[ddots-l] Re: ideal peak levels help

Yes I did and it came out really good thanks much. 

 

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From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
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Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2009 12:09 AM
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Compression usually does the tricks. In this type of mucis that is normal,
accepted, and sometimes the sound we are looking for. However in more
acoustic-like settings you don't wanna compress too much or you'll lose
characteristics of the mix. Did you ever get someone to mix your stuff?

 

D!J!X!

 

 

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Subject: [ddots-l] Re: ideal peak levels help

Hello Darren,

How did you get your tracks to sound so loud? Usually when I have lots of
instruments, my track sounds too soft even with the master at minus 1. If I
try to make the track sound louder, then I have problems with clipping. 

 

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Behalf Of Gordon Kent
Sent: Monday, July 27, 2009 9:20 PM
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Subject: [ddots-l] Re: ideal peak levels help

 

Hello:

The one rule you should always remember is headroom headroom headroom.  Keep
in mind that the level of your entire mix is a product of the sum total of
all your individual tracks.  If you turn your control room monitor level
down low, you'll hear what is standing out in your mix and causing your
peaks to exceed acceptable levels.  I like to keep the master level below
-3db or so if possible to give maximizing software some room to work.  A
snare track probably shouldn't go above -6db, so if you want to get that
really cracking out front snare sound on your track you should work from
there.  Even though we are now in the digital domain and we have all our
tracks up while we are recording, we should still do our mixes like the old
school cats did, starting from the bottom up with the bas and drums, then
adding rhythm instruments, sweetening, and last but not least, vocals.  If
you find your vocals are burried, bring everything else down.  It's a
natural tendency for you to just push something up to bring it out, but
believe me, you'll get much better results if you think down instead of up.
Also, panning stuff in the right place will go a long way to making room for
stuff to fit.  

Gord

----- Original Message ----- 

From: Darren H <mailto:darren@xxxxxxxxxxxx>  

To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 

Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2009 11:56 PM

Subject: [ddots-l] Re: ideal peak levels help

 

Hi.

 

gordon, my starting point is to mix the vocals with the drum track.

 

The snare should just about be cutting through the vocals, but without
pushing them back.

 

On a similar note, when mixing the bass, especially bass guitar with drums,
I like to mix them so that the kick and the bass notes when they are playing
together sound like one instrument.

 

cheers

Darren

 

----- Original Message ----- 

From: G. <mailto:gmcf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>  McFarlane 

To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 

Sent: Monday, July 27, 2009 4:17 AM

Subject: [ddots-l] Re: ideal peak levels help

 

Hi 

On the same subject, is there a general rule of thumb as to the balance
between vocals (individual voice) and background music/instruments?

Gordon McFarlane

----- Original Message ----- 

From: Omar Binno <mailto:omarbinno@xxxxxxxxx>  

To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 

Sent: Monday, July 27, 2009 12:12 AM

Subject: [ddots-l] Re: ideal peak levels help

 

No track's level should transcend -0.1. After knowing that, it pretty much
depends on how you want your stuff mixed, and how you want each track to
sound in conjunction with the other tracks.

 

 

Omar Binno

 

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----- Original Message ----- 

From: Mark Dew <mailto:jmkeybd1@xxxxxxxxxxx>  

To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 

Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2009 7:09 PM

Subject: [ddots-l] ideal peak levels help

 

Hello group, about peak levels.
Pressing the f2 key shows the peak level.
Normally, what would be the ideal peek level for a track?
I realize there would be a different peak level for each track in a song.
What peak level would be considered too high?
Also, lets say you have 4 tracks drums, bass guitar and piano.
A rough peak level for each track 
would be what?

Thanks in advance.

Mark from St. Louis Mo.


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