I use a BR-8 to record with now and by playing with the eq my cd loudness is ok. Would I get more volume when mixing down from Sonar direct to a cd than what I get now??
In digital, volume only goes to 0...so I guess the question is which way is easier to adjust levels. I personally think that in Sonar, being able to see wav files, and having multiple meters, you would be able to get a louder mix, but I'm not too familiar with the Boss unit.
well u need plugins or h/w called compressors and limiters to clipp the peaks so u can smush the volume all the way up to the peak of its headroom
cakewalk has compressors and limiters
they aren't that great so if u do that it'll prolly sound horrible
more expensive plugins such as wave L1 or L2 limiters do a good job of limiting
PSP vintage warmer is a good compressor w/harmonics gives a little body to the sound
sound of a good finalizer is probably marked by its transparency when smushing the hell out of the signal the waves L2 is prolly the most transparents on the market for native systems