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What's the best way to leave headroom?
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| OOPS! |
| I'm using FL and I have a track almost done, ready to mix/master. However the thing at the top indicates that it is clipping (showing red). I'm rather taken aback as I don't usually run into this problem at all as I usually remove the limiter, greatly decreasing the volume, thus me not having to worry about clipping. Wondering if there is a very simple solution to fix this problem... |
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| Energy_3 |
http://www.tranceaddict.com/forums/...threadid=276466
Not sure if this will help you, but i had a read of it last night, and it talks about setting levels in preperation for mix down etc. i may be wrong but hav a squiz i found it useful
it starts of talking about creating a perfect kick but it goes into creating headroom later on, |
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| DJRYAN� |
| my red light always shows clipping.. I act like I care but I pretend its a software glitch and keep right on going.. |
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| Anakratis |
Heh....heh....heh...
Alright, how about you remove all those unnecessary limiters and compressors and just swiftly turn down the volume on all channels? I don't think this could get any easier...
Either that, or I have no effing clue what you are talking about. |
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| OOPS! |
| quote: | Originally posted by Anakratis
Heh....heh....heh...
Alright, how about you remove all those unnecessary limiters and compressors and just swiftly turn down the volume on all channels? I don't think this could get any easier... |
I said that I don't have any limiters/compressors on the mixer whatsoever :crazy: |
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| Anakratis |
| quote: | Originally posted by OOPS!
I said that I don't have any limiters/compressors on the mixer whatsoever :crazy: |
Well whatever. The point is, just lower each channels volume. You never want to lower the master channel, and the channels should never be clipping. |
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| OOPS! |
| quote: | Originally posted by Anakratis
Well whatever. The point is, just lower each channels volume. You never want to lower the master channel, and the channels should never be clipping. |
Why not just decrease the master channel?
And by the volume channels do you mean the mixer channels or the knobs on the step sequencer? Any difference? |
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| Anakratis |
Each and every channel has a limit. If you lower the master volume, you will just be lowering the overall volume of the entire set, rather than giving each channel more room to breathe. From my experiences, reducing the channel volumes will give you more power drive, and the sound will appear more "beefier" and be a lot fatter and have more body. Driving the master will create a much thinner sound. That's just me, though...
And I meant channel volumes on the main mixer. |
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| OOPS! |
| quote: | Originally posted by Anakratis
Each and every channel has a limit. If you lower the master volume, you will just be lowering the overall volume of the entire set, rather than giving each channel more room to breathe. From my experiences, reducing the channel volumes will give you more power drive, and the sound will appear more "beefier" and be a lot fatter and have more body. Driving the master will create a much thinner sound. That's just me, though...
And I meant channel volumes on the main mixer. |
Thanks man. :happy2: |
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| Anakratis |
No problemo.
As I said, it's just me. Some things may sound better for you. Obviously, whatever sounds better, go with that :D |
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| sako487 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Anakratis
No problemo.
As I said, it's just me. Some things may sound better for you. Obviously, whatever sounds better, go with that :D |
hmm, ive always lowered the master channel and never really had a problem with "thinning". isnt lowering the master essentially just lowering all the channels equally? |
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| Beatflux |
| quote: | Originally posted by Anakratis
Each and every channel has a limit. If you lower the master volume, you will just be lowering the overall volume of the entire set, rather than giving each channel more room to breathe. From my experiences, reducing the channel volumes will give you more power drive, and the sound will appear more "beefier" and be a lot fatter and have more body. Driving the master will create a much thinner sound. That's just me, though...
And I meant channel volumes on the main mixer. |
This doesn't seem right to me, especially if FL has a 32 bit Floating point format engine. As long as the plug-ins can handle overs, it should not matter whether or not the individual channel or master channel faders are used to control the master channel output to not go over. |
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