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cap'n hopeless
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Howdy all. Been trying basic recordings for a while now and scouring the internet for tips, but this is bugging me:
When I'm mixing, and I feel as though I've reached a good balance, invariably my drum peaks look huge on the waveform, and my other instruments are pretty quiet in terms of dynamic range. SO: when I try to boost the track during "mastering", the drums disappear because they can't get any louder, whereas the levels of the other instruments come right up.
How does one record or mix drums so that they don't disappear when you "master" the track?
If I were to send my stuff to a professional masterer, would they be able to work with my "nice balance" or would the drums still disappear?
I've noticed that many (in fact most) commercial pop tracks are absolutely squashed against the limiter, the result being that they have about half-a-db of dynamic range... not that I want this type of result, but I do want to be able to boost it up some. You can still always hear the drums nicely on these recordings
Andrew
When I'm mixing, and I feel as though I've reached a good balance, invariably my drum peaks look huge on the waveform, and my other instruments are pretty quiet in terms of dynamic range. SO: when I try to boost the track during "mastering", the drums disappear because they can't get any louder, whereas the levels of the other instruments come right up.
How does one record or mix drums so that they don't disappear when you "master" the track?
If I were to send my stuff to a professional masterer, would they be able to work with my "nice balance" or would the drums still disappear?
I've noticed that many (in fact most) commercial pop tracks are absolutely squashed against the limiter, the result being that they have about half-a-db of dynamic range... not that I want this type of result, but I do want to be able to boost it up some. You can still always hear the drums nicely on these recordings

Andrew