Dogbreath
Im an ex-spurt
We agree.
I think we posted at the same time. See my post above yours.
we did. I'm just really slow at typing.
We agree.
I think we posted at the same time. See my post above yours.
Maybe I'm the one that's missing something, but I don't see how recording so that you peak at -2, but turning down your faders when you mix is any different than recording so that you peak at -10 and not having to turn down your faders as much. It's the same thing. How hot or not hot you track has nothing to do with how much headroom you have when you mix.
Yeah, that's what I've come to understand. If I'm correct, it doesn't really matter how hot you record into your DAW as far as the digital side of it's concerned. Technically, you can come in at -.1 if you really wanted to. The problem is that, if you're coming in that hot, there's a good chance that your gain staging is wrong somewhere on the analog side, before you even got to your computer.I think the real reason some suggest watching levels during tracking is that at that first stage you are still dealing with an analog front end.
Don't know about anyone else but my hourly pee'ing is caused by medication post an operation for bladder cancer.
I anyone wants proof, PM me.
Dave.
Yeah, I certainly wasn't directing anything I said at anyone's illness, especially since I had no idea. If there's one line I don't cross, it's making fun of something that ain't funny no matter how you look at it. I can take it though. I have a heart condition, and I joke about it more than any of my friends is comfortable with, but that's self-directed. So fire away.My post was just a joke in general aimed at no one in particular. More of an old age yelling at clouds thing. Good luck with that cancer thing though.
Um.....Yes it was. You just repeated what I said and added some details, most of which are not necesarry.Hey OP, here's how to make your song "louder" since it wasn't really answered here.
Um.....Yes it was. You just repeated what I said and added some details, most of which are not necesarry.
First of all, you don't put your "threshold" to -.1. That's not the threshold, that's the peak limit. The threshold is what you adjust to find where you want the limiter to kick in. If you put your threshold to -.1, the limiter won't even do anything.
You also don't need to touch your master fader with a limiter. Just adjust the threshold on the limiter downward until it kicks in. From there, you either adjust your make-up gain, or if it's a look-ahead limiter, you don't have to do anything for it to adjust the make-up as you bring down your threshold.
There are three pages of shtick here so I didn't/don't see your post. Secondly, there is obviously more than one way to accomplish "make it louder." What I suggest here is just one of them. Really isn't intended to criticize or even reference whatever is was you suggested in your post.
Mastering technically isn't about just making a single louder. Mastering is getting an entire project ready for mass consumption.
I'd like to see that. Threshold and peak are 2 completely different things. Maybe you have a limiter where one affects the other somehow, but bringing your threshold to -.1 will not do anything. Threshold, by definition is what you bring down until it's at the level that it can compress your signal.And BTW, on my limiter, peak and threshold are tied (one control) and it is -0.01 that I suggested to avoid clipping.
It's cool man. I wasn't attacking you. But if you're not going to read the "three pages of shtick", maybe you shouldn't say it wasn't answered since you don't know if it has or not. Also, if we're going to try and help someone, let's at least get the terms right, or else we're doing them more harm than good.
Mis-naming "threshold" isn't just a matter of "more than one way" to accomplish something. It's simply the wrong term for what you were describing. Again, not attacking you, we all make mistakes. I was just pointing it out before the OP got even more confused.
peak and threshold are tied
Let me know when you make up your mind.it's actually called "Ceiling" not peak.
Let me know when you make up your mind.
I never said it wasn't. I know how a limiter works. Yes, bringing it up -.01 is not going to clip. I never disagreed with that. I'm saying that bringing your THRESHOLD to -.01 (or -.1 or whatever) won't do anything. That's not where the threshold will have any affect. Again, THRESHOLD and PEAK/CEILING (same thing) are 2 different things.And yes, bringing your ceiling to -0.01 will in fact prevent your out put from clipping. That's the whole point of the ceiling, things don't go higher than it. So if 0db+ = clipping; -0.01db = not clipping.