[ddots-l] Re: Mixing down audio

That's extremely helpful.  Thanks! John
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Shawn Brock" <shawnbrock@xxxxxxxx>
To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 4:19 PM
Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Mixing down audio


> hello, i hav sound forge but dont use it a lot.  its a good program and
lots
> of folks sware by it.  i do most of my mastering in sonar.  for exampel if
> i'm doing a c d with 10 songs.  i will mix them down, export them and open
a
> new project.  with the new project i import each song on to a track.  it
is
> there i ajust the volume of each song to match cleanly, add compression e
q
> and so on.  most of the time i use the waves l 2 or l 3 durring mastering.
> and i find it helpfull to import a refference song on to one of the blank
> tracks, so i hav an idea of how my stuff is on a camercial level.  hope
this
> helps.  i'm probly just rambeling but its all in conversation right?
> Shawn Brock
> Cincinnati Sound Lab
> 130 East Sixth Street
> Cincinnati Oh.
> 45202
> Phone: 513-349-8541
> Web Site:
> www.cincysoundlab.com
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <fioresq1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 12:41 AM
> Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Mixing down audio
>
>
> > Sean are you talking about mastering after you've exported your tracks
> > into
> > a waive file in sonar.  If so, what do you use, soundforge?  JOhn
> > Fioravanti
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Shawn Brock" <shawnbrock@xxxxxxxx>
> > To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 12:21 AM
> > Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Mixing down audio
> >
> >
> > hello, i find that it is better to mix, at lower levels and bump every
> > thing
> > up durring mastering.  with the unrelyable meaders in sonar so i know
i'm
> > not clipping.  there are lots of plug ins to bump the volume up durring
> > mastering and you dont hav to worry about a track clipping.
> > Shawn Brock
> > Cincinnati Sound Lab
> > 130 East Sixth Street
> > Cincinnati Oh.
> > 45202
> > Phone: 513-349-8541
> > Web Site:
> > www.cincysoundlab.com
> >  ----- Original Message ----- 
> >  From: Gordon Kent
> >  To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >  Sent: Monday, April 24, 2006 4:04 PM
> >  Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Mixing down audio
> >
> >
> >  This is happening because some of your tracks that are feeding your
> > master
> > are too high.  Always keep in mind that peak levels are cumulative.
When
> > you start stacking up a lot of tracks, even though individually their
> > levels
> > might be all right, together they will mount up.  Many times I find
myself
> > going through all my audio tracks and just dropping each one down by
> > around
> > 5 db or so.  The name of the game when mixing is head room, it will go a
> > long way toward giving your mixes the space they need.
> >  Gord
> >    ----- Original Message ----- 
> >    From: Sean Farrow
> >    To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >    Sent: Monday, April 24, 2006 3:14 PM
> >    Subject: [ddots-l] Mixing down audio
> >
> >
> >    Hi:
> >    I need to mix down audio that is going to the master buss, the master
> > bus is set at a output level of -6.0 Db. When I mix the audio down, the
> > audio level comes out at -0.2 Db. Why is this? Can somebody tell me how
to
> > mix the audio down keeping the output level the same.
> >    I am using sonar 4 producer.
> >    Cheers
> >    Sean.
> >
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