Clipping?

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Bloodsoaked

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Ok, I have all my tracks recorded but the overall fader/volume is way in the red (clipping) whne the volume is at 100%. I can lower the master volume to about 35% and I get no clipping at all. The issue I am having is that when I nder it to a .wav file the song is SO much lower in volume than any "normal" song. What do I do to birng the volume of the song back to a normal listening volume?


Thank you.
 
Assuming you are recording and mixing in a computer program like sonar, cubase, etc... Yes, you can just turn down the master fader and everything will be OK.

This happens when you record too hot of a signal. When you multiply that times how ever many tracks you have, your mix ends up way in the red.
 
Farview said:
Assuming you are recording and mixing in a computer program like sonar, cubase, etc... Yes, you can just turn down the master fader and everything will be OK.

This happens when you record too hot of a signal. When you multiply that times how ever many tracks you have, your mix ends up way in the red.
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What do I do to birng the volume of the song back to a normal listening volume?
 
Farview said:
turn down the master fader.
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This makes the song lower in volume. I want/need the song louder, back to a normal listening volume.


Peter
 
Understood - But you're going about it completely the wrong way.

Tracking too hot doesn't make a hot mix.

Mixing too hot doesn't make a hot mix.

On the contrary - Both will do amazing things to make sure that you *won't* end up with a mix that has the potential for sheer volume in the end.

Tracking and mixing at *NORMAL* levels makes a mix that has the *potential* to be hot.
 
What you're calling 'normal' is smashed to shit.
Put a limiter on it and smash it. The mix will likely completely change.
But in Smashtering, sound in many cases is secondary.
 
I say that you should remix.Go back and lower the volume on all the tracks.Raise them all up one at a time varying only on how you want to hear them in the mix.Let you hottest signal track be your ceiling and dont raise about that.Are you panning?that could be the reason for the over load.Hit the overloaded freqs with some EQ.Use a 10 band or higher.Cut and raise whats needed and there you go.
 
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