mastering process on a Korg D16

[ramcam22]

I have a Korg D16 recorder. When I go to make my final mixdown to burn to CD, they sound great "in thr room". When I take the finished CD to my car, I have to turn the volume up to hear it. Sometime as much as 25%. What Im I doing wrong. Do I need to buy a finalizer rack to do the trick?

Also, How do you make vocals sound "transparent" like you hear on other CD's. My vocals are "in your face".

 

[Alex W]

Try here. If they can't help, come back.

http://www.korgboards.com/

I've got a Korg D1600 and have had similar problems. Essentially you need to limit the hell out of your final tracks to get the level up. I've found this easier to do on a separate computer program than in the Korg. On the D1600, you can export individual tracks as .wav files for upload into another audio mix program (I use Protools LE).

As far as mixing your vocals goes, just keep trying. Sounds like you need to bring them back a little bit; and maybe add a touch of reverb. You can also play around with the EQ some. Again, this all much easier to do on an PC based DAW where you can more easily access the setup parameters of your effects.

Alex

 

[ramcam22]

Answer for Alex

Alex,

Thank you for your help. I have tried to do many things with my vocals. They still, however sound " in your face". I want to make them sound like there is some "space". I have tried reverb and several other effects. Can't seem to get it quite right. I'll keep in touch and let you know how I'm doing.

By the way, i lived in San Diego for six years. I was raised in Orange County.

Ramcam22

 

[Alex W]

Right on. Let me know.

I grey up in OC as well (CDM to be exact). Small world and all that.

Late, Alex

 

[the dude]

hey guys, I have an AKAI DPS16, digital recorder, similar to the one you are chatting about. the thing is, you CANNOT master on these things. THAT is where the problem lies. when you do a final mixdown, you can normalize the mixdown to make it a bit louder, but you should really just try to "record" as "hot" as possible. Other than that, you have to get the fucker mastered professionally in order to get the volume at the level of a standard CD. You CAN master it yourself with mastering equipment but I have NEVER heard of it going to well when you have no idea what you are doing! thats my 2 cents! peace