[ddots-l] Re: Bouncing to a single Audio Track

Hi Nick

Cheers for the comments.

having now played with compression, it appears to have done the work for me.

Unless I've got really tired ears now, the mix seems much smoother.

And it did solve the over all levels issue too

  A new mix is here...

  www.darrenhartland.com/music/darren-h-clouds.mp3

  thanks again everyone for your time and advice.

  chers
  Darren
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: W. Nick Dotson 
  To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 12:16 PM
  Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Bouncing to a single Audio Track


  To me it rings true for that 80's commercial disco/fusion jazz sound... I 
might bring the synth snare down just a bit with respect to the rest of the mix.

  Nick

  --Original Message Text---
  From: J"rgen Hansson
  Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 13:04:43 +0200

  Hi Darren! 
  this is Jorgen here. 
  I have been listening to your Clouds song and I must say, I'm really 
impressed with what you've done with that song. I really like it. 
  Did you use only the tyros 2 or did you even use other softsynths? 
  once again, I am very impressed and it was no distortion at all. 
  cheers! 
  J"rgen Hansson! 
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Darren H 
  To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 12:12 PM
  Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Bouncing to a single Audio Track


  OK, thanks for that, I'll play around with it. 

  Cheers 
  Darren 
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Omar Binno 
  To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 11:04 AM
  Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Bouncing to a single Audio Track


  I like the "master mix" plugin in the vintage channel plugins. It should 
raise the volume, and also give it a bit of punch. 

  Omar Binno

  www.omarbinno.com
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Darren H 
  To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 5:21 AM
  Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Bouncing to a single Audio Track


  Hi 

  Not as far as processing is concerned, only soft synths, and I'm not using 
soft synths for the backing tracks, not yet at least. 

  Cheers 
  Darren 

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Omar Binno 
  To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 10:19 AM
  Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Bouncing to a single Audio Track


  That would all depend on what kind of plugins you might have. Do you have any 
other plugins besides the ones that come with sonar? 

  Omar Binno

  www.omarbinno.com
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Darren H 
  To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 5:15 AM
  Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Bouncing to a single Audio Track


  Hi 

  OK, I'll take a look at it. 

  Any suggested settings? 

  Cheers 
  Darren 
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Omar Binno 
  To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 10:13 AM
  Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Bouncing to a single Audio Track


  Adding a compressor would still keep it sounding live I think. It would also 
help with your volume problem. 

  Omar Binno

  www.omarbinno.com
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Darren H 
  To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 5:09 AM
  Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Bouncing to a single Audio Track


  Hi 

  No, it's pretty dry. 

  I want to keep it as dry and live sounding as possible as they will be used 
as backing tracks for live artists. 

  Darren 
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Omar Binno 
  To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 9:58 AM
  Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Bouncing to a single Audio Track


  Are you applying any compressors on the track? That would help tremendously. 

  Omar Binno

  www.omarbinno.com
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Darren H 
  To: Dancing Dots List 
  Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 3:55 AM
  Subject: [ddots-l] Bouncing to a single Audio Track


  Hi all. 

  OK, I'm mixing down several midi tracks to a single stereo audio track. 

  If I leave the levels pretty much as they are, it clips and distorts like 
nothing on earth, but if I drop the levels to where they don't distort, the 
over all volume is really low. 

  Is it best to put up with this low level and then increase it using the audio 
trakcs volume to bring it back up to where it was? 

  I'm really asking for a good workflow method for getting the best possible 
levels. 

  to illustrate, take a listen to... 

  www.darrenhartland.com/music/clouds.mp3

  the levels when bouncing to audio were really low, but once the audio track 
was recorded, I increased it's volume to plus 3 and exported. 

  In this respect I really miss a good mixing desk. 

  cheers 
  Darren 





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