[ddots-l] Re: Response to posts
- From: "Sean A. Cummins" <seanacummins@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:33:08 -0700
Try the V64 compressor with the loud mix preset, or the gentle mastering and
push your master output as close to 0 as you can with out clip
Sean
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From: Stacy Blackwell
To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2009 2:00 PM
Subject: [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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