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go fight x kill
New member
i have everything recorded, and im getting ready to master...
what are the volume levels supposed to be?
what are the volume levels supposed to be?
Track Rat
Just Your Average Sized Member
42..............
BrettB
Well-known member
Wow, what a broad question....! It's like: I have bought a mic, how do Irecord?
I assume you have mixed all the tracks and you now have a two track file?
You now can apply EQ'ing and (multiband)compression on your master to make your mix sound as punchy as you want, and to give it a good frequency balance so it survives on different sysems.
Depending on the end voluime, keep in ind that it's not the peaks in your volume that gives the impression of loudness, but your overall volume. If you want to boast it without clipping, you gotta start working with that compressor.
There are wars fought on this board over how loud masters should be, and it's all a matter of taste and style. Just remember that often small systems can't cope with a constant loudness that is above -1dBv
I assume you have mixed all the tracks and you now have a two track file?
You now can apply EQ'ing and (multiband)compression on your master to make your mix sound as punchy as you want, and to give it a good frequency balance so it survives on different sysems.
Depending on the end voluime, keep in ind that it's not the peaks in your volume that gives the impression of loudness, but your overall volume. If you want to boast it without clipping, you gotta start working with that compressor.
There are wars fought on this board over how loud masters should be, and it's all a matter of taste and style. Just remember that often small systems can't cope with a constant loudness that is above -1dBv
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go fight x kill
New member
im definitely a beginner...
i'm supposed to have a 2-track mix?
i'm supposed to have a 2-track mix?
Massive Master
www.massivemastering.com
I'm almost confused - 
Are you sending it out or self-mastering?
Are you sending it out or self-mastering?
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go fight x kill
New member
self-mastering
BrettB
Well-known member
go fight x kill said:
You have recorded a song I presume?
Have you mixed it allready? In what program?
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go fight x kill
New member
no i haven't mixed or mastered it yet. i just wanted to know how loud it should be, before i start doing anything.
and i will be using acid.
and i will be using acid.
masteringhouse
www.masteringhouse.com
go fight x kill said:
Is it a ballad, rocker, punk, rap, R&B, etc?
Not to be facetious, but anywhere between -14 and -6 rms on the dBFS scale is finished product. Anything less for mixes depending on how hot your gonna go on the final.
Middleman
Professional Amateur
I have to disagree with TrackRat, the settings is 47........ 
masteringhouse
www.masteringhouse.com
Middleman said:I have to disagree with TrackRat, the settings is 47........
I thought that it only went up to 11?
masteringhouse
www.masteringhouse.com
go fight x kill said:
Maybe you should try mushrooms instead?
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go fight x kill
New member
masteringhouse said:
haha, good one
BrettB
Well-known member
go fight x kill said:
You should really do some searches and ask some more detailed questions.
But regarding volume, I can say for now: leave enough headroom for mastering.
Blue Bear Sound
New member
phhft.... amateurs! I go to 48..... not even Al Schmitt himself hits 49!Middleman said:I have to disagree with TrackRat, the settings is 47........
Track Rat
Just Your Average Sized Member
Let's see you go to 48! I dare ya! Come on punk...............Blue Bear Sound said:phhft.... amateurs! I go to 48..... not even Al Schmitt himself hits 49!
Massive Master
www.massivemastering.com
Oh my goodness Toto!
Quick & dirty - You don't want to clip your mixes. You don't want to tdo anything to the buss for the sake of volume alone.
THEN, wait several days before mastering. Don't listen to your mixes during those several days. Trust me on this.
After that is the big mystery - Every song will need what it needs, and there's no way to tell without hearing it as objectively as possible, on the best monitors you can muster up. As far as the final levels go, I try never to cross the -0.4dB line.
Or, do I still not quite understand the question...?
Quick & dirty - You don't want to clip your mixes. You don't want to tdo anything to the buss for the sake of volume alone.
THEN, wait several days before mastering. Don't listen to your mixes during those several days. Trust me on this.
After that is the big mystery - Every song will need what it needs, and there's no way to tell without hearing it as objectively as possible, on the best monitors you can muster up. As far as the final levels go, I try never to cross the -0.4dB line.
Or, do I still not quite understand the question...?
Middleman
Professional Amateur
Blue Bear Sound said:phhft.... amateurs! I go to 48..... not even Al Schmitt himself hits 49!
Fine then. But I've heard that you can break the volume knob in that range.
masteringhouse
www.masteringhouse.com
Middleman said:
You need military knobs to prevent breakage. Similar to the following:
http://www2.concord-elex.com/cgi-bin/part0.cgi?pg=140:139&pi=122
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boingoman
New member
masteringhouse said:
Wow! I like those. Most of 'em are too small to really get hold of with a wrench- for when you need that little bit extra.
