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bythenumbers
Total Posts: 49
Joined 04-06-2009 status: Regular |
hym where do i start,ok I’m using motif xs with cubase 7.5,First of all it kills me that cubase comes out with a program like cubase and gives you the tool to sweeten any sound out there ,which of course sweet,,,I’m talking about cleaning up sounds ,audio,but i find it ironic that they give you no cleaner sound than the motif xs,,,please how many degrees do these people have,,I know i was talking about motif xs presets ,,first of all there nothing wrong with the motif xs i love it i don’t need another keyboard nor do i need to update the cubase 7.5.
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Michiel D
Total Posts: 191
Joined 11-16-2009 status: Pro |
Tell us a little bit about the secret or we don’t know what you’re talking about.
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Michiel D
Total Posts: 191
Joined 11-16-2009 status: Pro |
If Yamaha would put horrible sounds ‘on purpose’ in their synths, people would all buy Roland and Korg synths ... Still very curieus how one could dramaticly improve sound quality, as I assume your secrets result in .. Little hint? |
5pinDIN
Total Posts: 11891
Joined 09-16-2010 status: Legend |
Since bythenumbers hasn’t replied, perhaps this thread will offer some insight:
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philwoodmusic
Total Posts: 1055
Joined 07-01-2013 status: Guru |
There aren’t any secrets to know. Motifs have sounded great since day 1. That’s a big part of their success. The only way they sound like a toy is either by user error or by a fault in the Motif itself. I’d be interested in what you use in your clean up processes. After using Motif series keyboards on well over 100 major record label projects, and having them sound great every single time, with minimal work, there really aren’t any secrets you can pass on. If you are using clean-up plugins like Izotope, or Waves X Noise or Waves X Crackle etc, then it will end up sounding like a toy, because those plugins remove from the original sound, and are really meant for a very targeted and narrow clean up of hiss, hum, crackles and glitches. Nevertheless, I’d like to hear some audio clips of your problems so that we can help you, if you have any to hand or would like to make some and upload them? |
bythenumbers
Total Posts: 49
Joined 04-06-2009 status: Regular |
first of all Philwoodmusic,if you wood leave a sample of what your Quartet normal preset 4 no 9 sound like please.i would like to see the comparison between mine and yours. What somebody ask me a little hint. well the quartet I’ve found that i go to the ,Utility and where it says tune i bring it down very very much,you wouldn’t believe.then i go too , part common. General,note shift. from the pitch-minus to where your happy,while in pitch I detune in the minus region again.Now thats aside,,,You can also lets say you have Oscillicator
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philwoodmusic
Total Posts: 1055
Joined 07-01-2013 status: Guru |
I see what you are saying now. There’s no need to upload anything, because I’m not surprised by any of that. What you are describing is what you will hear if you excessively pitch down and process almost anything in the same manner, not just waveforms on the Motif. Some sounds can take it, but not many, and that won’t ever change. You can’t pitch something down a lot and expect to keep integrety and usability. You are always going to hear that kind of thing, especially with waveforms that are based on string samples and other real instruments. Pitching down a sound is probably best done after you’ve played it, with something like Serato Pitch n Time or X Form. |