[LAU] howto use effects (LADSPA, LV2...)

Grammostola Rosea rosea.grammostola at gmail.com
Wed Sep 10 08:21:08 EDT 2008


Dave Phillips wrote:
> Grammostola Rosea wrote:
>   
>> I want to learn to add effects on my tracks in qtracktor or ardour.
>> Where can I find information about how to create the best effects?
>>     
>
> Check with the two ears on your head.  :)
>
> Seriously, you'll have to experiment with various effects to learn 1) 
> what they do and 2) whether they're really what you want. Some of the 
> more common effects include reverb, chorus, and EQ. You'll want to learn 
> about the dynamics effects too (compression, limiting).
>
> It takes a lot of time and effort to learn the details of digital audio 
> production, and most of that time/effort will go into actually just 
> *listening* to what the various effects do to your recorded sounds.
>
> You can also analyze some of your favorite music to ascertain what kind 
> of effects are used there, then try to recreate the same effect on your 
> recordings.
>
>   
Mmhhh yes ok, I'm gonna listen a lot ;)
Maybe I should take a look at the presets of some jack-racks...

Is it by the way possible to have a track in qtractor (the guitar for 
example) and just route that track or channel (not the drums etc) in 
jack-rack.... or if this to complicated when you use qsynth or 
linuxsampler for the sounds?






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