[ddots-l] Re: 0 dB or higher?
- From: "Omar Binno" <omarbinno@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2009 04:46:44 -0500
You should never go beyond -0.1. Use compressers on your tracks and especially
on the master bus. Also, you should use a limiter on the master bus as well. If
you still hear an issue after that, you may have high eq frequencies on some of
your tracks that you want to cut. For example, you may have too much low bass
on a kick drum. The trick is to mess around with compressers and eqs until you
get a better handle on that stuff. That's really where the key is.
Omar Binno
AIM: LOD1116
Skype: obinno1
Website: www.omarbinno.com
----- Original Message -----
From: Stacy Blackwell
To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 11:23 PM
Subject: [ddots-l] 0 dB or higher?
Hello again. My new question is that I have maxed the outputs of a project
until it sounded balanced. I pushed everything to the 0 dB output level. I
thought the mix was good, but when compared to a regular CD, the overall volume
was a lot lower. To match the volume, I had to max out some buses to 6 dB. I
shouldn't have to do this, should I? I thought 0 dB was where the volume
should be for a quality recording. Are my original recording levels too low?
I don't think they were that far below 0 dB. My MP3 conversion was also
quieter in volume. Any suggestions? S.B.
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