use you ears and gain/trim knobs

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Originally posted by Fearless One use you ears and gain/trim knobs

Yeah, you should be able to hear if one track is louder or softer than the previous.. Some mixers have pfl meters which give you a visual of the db level of the tunes..

If you recorded an awesome mix cept there was a couple leveling issues, you could always take it to soundforge to modify a bit..

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Originally posted by Fearless One use you ears and gain/trim knobs

i was afraid someone would say that

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Originally posted by generic i was afraid someone would say that

i think there's no other/better solution for your problem... or maybe you should get one of those mixers which dino mentioned with visual display of db level, but training your ears would be better way IMO...

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Originally posted by generic ive got some mixes i recorded onto my pc and in some cases the volume of the incoming tune is much louder or much quieter, is there anyway to correct this? i've tried normalizing over the range of the set but it causes clipping i've noticed radio broadcasts are very level in terms of volume, even during mixing the peaks are no higher than normal

If you use mp3's, you can change the gain of your records using mp3gain

http://mp3gain.sourceforge.net/

this way you won't have to worry about levels that much

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I have a question, if someone here knows about changing trhe gain of records, and the db Volume.


if I set the volume of my records at 94 db, is this enough to play loud on a good system in clubs?

I mean this , beacuse a lot of records clip over 94 db, and if I want my tunes to be similar in gain volume, and think this would be good.
for example if I have a tune and it's at 98 db (Not Clipping), If I change it to 94 db will this sound loud enough when I turned the volume up?



Thanks

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Someone help?

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not sure about that. but I think it would depend on the system being used.

Last edited by TheInnominate1 on Jan-24-2006 at 22:10

talk to the sound tech at the club
most will set up the system so it sounds best at 0db with a little headroom to play with

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Originally posted by Fearless One i think there's no other/better solution for your problem... or maybe you should get one of those mixers which dino mentioned with visual display of db level, but training your ears would be better way IMO...

I used to have a mixer that didnt have gain indicators on it - i just waited for the loudest bit on record a, then compared it to the loudest bit in record b in my headphones by switching the cue channels over - if the volume is different then adjust one accordingly. Not too difficult.

First thanks to all for the replys.

I see what you all mean, butI think the point here is alittle different.


Let's say you have 2 different records
you bought one vinyl and it's at 94 DB and you bought Another vinyl and it's at 97 DB.

I guess the vinyl it's made for live performance, and no matter how is setup the sound, it should sound fine there, and to match the other vinyl from 97 DB, I'll just have to lower it 3 Db, equaling 94 DB.


So there is a music record in the industry at 94 DB, is this a bad productiont that will not sound loud, or it will just be a matter of turning up the volume of the speakers.
I've been seen tracks from Digital stores that clip at 91 Db, are they selling me something that I won't be able to use loud ina club?

If it's well produced, then I guess it shouldn't be aproblem to set all of my records at 94 Db, but I want to make sure about this first, and not just guessing.


Thanks

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Perasma Vs BT - Swing 2 Gravity (Pepa Live Mash-up)
I Trance You!