User denis - Social Sound Design

Answer by Denis for What reverb plugins do you use?

2012-12-31T16:14:18Z

ValhallaRoom - for sweetening things up. It's light on resources and parameters can be automated without clicks.

ValhallaUberMod - for nonlinear reverbs and sound design

Reverberate - mostly for sound design and experiments with my own IRs. I use the mod section a lot. Great plugin, very flexible.

ZRev - a "Schroeder” reverb from U-HE Zebra pack. Good for ringing, resonating reverbs. It can turn almost any percussive sound into a hang drum beat :) Also good for sound design and creating metallic textures and ambiances.

Answer by Denis for How Do You Analyse A Film or Game For It's Sound Content?

2012-03-31T10:34:58Z

I found it effective to use Adobe Audition and XMind (mind mapping tool).

In Audition I am able to see both waveform and spectrum at the same time. I set markers at the in and out points of certain audio sections that I'm interested in and then use Marque Tool to listen to exact frequency range of the sound. I can reverse, de-noise, make it louder.

In XMind I have a template mindmap for this kind of task with several sections that I need to fill in, like Melody, Harmony, Rhythm, Instruments, FX, Structure, Mix, Automation, Stats etc. I tried to use simple lists and spreadsheets for this but I'm a visual person and mindmaps just work better for me.

Answer by Denis for What's your favourite way to "stereoize" a mono file?

2011-08-29T14:58:08Z

For me, the easiest way to widen a mono-sounding file is to process it in the Mid/Side domain. Usually I would apply something like this:

delay the right channel for several milliseconds
add Mid/Side decoder

That's it. Simple yet effective.

You can achieve this by using a chain of plugins or just a single one. I like Fabfilter effects for this purpose. They allow to process Mid and Side channels separately. Also MSED, Sound Delay, Marvel GEQ and Overtone GEQ by Voxengo are very useful. And free.