Dear Tigerfly.
I'd post this in the main forum except the staff here get snotty about where the downloads originated....
http://www.4shared.com/file/229266204/cea4d138/Mixing_and_Mastering.html
2 tips you could give me that the book doesn't make clear
Bass. When I EQ it, the lights go high in the soundbars but it don't SOUND any louder. It's not my speakers - downloaded MP3s with bass on boom around the room quite happily. Why is there APPARENTLY so much power in my bass, yet OBJECTIVELY it still sounds so quiet.
Compression. 4 decibels in to get 1 decibel out, that's a 4:1 compression ratio, if I'm not right there, tell me. You're getting ONE QUARTER (4:1 = 1/4) of the volume out. When I use compression everything gets QUIETER by the amount of the ratio. So how's my math wrong? If you're only getting a ratio of the sound out, it's gotta be quieter or it wouldn't be a ratio!
Yours frustratedly
Chrisulrich