah totally, been producing 15 years but still always learning.

yup took me 13+ years to finally see a proper release
always learning is the key most newbies miss

contakt321 wrote:It's funny, I see this question a lot and when people ask me what I do, I tell them:

I don't even try to clean up samples.

In my opinion, it's that grit, those cracks, pops and hiss that really add to a track, especially if you are using mostly synths and such. To me it adds a lot of character to the sound.

Then again. I have a hip-hop background where lo-fi is cherished.

haha same man unless it's a movie sample with a score behind it that conflicts
i def love grit and character of old 70s spoken word lps

i use a program called audio cleaning lab by magix. it works well as you can take a noise print of noise u dont want and it takes it off the rest of the track, its worth checking out mate as it can also work as a de-hisser and crackler

gd luck

contakt321 wrote:It's funny, I see this question a lot and when people ask me what I do, I tell them:

I don't even try to clean up samples.

In my opinion, it's that grit, those cracks, pops and hiss that really add to a track, especially if you are using mostly synths and such. To me it adds a lot of character to the sound.

Then again. I have a hip-hop background where lo-fi is cherished.

this...

I come from hip-hop. the cleanest sounding tune doesn't do it for me (with exceptions of course). I frequent another hip-hop forum where somebody made an interesting comment: "I personally wish every hip-hop album was mixed like 36 Chambers" lol

and bit crusher is my friend.

86 Position wrote: "I personally wish every hip-hop album was mixed like 36 Chambers" lol

and bit crusher is my friend.

That's funny. I don't love the mix of that record, but I love the mix of a lot of 90's hip-hop records when they fine tuned the balance of grit and good mixing.

And the SP-1200 is my bit crusher which is my friend

contakt321 wrote:

86 Position wrote: "I personally wish every hip-hop album was mixed like 36 Chambers" lol

and bit crusher is my friend.

That's funny. I don't love the mix of that record, but I love the mix of a lot of 90's hip-hop records when they fine tuned the balance of grit and good mixing.

And the SP-1200 is my bit crusher which is my friend

yeah exactly, that album was a bit too much....but albums like Riders of The Storm, Enta Da Stage, Cuban Linx did it well.