What's wrong with the volume?

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OK... when I finish a song on my computer (in WAV format) it sounds like it is just as loud as a professional album (the volume control is on the same dot). But when I burn it 2 a cd, it isn't as loud as the cd as it was on the computer. How can I increase the volume on the cd? Is it a way I burn it or what? Thanks for your help!
 
It is more likely that it was always quieter. When you are listening to a file compared to an audio CD, your computer may actually be using a differnt volume (through windows) than your wav file stuff. As a better test, try extracting a file from a commercially released CD and then compare the two in the same application.
 
Alright. But how could I turn it louder? Do I edit it in the original mixer, or use a compressor on the whole file or what?
 
You need to master it. Normally, you mix the song down to a 24 bit file, then open that up in and editor, add final eq, compression and limiting. Then you dither the file down to 16 bit (save it as a different file) before you burn it to a CD.
 
Sillyhat said:
You need to master it. Normally, you mix the song down to a 24 bit file, then open that up in and editor, add final eq, compression and limiting. Then you dither the file down to 16 bit (save it as a different file) before you burn it to a CD.
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Correcto. What you are talking about Shiner is mastering. Of course there is more involved than just turning it up and making it louder but that's the jist of it. It's a science, and can be hard as hell to get a home recording to the same volume as a commercial release without it sound like garbage as you turn it up.
 
Well, just in case there's a problem somewhere, it probably wouldn't be a bad idea to extract one of these commercial tracks into the same program to do the comparison.
 
shiner41 said:
Alright. But how could I turn it louder? Do I edit it in the original mixer, or use a compressor on the whole file or what?
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Try turning up the volume knob on the player.

When you play a "professional album" again just turn that same knob down a little so it's not too loud.
 
Just slap an L2 on it and you too can have your very own pro recording...



(sorry)
 
So, you mean an L2 will fix out of tune vocals, bad timing, distortion due to bad gain staging, terrible channel eq'ing and exteremtly sibilent vocals???? WOW! I got to read the manual again. I didn't know how easy it was to have a "PRO RECORDING" regardless of what you're working with as a master. Thanx.
 
RAMI said:
So, you mean an L2 will fix out of tune vocals, bad timing, distortion due to bad gain staging, terrible channel eq'ing and exteremtly sibilent vocals???? WOW! I got to read the manual again. I didn't know how easy it was to have a "PRO RECORDING" regardless of what you're working with as a master. Thanx.
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Look in the manual under the section that describes "The Easy Button". ;)

G.
 
SouthSIDE Glen said:
Look in the manual under the section that describes "The Easy Button". ;)

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Or, I can get the L3. Then, I probably wouldn't even have to record any tracks.
 
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