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MercyfullMusic
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I have a question for you pros out there.
I am having a hard time compressing a waveform the way I want it to look and sound. I have been searching for a way to give myself a hint as to what to use for settings for compressing/limiting a waveform using SONAR's effects. What I'm trying to do is to use the Volume Envolopes for each track on the screen to see how much I need to bring down a waveform in DBs. However it never seems to look quite right after I process the waveform.
Although my tracks each sound individually good, the whole mix sounds too low in volume, even after being processed with T-Racks post-Cakewalk. I think this must be due to these little spikes in volume on each track. I can tame the sound of them down with volume envelopes, however I have noticed that a track doesn't really have a possibility of being pushed louder in T-Racks after this. And looking at the stereo wav file the spikes still remain as if the volume envelopes did not change the waveform. I think this is the real problem.
What am I doing wrong? Is there a way to simply draw a line on the screen similiar to a volume envelope and say "Limit to this point"?
Thanks.
I am having a hard time compressing a waveform the way I want it to look and sound. I have been searching for a way to give myself a hint as to what to use for settings for compressing/limiting a waveform using SONAR's effects. What I'm trying to do is to use the Volume Envolopes for each track on the screen to see how much I need to bring down a waveform in DBs. However it never seems to look quite right after I process the waveform.
Although my tracks each sound individually good, the whole mix sounds too low in volume, even after being processed with T-Racks post-Cakewalk. I think this must be due to these little spikes in volume on each track. I can tame the sound of them down with volume envelopes, however I have noticed that a track doesn't really have a possibility of being pushed louder in T-Racks after this. And looking at the stereo wav file the spikes still remain as if the volume envelopes did not change the waveform. I think this is the real problem.
What am I doing wrong? Is there a way to simply draw a line on the screen similiar to a volume envelope and say "Limit to this point"?
Thanks.
