werd. what Trust said. also, I find that working to get my tracks "sounding" loud during the pre-production process really ease the mixdown/mastering process. Sometimes if not a lot of care is taken in pre-production, you may end up with what is called a "polished terd." A compressed and limited terd. A squashed poop with no dynamics.
lars Trust wrote: > > digital clipping leads to audible "crackling"... but if you clip only > every > > once in a while, say on a snare, that's fine because it probably won't > > change the sound as much, but try clipping often on bass and it's > horrible. > > and normalizing won't throw off any eq'ing or anything else you do, it > just > > scans your sound file, determines what the loudest peak is, and then will > > boost the entire file to whatever level you specify (if the loudest it > goes > > is -5.2 peak db, and you normalize to 0 db, it'll essentially turn up the > > entire file by 5.2 db). > > Correct. But most pros suggest avoiding normalization where possible due to > the fact that it is actually an imperfect process that can introduce minor > imperfections. Although i cant say that i've ever noticed. But if you are > going to be limiting your final track anyway (and you should be - see > below), you should be able to skip the normalization process. > > >and commercial releases are much louder than things > > we release because... they're commercial - people with huge racks of > > tube/analog equipment get paid to work on the tracks until they're loud as > > hell without clipping. > > > > Yeah, true, but it not all analog hocus-pocus and mystical valve magic. In > every case, the basic process is raising the apparent volume through > compression and limiting. Software apps like T-Racks, or plug-in suites > like Steinberg Mastering Edition or Waves Gold offer tools for compressing > and limiting your final track. The are also lots of outboard - the dbx > compressors, RNC, TL Audio C1, and Prosoniq Compounder have all gotten lots > of air time on this list - that can add warmth, punch, and apparent > "loudness" to your mix. > > There's many people on this list putting out tracks that are good and loud - > and i can assure you they're not toting many huge racks of tube gear. ;) > Compression and limiting...pick a tool and learn how to use it. > > trust > > --- > Drum&Bass Arena Producers Discussion List http://www.breakbeat.co.uk > You are currently subscribed to dnb-prod as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- +++pleiadian aka larzmarz+++ http://www.mp3.com/djpleiadian --- Drum&Bass Arena Producers Discussion List http://www.breakbeat.co.uk You are currently subscribed to dnb-prod as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
