Summing mixer for digital

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mshilarious said:
This was on a finished mix with peaks at 0dB and RMS around -14dB. If +10dBRMS isn't a quite a few consective samples, I don't know what is :eek:
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It appears that your software is on-the-ball then. Just out of curiousity did you check for clipped samples in the waveform?

Are you metering pre-fader?
 
M.Brane said:
It appears that your software is on-the-ball then. Just out of curiousity did you check for clipped samples in the waveform?

Are you metering pre-fader?
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Yes; and Wavelab's master meter is post plug, post fader.

(pre-dither though, but I wasn't dithering).

I don't want to sound like the poster boy for hot mixing because that is not my position at all. I would also recommend shooting for -3dB peaks, but be sure to calibrate your monitors for that level rather than 0dB.

My argument is simply that DAWs and plugs should be designed for a little CYA rather than BYITA ;)
 
mshilarious said:
Yes; and Wavelab's master meter is post plug, post fader.

(pre-dither though, but I wasn't dithering).
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They don't give you the option of pre-fader metering? Shame on them. I don't care what the level is after the fader since I never run 'em over 0db. I wanna see what's happening before it hits the fader.

I don't want to sound like the poster boy for hot mixing because that is not my position at all. I would also recommend shooting for -3dB peaks, but be sure to calibrate your monitors for that level rather than 0dB.

My argument is simply that DAWs and plugs should be designed for a little CYA rather than BYITA ;)
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I agree completely. Unfortunately DAW software is mostly designed by code jockeys not true AEs.
 
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noisewreck said:
It's probably because you've got too many sounds building up in the 400-800Hz range.
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Hmmm... I've noticed this in my mixes from the box. Any reason why this happens?
 
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Interesting thread :)

I just wish i knew the half of the stuff you guys talking about.

So couple of delta 1010 cards and an Allen & heath 24 channel analog mixer wont help me?

Ok now i'm hopeless :(
 
M.Brane said:
They don't give you the option of pre-fader metering? Shame on them. I don't care what the level is after the fader since I never run 'em over 0db. I wanna see what's happening before it hits the fader.
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Well, the option might be buried somewhere, it's a pretty thick program. However this is the master meter, not the channel meters, which are prefader. Most of the time while mixing, you'd leave the master fader on unity, so there would be no difference. Since Wavelab is primarily designed for editing & mastering, you really need a post-fader meter, because that's the level of the final mix.

Again, if while mixing there is an over, the master section tells you how much it is, so you can reduce the master fader by that amount before the final render.
 
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