After a rather steep learning curve my first song recorded in reaper is almost done...all the parts are recorded so just need to get the mix sorted. I've read about automation for volume on individual tracks with envelopes which seems pretty straight forward although I'm yet to have a go. My questions are hopefully straightforward and concern basic levels I should be hitting in the master track. All my individual tracks were recorded with peaks of around -18db.
So....when I'm playing back the track, where should the master slider be positioned whilst I tweak the individual tracks? When that is established, what level should I be looking at for the master peaking? If I apply a couple of effects to the master mix (probably just some eq and compression ), should this be after i have got the levels right or should it be applied to the master whilst I'm getting the mix right from individual tracks?
Hope that's all clear!
Regards
Mark
So....when I'm playing back the track, where should the master slider be positioned whilst I tweak the individual tracks? When that is established, what level should I be looking at for the master peaking? If I apply a couple of effects to the master mix (probably just some eq and compression ), should this be after i have got the levels right or should it be applied to the master whilst I'm getting the mix right from individual tracks?
Hope that's all clear!
Regards
Mark