That's extremely helpful. Thanks! John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shawn Brock" <shawnbrock@xxxxxxxx> To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 4:19 PM Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Mixing down audio > hello, i hav sound forge but dont use it a lot. its a good program and lots > of folks sware by it. i do most of my mastering in sonar. for exampel if > i'm doing a c d with 10 songs. i will mix them down, export them and open a > new project. with the new project i import each song on to a track. it is > there i ajust the volume of each song to match cleanly, add compression e q > and so on. most of the time i use the waves l 2 or l 3 durring mastering. > and i find it helpfull to import a refference song on to one of the blank > tracks, so i hav an idea of how my stuff is on a camercial level. hope this > helps. i'm probly just rambeling but its all in conversation right? > Shawn Brock > Cincinnati Sound Lab > 130 East Sixth Street > Cincinnati Oh. > 45202 > Phone: 513-349-8541 > Web Site: > www.cincysoundlab.com > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <fioresq1@xxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 12:41 AM > Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Mixing down audio > > > > Sean are you talking about mastering after you've exported your tracks > > into > > a waive file in sonar. If so, what do you use, soundforge? JOhn > > Fioravanti > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Shawn Brock" <shawnbrock@xxxxxxxx> > > To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 12:21 AM > > Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Mixing down audio > > > > > > hello, i find that it is better to mix, at lower levels and bump every > > thing > > up durring mastering. with the unrelyable meaders in sonar so i know i'm > > not clipping. there are lots of plug ins to bump the volume up durring > > mastering and you dont hav to worry about a track clipping. > > Shawn Brock > > Cincinnati Sound Lab > > 130 East Sixth Street > > Cincinnati Oh. > > 45202 > > Phone: 513-349-8541 > > Web Site: > > www.cincysoundlab.com > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Gordon Kent > > To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Sent: Monday, April 24, 2006 4:04 PM > > Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Mixing down audio > > > > > > This is happening because some of your tracks that are feeding your > > master > > are too high. Always keep in mind that peak levels are cumulative. When > > you start stacking up a lot of tracks, even though individually their > > levels > > might be all right, together they will mount up. Many times I find myself > > going through all my audio tracks and just dropping each one down by > > around > > 5 db or so. The name of the game when mixing is head room, it will go a > > long way toward giving your mixes the space they need. > > Gord > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Sean Farrow > > To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Sent: Monday, April 24, 2006 3:14 PM > > Subject: [ddots-l] Mixing down audio > > > > > > Hi: > > I need to mix down audio that is going to the master buss, the master > > bus is set at a output level of -6.0 Db. When I mix the audio down, the > > audio level comes out at -0.2 Db. Why is this? Can somebody tell me how to > > mix the audio down keeping the output level the same. > > I am using sonar 4 producer. > > Cheers > > Sean. > > > > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- > > ** [mailto:ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] > > ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: > > ** ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > ** and in the Subject line type > > ** unsubscribe > > ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the > > ** immediately-following link:- > > ** [mailto:ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] > > ** or send a message, to > > ** ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq > > > > > > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] > ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: > ** ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ** and in the Subject line type > ** unsubscribe > ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the > ** immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] > ** or send a message, to > ** ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq