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Thanks much. That puts my mind at ease. By the way, do you guys do much processing with Real Instruments tracks or do you think of them like MIDI samples, i.e. pre-processed? I tried using a GarageBand template with a RealDrum track and it sounded good, but in the end, I thought it was a bit much and I eventually just used the unprocessed track. I know it's probably a matter of taste, but as a starting point, I'd like to know how the pros do it.



"Learn to Trust Your Ears"

I'm agreed with you that *most* of the time, MIDI samples will need no extra massaging on your part, other than adjusting the levels to suit the other tracks within context. Most samples are already massaged by the sample creators and all GM/GS banks are carefully massaged to work and play well together right out of the starting gate.

There are those who will disagree with the above, of course. Perhaps the hardcore PowerRocker or the likes thereof will try to get more punch out of a MIDI track by converting that track to Audio track and then appling various Audio Effects plugins. There's nothing wrong with that either, provided that it is done with good taste, and that's back to Trusting those Ears.

"REFEREMCE RECORDINGS" -- Isolate those CDs that you ahve in your collection in which you think have the best sound within the genre that you are working. Those that have been well-mixed and Mastered.

Use your Reference Recording to do A/B coparisons with your own work as it progresses.

This can often serve to provide you with a "place to stand" as concerns what is needed - or not needed - in your oen project.


--Mac

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