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Subject: Re: Adjusting Peak, Average, Mean Curves

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kylen

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Date Posted: 12:12:47 09/02/03 Tue
In reply to: kylen 's message, "Re: Adjusting Peak, Average, Mean Curves" on 11:19:37 09/02/03 Tue

>I'm still learning how to
>do that - front ending a multiband limiter (gain
>reduction 1 or 2 dB) with a great parametric EQ (gain
>reduction 1 or 2 dBb) like Har-Bal.

Ooops, sorry about the typo - I meant dB, not dBb (not talking about 'B' weighting here - even though that's dBB I guess).

Another thing about dynamics and peaks too. For my ears an offensive peak also depends on the ramp up/down times. Some fast peaks (some of these being referred to as transients) I wouldn't care about I'm sure. Some of the longer duration peaks do matter that's why I use an RTA with a 1 second average time and a 5 second decay time. I'm trying to better characterize these. Mindlessly pushing down a peak ( on the Peak curve) is something I'm trying to avoid so I figure if I can hear something offensive and see it I'll push down on the peak (using EQ, dynamics processor, or both).

That's why I like your idea of considering a RTA spectrum in the next release you mentioned elsewhere. I currently flip between 1/3 1/6 and full spectrum on my other RTA. I would say for balancing I end up using 1/3 or 1/6 the most.

kylen

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Re: Adjusting Peak, Average, Mean Curves	Har-Bal	05:25:11 09/03/03 Wed