SOUND QUALITY: A big name taking over!
SOUND QUALITY: A big name taking over! Posted on: 13.07.2013 by Sue Brecklin Hi thereI'm believeing of this question for a long time and I believe this is the right place to ask it. I am, like you I presume, a clubber. You can find me week in and week out in clubs and festivals. While I'm clubbin I always pay alot of attention to music, really ALLOT. That goes from mixing techniques, effects to sound quality. And that last thing is where this topic is about. I'm wondering what the secret is of all the headline artists to give their sound an extra boost/punch. With "headline" I mean world known Dj's like: Luciano, Reboot, Marco Carola, Richie Hawtin and so on. The difference is clear when they take over from the previous dj. The last track that's played and the new track that's mixed in by the headline artist has always (in my opinion) a huge difference in dynamic range, this in a positive way. That track always blows the previous track away like a cardhouse. Does anyone know how they do it? Is it something software based (Traktor settings, ...) Better hardware/soundcard than the normal Audio 10 (I even heard dj's playing with the Audio 8 and still have this massive impact.) Or is it the difference between MP3 and AIFF/WAV Or maybe something else? I believe this thread is usefull as I believe there are alot of people that are trying to get better sound quality during their performances, like me Maybe one of you knows the solution. | |
| Lilliana Perris 15.07.2013 |
Originally Posted by padi_04
I used to bride our Sound Engineer....worked. |
| Verlene Geevarghese 13.07.2013 |
Originally Posted by makar1
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| Tera Baragan 13.07.2013 |
Originally Posted by SlvrDragon50
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| Gaynell Rydberg 13.07.2013 |
Originally Posted by makar1
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| Verlene Geevarghese 13.07.2013 |
Originally Posted by padi_04
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| Sue Brecklin 13.07.2013 | Hi there I'm believeing of this question for a long time and I believe this is the right place to ask it. I am, like you I presume, a clubber. You can find me week in and week out in clubs and festivals. While I'm clubbin I always pay alot of attention to music, really ALLOT. That goes from mixing techniques, effects to sound quality. And that last thing is where this topic is about. I'm wondering what the secret is of all the headline artists to give their sound an extra boost/punch. With "headline" I mean world known Dj's like: Luciano, Reboot, Marco Carola, Richie Hawtin and so on. The difference is clear when they take over from the previous dj. The last track that's played and the new track that's mixed in by the headline artist has always (in my opinion) a huge difference in dynamic range, this in a positive way. That track always blows the previous track away like a cardhouse. Does anyone know how they do it? Is it something software based (Traktor settings, ...) Better hardware/soundcard than the normal Audio 10 (I even heard dj's playing with the Audio 8 and still have this massive impact.) Or is it the difference between MP3 and AIFF/WAV Or maybe something else? I believe this thread is usefull as I believe there are alot of people that are trying to get better sound quality during their performances, like me Maybe one of you knows the solution. |
| Lilliana Perris 15.07.2013 |
Originally Posted by padi_04
I used to bride our Sound Engineer....worked. |
| Jetta Drenzek 15.07.2013 | There's a notorious urban legend that sound guys are paid to make the opening acts not sound as good as they could be to make sure the headliner sounds phenomenal, and I've seen enough and done enough gigs to know that there may actually be some truth to this. But yeah, volume bump is definitely one of the easiest ways of doing it. |
| Latoria Kavulich 14.07.2013 | main act always gets more volume. |
| Doreen Schurle 14.07.2013 | Either that or they're playing a prerecorded set that's been heavily mastered beforehand specifically for club sound systems rather than hi-fis |
| Bunny Sockel 14.07.2013 | I know Richie has his own sound guy who travels on the road with him. |
| Sue Brecklin 14.07.2013 | Never tought is was that easy! |
| Sue Brecklin 14.07.2013 | Like I said earlier, I always tought it was something software based... Especialy with Traktor DJ's. Could be that they're routing their signal to a VST plugin and then straight out or whatever... But thank you guys! I didn't tought it was that easy Will try the volume trick on my next gig! |
| Joesph Kasian 14.07.2013 | All I do is wait until the DJ on before me hands over to me, then I slowly turn his track down a little without the floor noticing - so over a period of a few minutes. Then I start with my intro at the original volume and it changes the game. |
| Verlene Geevarghese 13.07.2013 |
Originally Posted by makar1
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| Tera Baragan 13.07.2013 |
Originally Posted by SlvrDragon50
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| Gaynell Rydberg 13.07.2013 |
Originally Posted by makar1
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| Alphonso Deitchman 13.07.2013 | If they didn't change the sound manually, noone would even notice the main act turning up. You can use this trick in your mixes too by lowering your output volume a little in the build up to drops and transitions. |
| Verlene Geevarghese 13.07.2013 |
Originally Posted by padi_04
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| Nedra Fresneda 13.07.2013 | Most likely the sound tech keeps the volume lower until the main act shows up. |
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