[ddots-l] Response to posts

Of course Bryan's essay was awesome.  Did you expect less?  I am saving it to 
read over and over again.  I have also enjoyed reading the last couple of days 
posts because they have offered me some good advice and suggestions.  Thanks to 
all.  And Darren, you are very talented in your music.  I'm more of a classic 
rocking guitarist and country singer, but I was very impressed by your 
arrangements.  It made me appreciate that style of music even more. 

Back to the vocal peaks, maximum db levels, and compressors that have been 
mixed in and out of posts, are you guys using compressors to, for instance, 
"smush" a -1db mix down to say a -6db, and then using the compressor's gain to 
bring it back up to 0db?  I know Gordon mentioned headroom and such, but I 
cannot get my recordings to be as loud as commercial CD's.  Even though my 
songs may sound okay, the main comment I get is that they aren't loud enough.  
In looking at my Master bus's output level, it will be just under 0db, and my 
associated buses are way below that.  I do have a compressor and EQ inserted 
into the Master bus which provides a smooth boost I think.  Do you guys think 
that if the song is pumping out at 0db at the Master bus that this is the way 
it should be, or am I to adjust something like the buses output volumes?  I 
guess what I am trying to ask is do your recordings match other commercial and 
other studio recordings in overall volume?  If so, how are you achieving this?  
Maybe I'm not using the Sonetus compressor to its greatest potential.  Sorry 
for this confusing posts, but I would like to get the best sound at the maximum 
non-clipping volume.  Any comments?       

 

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