i recorded a liveset, but the different volumes for each songs are different. what do i use to make the entire set one level, without varying peaks or anything?

You really can't...unless you manually adjust the volume in a wave editor, but that's a giant pain in the ass.

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re-record the set making sure you watch the gains?

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Originally posted by Allied Nations re-record the set making sure you watch the gains

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dont take offence but if the levels between each song are noticable then you need to make better use of ur gains. even if ur mixin is as tight as a nun's pussy, it will still sound god awful if the volume's arn't matched

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Indeed, learn to use the gains.
It's all well and good adjusting the mix after but it's doesn't really mean squat if you can't do it live.

Learning how to do this will make you a better DJ.

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you can edit it with a sound editing program but it wont sound as good as you doing it right from the first time.

if the volume is off only between two songs, then edit it with a program. if there are many songs that are off then re-record your set.

What I was taught is to leave your gains at the same level and just use you EQ nobs to adjust mix and sound ... If i'm wrong please correct me , but it only makes sense to use your EQ's and not the gain.

no ur wrong fella. music is recorded at different levels. what you will need to do for all tracks is adjust the gain on the mixer so that both tracks are peaking at the same level (ideally 0db

this ensures that they are both at the same volume when the channel sliders are at equal positions.

edit: ur a little mixed up also about what we're on about. you use the gains to adjust the volume of the track but you are correct in saying you do not use them to *MIX*. thats where the channel faders / eqs come in.

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This goes right back to my thread about when to adjust gains. Since I have been getting more records I have really noticed that some tracks will naturally be louder or softer then others. So I have been practicing a bit with the gain in my mixes as well. Just watch the meter on your mixer and make sure that wherever the lights light up at, it matches on the other channel. And since sometimes that isn't always perfect you really gotta use your ear.

I usually have the volume and EQ's lower then the playing track on my incoming track anyway so when I go to mix it in I adjust the gain until it sounds right.

yup, definitly need to adjust the levels to match up between tracks. it should be atleast close directly from the mixer.

it's not so easy to get exactly right.. especially when you run into a record that's not pressed as nicely or is eq'ed in a weird manner.

use a combination of the gains AND eq's to make all the frequencies blend properely into the mix at the proper level. generally i have the mains just hitting the yellow and try to keep them there. helps alot...

getting things just right from the decks is hard. all but the best DJ mixes will have some level variations... but a good mix will only have subtle, easy to correct variations.

if the mix itself isnt too bad, and the levels are fairly close, making it all sound level is incredibly easy. you just run the wave file through a multiband limiter/compressor plugin like Waves Audio L3 or C4 and your all set. the multiband compressors split the audio up into multiple bands like an EQ, then level each band individually.. works like a charm!

i also find using a parametric eq on transitions can help alot.. it's pretty easy to dampen conflicting frequencies, or better yet, accentuate the really sweet parts of the mixed beats...

well then whatdoes normalization do?