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Posted by WithoutAngles on Aug-17-2010 03:17:

Equalizing your mix

After the mix is recorded and all is said and done, do you generally equalize it or no?

Posted by epicaricacy on Aug-17-2010 03:30:

wat?

Posted by WithoutAngles on Aug-17-2010 04:53:

Like in Audacity for example there's an effect option to 'equalize' the mix to say 0 dB. Does anyone here do it? I mean I know tracks are all mastered already so equalizing probably shouldn't really be done but yeah..

Posted by orTof�nChiLd on Aug-17-2010 14:27:

quote:
Originally posted by epicaricacy
wat?

Posted by epicaricacy on Aug-17-2010 14:29:

i think you mean normalize. it turns out i used to accidently do it when converting files...it is better if you don't because it can flatten the crap out of your sets.

Posted by atxbigballer1 on Aug-17-2010 16:17:

I don't! / no!

Posted by feelgood on Aug-23-2010 14:25:

quote:
Originally posted by epicaricacy
i think you mean normalize. it turns out i used to accidently do it when converting files...it is better if you don't because it can flatten the crap out of your sets.

Yup..

Ive found the same thing. Audacity's normalizer is pretty rudimentary and hacks the shit out of your recording.

If you're eq'ing and using the trim properly you should be ok with out it.

Posted by Stu Cox on Aug-23-2010 18:10:

Yes, I'd recommend normalising mixes up to 0dB peak (some people prefer to use -0.1dB to be safe) - that at least gets them a bit closer to the volume of a commercially released recording, although it'll still be noticeably quieter.

Normalising peaks to 0dB shouldn't change the dynamics or balance of the recording - just make it louder. Normalising by RMS level, however, can quite easily clip and distort your recording; some wave editors will compress the signal rather than clipping, causing the flattening some people have said they've noticed.

Mastering a mix, however, changes the dynamics... we had a chat about this recently if you're interested:

http://www.tranceaddict.com/forums/...t=normalise+mix