| Author |
Thread |
|
eLASTIC
Advanced Member
Australia
637 posts
Joined: Mar, 2005
|
 Posted - 2005/10/21 : 02:16:31
Dunno if this is a dumb question but ......my production comes out so soft compared to commercial tracks, does anyone know how I can bring up the volume of the track without it clipping n flyin over the reds?
Somethin other than increasing the volume in the speakers lol.
Alert moderator 
|
Underloop
Advanced Member
United Kingdom
3,895 posts
Joined: Mar, 2002
91 hardcore releases
|
Posted - 2005/10/21 : 10:53:51
You need to look into compression and limiting
__________________________________
"We don't stop playing because we grow old;
we grow old because we stop playing."
- George Bernard Shaw
Alert moderator
|
95_was_the_time
Advanced Member
United Kingdom
1,285 posts
Joined: Oct, 2005
|
Posted - 2005/10/21 : 11:01:42
get soundforge and use the 'normalise' - it will find the highest peak and bring that up to zero dB - sorted!
__________________________________
**** off EDM
Alert moderator
Edited by - 95_was_the_time on 2005/10/21 11:02:24 |
The Deviant
Senior Member
United Kingdom
329 posts
Joined: May, 2004
|
Posted - 2005/10/21 : 11:21:26
Normalise won't increase the overall level of the track, it will just bring the peaks up to 0db. As Underloop has said you need to use a compresser and limiter, to squash those peaks, so the overall level becomes higher.
Alert moderator
|
eLASTIC
Advanced Member
Australia
637 posts
Joined: Mar, 2005
|
Posted - 2005/10/21 : 13:15:50
I usually set a limiter at 0db just to chop any flickers that may go over....
When you guys mean use a limiter, like say if i got my track bouncing
between -4 and -8, should I limit it somewhere in between the peak and trough, or should I just leave my limiter at 0db?
Or should I leave the limiter at 0db and load another compressor and increase the gain so its as close to 0db as possible?
And even if my mixdown is as close to 0db as possible, cant we still get it louder yet?
Help much appreciated guys ; )
Alert moderator
|
dj mull
Average Member
Ireland
163 posts
Joined: Feb, 2004
|
Posted - 2005/10/21 : 13:26:44
compression is essential, in any hard dance
also try eq your sounds, if you take you'r time with eq and compression especially on kick drums and basslines you can really improve your levels
__________________________________
martin mullen
Alert moderator
|
dj mull
Average Member
Ireland
163 posts
Joined: Feb, 2004
|
Posted - 2005/10/21 : 13:30:03
When i'm eqing i create a sharp point on the paramatic eq in reason by doing this and moving the point up and down the frequency line you can pinpoint what frequency your sound is at, and then you can give it a boost and roll off any unwanted frequencies that might be there cluttering up the mix. By getting rid of unwanted sounds by eqing you can reduce your overall output volume. Allowing more headroom to increase other sounds in the mix.
__________________________________
martin mullen
Alert moderator
|
The Deviant
Senior Member
United Kingdom
329 posts
Joined: May, 2004
|
Posted - 2005/10/21 : 20:07:06
Elastic, Having your limiter at 0db during production is right, so you avoid any spikes that cause clipping. All your levels though, need to be adjusted so that none of them ever go above 0db, by lowering the channel level or adding a compresser or a limiter to a peaking channel.
If you leave the master limiter at 0db it won't do anything to raise the overall level of the track. So if your track is at an average level of eg' -6db, you need to raise the input gain of the limiter a few decibles to start to squash the peaks, which will then make the whole track be louder.
Alert moderator
|
eLASTIC
Advanced Member
Australia
637 posts
Joined: Mar, 2005
|
Posted - 2005/10/22 : 11:29:39
Beauty soundin much louder......some bits sound a bit over compressed though but better ; )
cheerz for the pointerz
Alert moderator
|
Printer friendly
