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Levels Qusetion
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| GT357 |
| k so when i'm putting the finishing touches to my track i like to go through and make sure my levels sound ok. however, i don't want them to just sound ok i want them to sound great. is there anything i need to keep in mind when doing this. is there a formula to where your levels should be at? for example if i cut the highs and mids where should my bass peak at, 0db? same for highs and mids. where should they peak out? thanks |
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| Mr.Mystery |
| I don't know, I always trust my ears more than any meters. |
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| AaroNoct |
Well, for starters, don't worry so much about hitting 0dBfs. ;)
Trust your senses. Hear and feel the music. Your levels are going to be different from track to track.
-Aaron |
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| meDina |
pull all levels out but the kick make it hit +4dBu, balance everything else arround that one element at a time.. this is how i was taught to mix by a sound engineer with 35 years of experience.
basically make it all ears |
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| Tom_cowan |
| Just mess around with em till they sound right, its the only way to do it, meters are just there to look pretty.;) |
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| UphoricNitemare |
| Just mess around with it until it sounds really good. It good take hours or even weeks, to find something that works. |
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| Atlantis-AR |
| quote: | Originally posted by GT357
k so when i'm putting the finishing touches to my track i like to go through and make sure my levels sound ok. however, i don't want them to just sound ok i want them to sound great. is there anything i need to keep in mind when doing this. is there a formula to where your levels should be at? for example if i cut the highs and mids where should my bass peak at, 0db? same for highs and mids. where should they peak out? thanks |
Post a sample and I'd be happy to give it a run through my ears and experience and will let you know what, if any, could need fixing. When you say "levels" though, are you only talking about volume?
Also, meDina, doesn't something like "+4dBu" only apply to the analogue world? :conf:
When working digitally, you should NEVER clip the meters past 0.0 dB, and yes, with dance music you generally start with the kick at maybe 50.00% or 62.50% of full volume (so peaking at -6.02 dB to around -4.08 dB), and base everything else around that. But, it's always going to be different from track to track, especially when working with different RMS volumes on each of the audio tracks. Just make sure that you don't end up with a final mixdown that peaks too much beyond 87.50% (-1.16 dB) of full volume or the mastering engineer won't have enough room to work in. |
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