aaroncomp
1-20-2009
Excuse my ignorance, but...
Three things affect final volume of a song (in general, for my question) when mixing:
1)Individual track compression/limiting
2)Gain knob of that track(never above zero)
3)Final compression/limiting of the mixdown
I need some clarification on how to do this correctly, as I'm getting a little confused. I typically use a seperate Bus for every track (unless same instrument, doubles, etc.). My question concerns getting pre-mixdown volumes from clipping. I'm unskilled in the analog world (and obviously here too ) but I think a Stereo Bus is what I'd be looking for to solve this problem. This doesn't exist in Audition 1.5, correct? So, let's say I've applied some compression plus/minus limiting to all of my tracks, then adjusted the channels' gain knobs accordingly. Being that the limiter isn't interconnected to all of the tracks before mixdown, how do I prevent problems? Do I just keep the general mix well under 0db (like 6-10) by eyeballing it, then limit the mixdown track? I hope this question is clear. This brings me to a related question...
With my freshly recorded tracks (unmixed), do you typically first set some rough gain settings on the tracks to prevent blunt clipping, then after you've applied compression/limiting, etc. go back and readjust accordingly?
Thanks in advance.
Three things affect final volume of a song (in general, for my question) when mixing:
1)Individual track compression/limiting
2)Gain knob of that track(never above zero)
3)Final compression/limiting of the mixdown
I need some clarification on how to do this correctly, as I'm getting a little confused. I typically use a seperate Bus for every track (unless same instrument, doubles, etc.). My question concerns getting pre-mixdown volumes from clipping. I'm unskilled in the analog world (and obviously here too ) but I think a Stereo Bus is what I'd be looking for to solve this problem. This doesn't exist in Audition 1.5, correct? So, let's say I've applied some compression plus/minus limiting to all of my tracks, then adjusted the channels' gain knobs accordingly. Being that the limiter isn't interconnected to all of the tracks before mixdown, how do I prevent problems? Do I just keep the general mix well under 0db (like 6-10) by eyeballing it, then limit the mixdown track? I hope this question is clear. This brings me to a related question...
With my freshly recorded tracks (unmixed), do you typically first set some rough gain settings on the tracks to prevent blunt clipping, then after you've applied compression/limiting, etc. go back and readjust accordingly?
Thanks in advance.