[ddots-l] Re: buss question
- From: Bryan Smart <bryansmart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:46:43 -0400
Actually, you're worrying about nothing here. What you say is true for a
traditional mixer, but it is very difficult to make Sonar's audio engine clip
internally.
Here is an experiment.
Take one of your tracks that is very hot, and turn it up so that the meter
registers 0DB. You might heare clipping.
Now, turn down the master bus. The clipping goes away.
I don't fully understand how this works, but Sonar has internal headroom
between the tracks and buses. Clipping the tracks isn't so bad, and, in many
cases clipping the buses won't result in any sort of clipping that you can
actually hear.
When you mixdown, though, you're saving a version of what was heard at the
master bus, and, if that clips, there will be clipping in your two-track
version, so it is important to be sure that the master bus doesn't clip before
exporting audio/performing a mixdown.
So, in most cases, you don't need to worry about individual track meters going
over 0DB. At least, the playback meters, that is. Record meters that clip are
always a bad thing.
Bryan
-----Original Message-----
From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Mark Dew
Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2009 7:44 AM
To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ddots-l] Re: buss question
Len, yes there will be clipping.
If you have several tracks recorded, and there all just below 0 db and you send
them to a master buss, it's like too menny folks trying to get through a door
at the same time.
So by lowing the db level for each track is like taking some weight off the
folks, making them skinnyer.
Now they have a better chance of getting throu the door.
For me, I try to keep the loudest track of my projecst somewhere around minus 2
or 3 db.
This gives you some head room to work with.
Then adjust the other tracks around the loudest track to obtain a mix that
satisfys you.
So if you don't use the Master bus for any thing else, it's usually a good idea
to have one set up to monnor the over all peak level.
If you have a good mix and you have db level over 0 in the master buss, Lower
the volume level for each track the same amount.
By the way, there's no such thing as a silly question.
Cheers!
Mark
At 08:53 AM 10/22/2009 +0200, you wrote:
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>Hi all. I'm not understanding something. I made a recording and when I
>play back all the tracks are beneath the clipping level of minus 0.01.
>all the tracks outputs go to a master buss. But when I check that
>buss's playback level it goes up to 3.0. does that mean there's
>clipping? If this is a silly question please forgive Kind regards Len
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