my mix got scratchy after i master leveled it.

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BRIEFCASEMANX said:
the display is messed up, i think i accidentally had some meter turned up a little that makes the wave taller. It's still very smoothe but you can see a little more white stuff, if that helps you with my answer? Also, how am i supposed to get it louder without turning the volume knob up? I don't get it.
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Digital has a ceiling. You can not go above 0dbFS without losing the audio that attempts to. Turning the volume up only makes it slice off the stuff that gets too loud. That's what the scratching noise is, it's the sound of you losing all that sound.

In order to get something loud, you need to use compressors and limiters. Even then, any one mix will only get so loud before it starts to fall apart.


You didn't think that mastering is just turning the volume up and putting a de-scratching plugin across a mix, did you?
 
Farview said:
Digital has a ceiling. You can not go above 0dbFS without losing the audio that attempts to. Turning the volume up only makes it slice off the stuff that gets too loud. That's what the scratching noise is, it's the sound of you losing all that sound.

In order to get something loud, you need to use compressors and limiters. Even then, any one mix will only get so loud before it starts to fall apart.


You didn't think that mastering is just turning the volume up and putting a de-scratching plugin across a mix, did you?
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I don't really know. I guess I can look it up? Unless you can tell me?
 
i'm no expert, but i think you need to at least learn the basics on digital audio, cuz it seems like that would help alot. Maybe google it.... "digital audio recording", pcrecording.com??
 
BRIEFCASEMANX said:
here's the waveform. How much is a passive summing thing?
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There is your problem right there, you still have some "daylight" showing in that waveform. You need to turn it up with the limiter until it's just one solid color, then the scratchiness will go away ;)
 
I would just start over.

Go back to your mix, play it all the way through and make sure it doesn't clip, although judging by your waveform picture you don't know what clipping means.

You should have a volume meter on your DAW, if it goes in the red while playing, it's too loud. Turn it down until this doesn't happen.

Export your mix, or do a "mixdown" of the entire mix.

At that point, I'd leave it alone until you have some idea what you're doing.

Google "using a compressor" and "using a limiter".

Always look at your meters and make sure it doesn't go into the red. If it does, you're doing too much.
 
LOL

I can't believe you guys are still trying to help this guy...

He's playing you like a fiddle!

Look at his rep power... :rolleyes:
 
i dunno what the problem is, but i still cant decipher that waveform.

...it almost looks like the white parts are the actual sound, but then again, it could also be the valleys.

hmm.... or maybe ive just never seen one that bad before?? :confused:

if the latter is correct, (and im assuming it is) then mastering is the last thing you need worry about. lol.
 
i had a setting that made the waveform taller, sorry. Yeah my mix showed as red when I had the volume turned up.
 
Do you have a dog. Maybe he can chase the cats out. Can you record a dog barking? Maybe a person barking and the cats will not know the difference. Good luck!
 
why does that waveform make me wanna start building a house?? :confused:
 
Ironklad Audio said:
fucking idiot
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sorry man, i want to hear you're beats dude. i bet you're beats sound like an idiot! :(
 
BRIEFCASEMANX said:
but when i turned it up everything got smoothed out like how I wanted it to be on the waveform. I don't get it?
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AHAHAHHAAH


sorry, couldn't resist.
 
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