Burnt CD sounds good on everything except disc man..?
I just finished a track that I burnt onto CD to send off to a few labels and producers. Problem is, it works fine in my computer, and two of my friend's computers, and in a home stereo...but when I put it in my discman (which is a new sony) and turn the volume relatively loud, it gets completely distorted.
I thought that maybe the track is over 0 db so I mixed it down again making sure it never went above -1 db.
I can listen to other CDs in my discman at max without any distortion, so this leads me to believe I've screwed something up or something's wrong somewhere.
Can any give me any ideas as to what the problem could be or how to fix this? Should I be concerned or just figure it works on 5 outta 6 things, hopefully it'll work for the people I send it to?
Thanks for your help!
Jan-06-2004 20:29
Damie Mckeown
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Jul 2003
Location: England, Liverpool
your track is unmastered
Jan-07-2004 00:23
-blake-
tranceaddict
Registered: Feb 2003
Location: Ottawa
^^ Haven't had this problem with past tracks...
But ya, they aren't mastered, that's for sure
Jan-07-2004 01:45
mcorpse
tranceaddict
Registered: Jun 2001
Location: Canada
Bass boost? I know in mine if I have bass boost on max, even sometimes with commercial CDs, I get severe bass distortion.
Jan-19-2004 18:37
Mr.Mystery
Static Guru
Registered: Dec 2001
Location: Vantaa
quote:
Originally posted by Damie Mckeown
your track is unmastered
That's hardly a good reason.
Mastering doesn't make diamonds out of turds.
(And that doesn't mean your tunes are turds, it's just a figure of speech)
Maybe you can post a part that distorts on high volume, so maybe one of us can tell you what causes it?
Jan-19-2004 20:47
djthunderbird
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Registered: Apr 2001
Location: Estonia, Tallinn
maybe you left your tune un-normalized? I always try to normalize my mixes to atleast 95% of MAX peak-value.. that should avoid clipping (distortion)
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Jan-19-2004 21:08
DJ Sound
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hhahahahaha.........
its the fucking cd player i told you......if its normalized...to anything under 0 db it isnt your song.....the end ...that bass boost shit boost probly above 0 db..(boost).....so of course it will distort...haha
Jan-19-2004 23:50
mcorpse
tranceaddict
Registered: Jun 2001
Location: Canada
Yeah, it's definately clipping that occurs with bass boost on. I don't know what exactly the so-called "bass boost" does, but it also provides a strong hike to the high-end as well. Perhaps it's some really basic compression that sends it over the edge. *Shrug*
Jan-21-2004 05:09
DJ Sound
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when dealing with digital music.....ANYTHING above 0 db distorts....so if you BOOST the bass.......distortion.late im so wasted im goona puke
Burnt CD sounds good on everything except disc man..?
