[ddots-l] Re: 0 dB or higher?
- From: "D!J!X!" <megamansuperior@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2009 23:41:46 -0500
-0.1 is the max you can go up to. Try compressing some tracks and playing
around with indevidual track volumes, or try using a limitter to see what it
does. Take in to consideration that if you want your mix to breathe or have
some natrual ambiance to it, it will never sound as loud as today's
comercial rock and hip hop stuff, just because those cds have the crap
compressed out of them. It all depends what you are working with. Not that
compressing is bad, but it's an art that must be mastered to be done right.
Some of your tracks might have some peaks here and there which is what's
holding your volume down a bit, with a compressor or better recording
techniques you might be able to sort this out. I'm sure others will chime in
here with better suggestions and/or tips on how to fix your problem.
HTH, D!J!X!
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From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Stacy Blackwell
Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 11:23 PM
To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ddots-l] 0 dB or higher?
Hello again. My new question is that I have maxed the outputs of a project
until it sounded balanced. I pushed everything to the 0 dB output level. I
thought the mix was good, but when compared to a regular CD, the overall
volume was a lot lower. To match the volume, I had to max out some buses to
6 dB. I shouldn't have to do this, should I? I thought 0 dB was where the
volume should be for a quality recording. Are my original recording levels
too low? I don't think they were that far below 0 dB. My MP3 conversion
was also quieter in volume. Any suggestions? S.B.
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