working on a project and went through all the tracks and checked the levels, and nothing was clipping. only problem is, the exported mp3 file ends up being too low in volume (compared to other songs)...any way i can safely raise the volume on the completed song without clipping or experiencing quality loss? i already tried raising the volume of the different instruments individually in cubase, but that resulted in clippping, which i know is not good...any suggestions?

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compression/limiting...

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Originally posted by floyd741 i think echosystm is a pretty cool guy. eh pwns robby rox and doesn't afraid of anything.

do i do this prior to exporting or to the final exported mp3?

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http://www.tweakheadz.com/compressors.htm
http://www.pcmus.com/compressors.htm
http://www.thewhippinpost.co.uk/mix...udio-mixing.htm
http://www.tranceaddict.com/forums/...2&forumid=48&s=

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Originally posted by DJ Robby Rox I've never had a problem with FLs tech support till this day. (I've actually never used it till this day)

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Originally posted by floyd741 i think echosystm is a pretty cool guy. eh pwns robby rox and doesn't afraid of anything.

will check it out thanks

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Originally posted by SuPeRSaW2005 do i do this prior to exporting or to the final exported mp3?

Don't process the exported MP3.

Export as WAV instead (in as high a bit depth as possible, and maybe sample rate) and then master the file externally. There's a lot more to it, but limiting will provide the most volume out of the mastering process. Then, once you've resampled and dithered the file down to 16 bit, you can encode to MP3. Of course you can also add a limiter to the master channel and export as MP3, but don't work with this while mixing.

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Originally posted by Atlantis-AR Export as WAV instead (in as high a bit depth as possible, and maybe sample rate) and then master the file externally. There's a lot more to it, but limiting will provide the most volume out of the mastering process. Then, once you've resampled and dithered the file down to 16 bit, you can encode to MP3. Of course you can also add a limiter to the master channel and export as MP3, but don't work with this while mixing.

Hmm is it possible to get maximum loudness with cubase or do you need to work on the wav with something like WaveLab?

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Originally posted by mysticalninja Hmm is it possible to get maximum loudness with cubase or do you need to work on the wav with something like WaveLab?

It doesn't matter where you do it - just how you do it.

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