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

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wat?

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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..

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Originally posted by epicaricacy wat?

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.

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I don't! / no!

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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.

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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

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Last edited by Stu Cox on Aug-23-2010 at 18:16