[ddots-l] Re: 0 dB or higher?
- From: "Mike C" <m_dsmusic@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2009 07:30:10 -0500
you can definatly master your comertial mixes through sonar's interface, you
just need to practice at this. Sonar definatly does have the latest in
compressors, and there are producers using this application. I'm curious, what
are you using to do your mixes, are you using reference monitors, or just plain
old headphones?
I just recently discovered that doing mixes through headphones is a really bad
thing, as you don't accuratly get the ture sound aspect especially when putting
your stuff on regular sterio's. I found that since I obtained a piar of
reference monitors I am now better able to mix my stuff, and there's no more
questioning of why does my mix sound different on a sound system since I have
been using monitors.
In the CT tutorial there is a section on how to master your mixes using Sonar,
with the Ct scripts. It might be a good Idea to look at this.
Hope this helps.
----- Original Message -----
From: D!J!X!
To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 11:41 PM
Subject: [ddots-l] Re: 0 dB or higher?
-0.1 is the max you can go up to. Try compressing some tracks and playing
around with indevidual track volumes, or try using a limitter to see what it
does. Take in to consideration that if you want your mix to breathe or have
some natrual ambiance to it, it will never sound as loud as today's comercial
rock and hip hop stuff, just because those cds have the crap compressed out of
them. It all depends what you are working with. Not that compressing is bad,
but it's an art that must be mastered to be done right. Some of your tracks
might have some peaks here and there which is what's holding your volume down a
bit, with a compressor or better recording techniques you might be able to
sort this out. I'm sure others will chime in here with better suggestions
and/or tips on how to fix your problem.
HTH, D!J!X!
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From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Stacy Blackwell
Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 11:23 PM
To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ddots-l] 0 dB or higher?
Hello again. My new question is that I have maxed the outputs of a project
until it sounded balanced. I pushed everything to the 0 dB output level. I
thought the mix was good, but when compared to a regular CD, the overall volume
was a lot lower. To match the volume, I had to max out some buses to 6 dB. I
shouldn't have to do this, should I? I thought 0 dB was where the volume
should be for a quality recording. Are my original recording levels too low?
I don't think they were that far below 0 dB. My MP3 conversion was also
quieter in volume. Any suggestions? S.B.
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