Always Be - New Song

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Hyperslug

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hey guys
heres my first song i've recorded with the Presonus Firestudio...

http://www.purevolume.com/marktaylor55

let me first just state that i had a Mackie Onyx w/ firewire Card before and the switch over to the Presonus Firestudio is a night and day difference. So anybody who is debating between these two....Firestudio blows it away.

***One problem i do have is i can't get the voume levels to match commercial Cd's. the quality is there (in my opinion) but not the overall volume. In garageband it sounds great...super loud! but not when i render***

So heres my First song....
its the first track on the page... "Always Be"
remember that purevolume distorts the sound a little

let me know what you think!!
Enjoy!!

http://www.purevolume.com/marktaylor55
 
Impossible to give a take on the mix as the purevolume compression is ruining the sound. (just like myspace does) post up the MP3 somewhere if you'd like an opinion..
 
aidan_m said:
Impossible to give a take on the mix as the purevolume compression is ruining the sound. (just like myspace does) post up the MP3 somewhere if you'd like an opinion..
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Seconded. (10 characters)
 
Hyperslug said:
***One problem i do have is i can't get the voume levels to match commercial Cd's. the quality is there (in my opinion) but not the overall volume. In garageband it sounds great...super loud! but not when i render***

let me know what you think!!
Enjoy!!
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OK, so.....nice song! I diggit, truly.
I know nothing about Garageband, other than it comes free on a mac, and record digital audio in a multitrack fashion....so the suggestions I'm going to make may or may not be possible in GB, I haven't a clue. If they aren't, then I bet your firestudio came with a more pro-level software package, and maybe you should ditch GB and use something else.
The reason your track is low level is because you need a limiter on the output. Are you using compression on each individual track? If not, you need to be, that will also bring volume to the overall track. When you start doing this well, you'll notice that everything starts being glued together sonically.
I compress each drum individually, and then send the outputs to another stereo submix buss, and limit them there as well. Sometimes I don't put the cymbals in this submix, just the drums. Sometimes I do.
If you don't have a limiter, but have a compressor, just set the thing to the hightest ratio it has, and the fastest attack and release times. Then, start moving your threshold down until you hear artifacts (bad sounds) from your compression/limiting, and then back it off until it's better. Now, turn the output volume up until you almost get clipping, but never actually do.

Try these compression/limiting things, and the EQ stuff a little more... to make the vocals pop. The drum overheads could use a bit more stereo seperation, too.

Peace!

~Shawn
 
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