I tried using the default compressor affect on the mixed down track and
it produced good results. I got a louder final stereo track with no
noticeable loss in quality. This seems to be the solution. Any opinions?
Rich De Steno
On 4/3/2015 11:14 PM, Robert Hänggi wrote:
2015-04-03 15:21 GMT+02:00, Rich De Steno <ironrock@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
I record multitrack songs involving several guitars, drums, vocals, andHi Rich
keyboards. Following a procedure recently suggested on this list, I mix
the tracks down into one stereo track by selecting the tracks and
pressing control-shift-m. I then select the mix track and check its
level in "amplification" in the effects menu. I lower the amplitude to
0.5, as was suggested. This produces a pleasant stereo track free of
distortion and clipping. The problem is that the volume level of these
final products is below optimal. I must turn my computer volume up
quite a bit to get a good volume level when listening to the final wav
or MP3 file. Is there any way to bring up the volume at the end of the
process to bring it in line with my other computer sounds and speech
program?
What do you mean by setting the amplitude to 0.5, is that linear i.e. -6 dB?
The procedure in its shortest form for re-capitulation:
- Ctrl+a, select all
- Shift+Ctrl+m, render to new track
- Amplify -> tab -> New peak -> desired peak (e.g -1 dB) -> enter
- delete mixed track (or deselect and mute it).
Wave doesn't actually need any head room, however, dithering produces
a very tiny amount of noise, thus, the peak could go to 0.002182 dB
and you should enter about -0.01 dB for the new peak.
Mp3 is quite another thing. Start out with -2 dB and re-import the mp3
and test for the peak (with amplify).
You can always use a limiter on the mixed track, if it is not yet enough volume.
It is more difficult to use the limiter on the individual tracks but
probably better (or a compressor, for that matter).
Make a copy of the project and just let a limiter run over all tracks,
at least as a starting point.
You can send me a drop-box link or similar to one of your projects, if
you get stuck somewhere.
Best regards
Robert
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