7string
Well-known member
I sort of inadvertantly hijacked the other thread so I thought I'd bring it here into it's own thread. Apologies!
This was my response:
Sorry for the delay in response! It's been a busy holiday...
But when mixing, it is always recommended around here to mix to -12. +9 to +12db is a bit out of that ballpark.
My Wharfie's are cranked. When mixing to -12 with a track recorded at -18 I can't hear the lows (drums and bass) well enough. And THAT is where I have the most problems getting a good, full sounding mix. I can't seem to get a mix to sound full UNLESS there is a comp across the bus. The lows always sound dead as hell.
Never thought of the zoom...
I only mention the wavform being non-existant because literally EVERY example I see that shows a track, whether it is a pic or a vid, the wavform is VERY visible, where mine look like little dashes. So I figured that the examples show the way it is SUPPOSED to look. NOW, I wonder if there is something extremely wrong in my software setup somewhere.
Well, maybe the pics and vids that I've seen were zoomed in on?
Ok, I talked with Glen by phone and we went over my setup and we both came to the conclusion that something is wrong somewhere. We just couldn't figure out WHERE!!!!! I recorded a test track using a keyboard at -18. On playback, the actual levels were right around -30. Hmmmmm...
This was my response:
Sorry for the delay in response! It's been a busy holiday...
Turning the track fader up about +9 to +12db (obviously not letting it clip) should let you hear it just as if it were normalized.
But when mixing, it is always recommended around here to mix to -12. +9 to +12db is a bit out of that ballpark.
Turn up your monitors. Your recording level and you playback volume have nothing to do with each other.
My Wharfie's are cranked. When mixing to -12 with a track recorded at -18 I can't hear the lows (drums and bass) well enough. And THAT is where I have the most problems getting a good, full sounding mix. I can't seem to get a mix to sound full UNLESS there is a comp across the bus. The lows always sound dead as hell.
There is also a zoom control for the waveform so you can see it.
Never thought of the zoom...
Who cares? Since when does the waveform - Especially on one individual track mean much of anything anyway?
I only mention the wavform being non-existant because literally EVERY example I see that shows a track, whether it is a pic or a vid, the wavform is VERY visible, where mine look like little dashes. So I figured that the examples show the way it is SUPPOSED to look. NOW, I wonder if there is something extremely wrong in my software setup somewhere.
On top of that, I've not seen a DAW that can't vertically zoom in on a waveform in over a decade.
Well, maybe the pics and vids that I've seen were zoomed in on?
Ok, I talked with Glen by phone and we went over my setup and we both came to the conclusion that something is wrong somewhere. We just couldn't figure out WHERE!!!!! I recorded a test track using a keyboard at -18. On playback, the actual levels were right around -30. Hmmmmm...