Hey ta's, i am having trouble with my mastering levels. my mix is spot on but wen i export the song it is very quiet. Iv had no problems with my sound card so i dont think it could be that...any ideas, please help...

tezz

try changing your audio output (soundcard) then transport to wav.

Good idea burns but still no effect.... Tried all available drivers too...

this is a general problem most reason tracks have, only a few pro users get it at a good loudness level ( without external software )


1. Export the wav file.

2. Open up your favourite wav editor

3. Cut all frequencies below 50hz !

4. Normalise your track !

5. Use a limiter / compressor / finalizer / mastering plugin or preset to reach maximum loudness.

6. Now it should sound as a loud as most pro productions...

Trancevision

Hi,

Are you playing the files you exported with Mediaplayer? You can raise the volume on it. The same counts for other programs of course.

If you want to raise the volume of your tracks with mastering you can use Ozone. It has everything for mastering and also a limiter wich can raise the volume. It has also a good manual.

http://www.izotope.com

Thanx musicmaker and trancevision, the information was brilliant, much appreciated

tezz

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Originally posted by Musicmaker If you want to raise the volume of your tracks with mastering you can use Ozone. It has everything for mastering and also a limiter wich can raise the volume. It has also a good manual. http://www.izotope.com

Yeah, ozone has a volume maximizer. very usefull.

Just make sure you export your tracks from reason with ZERO CLIPPING. I usually set reason's master volume to 65 or so, just to have complete control over the levels, then just give it a boost with ozone after you've exported.

Ohh...i though ozone was vst only ??? humm, so how do ya gettit to work with reason then if you dont mind tellin is

its just a plugin that you can run through a wav editor program. I use Sound Forge, and it works nicely.

Thanx for that, i will put it to use and if it dont work ill go with the other idea of modding it myself, cheers ppl

In my opinion it's not correct to say that a much too low volume is only a problem of reason that you can completely solve in extern programs.
The problem is the mixdown... If this work has been done well, you nearly have the volume you want to have, without much correction in an wav editor.
And: Don't use too much compression, that brakes more than it repairs...

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Originally posted by DJ Chrono I usually set reason's master volume to 65 or so,

woah, the lowest i usually have to go to avoid clipping, is 92 or something

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