Massive Master
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The clipped version will be .5dB quieter from turning down the entire signal.
Oh no! A half dB!!!
Oh no! A half dB!!!
masteringhouse
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Massive Master said:The clipped version will be .5dB quieter from turning down the entire signal.
Oh no! A half dB!!!
Not sure if this was 100% joke John ...
Just for clarity, the limited signal also peaks at -.5dBFS, both are reducing peaks by X dBFS, so I don't think one will be more quiet than the other.
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I'm still drink my morning coffee, nevermind ...
I misread and thought you meant quieter than each other.
The .5 dBFS reduction was done (as J knows) so that the resulting audio doesn't register the overs on most playback systems.
ez_willis
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Farview said:
I'm not getting the peaks up to 0dbFS at the first burn, many times. That's why I send it back through.
I'm a rookie, cut me some slack.
Farview
Well-known member
Why don't you turn it up until you do?ez_willis said:
Why do you use a stand-alone unit? (assuming you are recording on a computer) You could easily do all this volume enhancing in the box. It would save CD's and having to burn in real time.
ez_willis
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Because I use a tascam tm d-1000 before/after the computer. If your next question is "why?", it's because I use 8 channels for my drums and I can bring them into Logic seperately, via the RME Hammerfall HDSP 9652. I use the pre's on it to mic everything else as well. On the way out, sometimes I'll use the onboard effects to compress the stereo tracks.Farview said:
Farview said:
I try to. Sometimes, if it seems like the mix could be louder, I'll run it back through. I try to get it right the first time around, but like I said, I'm a rookie.
My setup is weird, too.
Nate74
HR4FREBR
Not to hijack the thread... (can you do that when you were the original poster) but after some research I decided to try about half a dozen different settings on the loudest 10 seconds of a mix. I then imported the limited portions all back into a new file and was able to visually see what each amount of limiting did. I set the max or peak or cealing control to 98% and tried various db settings from -4 to -16.
I could not only see what the limiter was doing but then compared it to the overall perceived change in volume.
In the end, I realized that though I could really push the levels up, the music lost a lot of its punch and clarity so a happy medium was best.
Anyway, thanks to all for contributing and for the education.
I could not only see what the limiter was doing but then compared it to the overall perceived change in volume.
In the end, I realized that though I could really push the levels up, the music lost a lot of its punch and clarity so a happy medium was best.
Anyway, thanks to all for contributing and for the education.
Nate74
HR4FREBR
Seriously, who still neg reps people anonymously? Pussy!
I know, I know, it shouldn't bother me but it does a bit...just had to vent.
I know, I know, it shouldn't bother me but it does a bit...just had to vent.
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