payback3000: Thanks for clearing that up about the spikes. I've definitely noticed that older pre-millennium CDs sound quieter and as you said they probably look similar too. But you're right, I've been looking at post-Loudness Wars wavs and thinking "why aren't mine like that, what am I doing wrong?". Well if brickwalling will damage the dynamic range I'll just leave it as it is! Thanks again!
kwvp: Actually the drums are spread out over 3 tracks, one for kick, one for snare and one for tom and cymbal however each mic picked up a bit of everything so I've tried to EQ as much out as possible without making things flat. Had a bit of a problem with the bass - it copies the guitar track (which i also EQd to remove bass) but its difficult to make out. If I turn the bass off the difference is vast but when its on it just sounds like the low-end of the guitar coming through when actually its a bass guitar.
Statistics: Posted by dave_van_damn — Wed Feb 11, 2015 9:31 am
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Maybe that'll help fill out the sound if that's what you're after.
Just my very non-expert humble opinion though..
Statistics: Posted by kwvp — Tue Feb 10, 2015 10:04 am
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Here's my friend's track which I recorded and have just mixed. (You can listen to it here ) I added some compression to the drums but aside from that nothing else. As you can see there are lots of spikes and I'd like to make the overall track louder. When I use the compressor on Audacity, the volume pumps up and down and the difference between the high and low peaks doesn't really change much. Any idea what I can do to make it louder but at a consistent level (ie no spikes)? Should I compress it once it's mixed or assign a compressor to a bus in Reaper (I have no idea what I just said...)
Many thanks guys and sorry for hijacking the thread but I guess it may be of help to some people working on their covers.
EDIT - or should I just hard limit the track by -6dB and then normalise it? Will this reduce the quality more than a decent compression job.
Statistics: Posted by dave_van_damn — Tue Feb 10, 2015 2:15 am
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