 Tue 31 Jul 2001, 15:01
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I have about 20 songs (all given to me by the bands who recorded them, if you are wondering). I would like to make them a uniform volume and 'pump them up' as much as possible. I have a couple of ideas about how to do this (and I'm pretty far along with one method) but I know there must be a better way. I would be interested in any suggestions and advice from you knowledgeable people in this forum.
Ideally, the cheaper the software the better, but I am also interested in what you think would do the best job given that I am something of a novice and will have the manual open in front of me. That is, if it's more expensive but much easier to use . . . Thank you. |
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Tue 21 Aug 2001, 23:19
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 3 Joined: 31-Jul 01 From: Houston Member No.: 1,372 |
Thank you for the excellent advice about software! Now, I am really going to ask a dumb question. As I said in a previous post, I got the free Pro Tools and I ended up buying a copy of T-Racks (very cool program, btw). I cleaned up all the tracks in Pro Tools and adjusted some of the tracks in T-Racks (just using the 'output' knob. No compression or anything). Most of the songs I have were already compressed etc. by the bands. Now, I mostly have all the songs SOUNDING like they are the same loudness, but in T-Racks they vary in where they peak, from -4 db to 0 db. I don't want to mess too much with the actual tracks (I tried it with one that really varies a lot in volume and it ended up sounding awful after all the compression an eq I used) but is it okay if the songs sound about the same volume-wise but don't look the same in T-Racks in terms of peak? Am I looking at this the wrong way? I guess what I'm asking for is some basic explanation of mastering in this situation (since they are all from different sources) and whether it is 'okay' as long as the songs sound like a group volum-wise.
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mild7 I have about 20 songs (all given to me by the band... Tue 31 Jul 2001, 15:01
the dur The cheapest way to master would be to use the com... Tue 31 Jul 2001, 16:24 WSpeckmann ... and the best way is either Spark XL & a lot of... Tue 31 Jul 2001, 22:19 Synthetic here is what I do to master my tracks. I work in P... Wed 1 Aug 2001, 18:53 kryngle Howdy all,
I'm wondering if any of you out th... Thu 2 Aug 2001, 09:16 Synthetic I really liked Peak when I tried a couple of demos... Thu 2 Aug 2001, 14:02 abbie SonicWorx Basic is a freeware program that allows ... Thu 2 Aug 2001, 18:37 mild7 Thank you for all the great information! I've orde... Thu 2 Aug 2001, 21:24 abbie While I am not familiar with ProTools, I bet it do... Fri 3 Aug 2001, 17:03 Synthetic If you want to normalize several tracks for say CD... Fri 3 Aug 2001, 22:06
Synthetic The way I look at it is... peak is the loudest poi... Wed 22 Aug 2001, 01:59 |
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