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Charger
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 Posted - 2013/04/20 : 18:45:20
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Originally posted by brenergy:
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Originally posted by rdm2711:
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Originally posted by brenergy:
do you use FL Studio? if you do, I have one sound piece of advice (no pun intended): turn off Fruity Limiter. It could be what's squashing your track.
if you aren't using FL (or turned off the default limiter), then I'd work with EQ on each sound channel to both boost sound levels in a way that improves your sound and cut out frequencies that are clashing.
Yes I use FL Studio 10. I am using the fruity limiter as without it the sounds distort quite badly. So this is a necessity. However I'm going to try and pan the different channels and see if that allows me to turn the limiter of without any distortion. I usually start building a track without fruity limiter and introduce it when things start getting rough. Thanks for the advice anyways :)
maybe you should bring down the volume on the master track instead of using the limiter. fruity limiter has a habit of dynamic-squashing and making the master track sound like a mess.
that or like hard2get said: reduce the volume(s) on the offending channel(s)
Never bring down the level of the master track. Your track could have been clipped while passing through the master track, and bringing down the level of the master track is equivalent to bringing down the clipped combination of all the channels through the master track.
If the levels of your mixdown are right but overall levels at the master track is too loud, what you could do is to select all your tracks (excluding the master track) and pull down the fader until the loudest peak in your track reaches between -3 to -6 dB (or -1 to -3 dB), to give some headroom for mastering.
This will ensure that your track has a true peak below 0dB instead of a clipped peak below 0dB.
Cheers.
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brenergy
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Canada
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Joined: Oct, 2011
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Posted - 2013/04/21 : 11:07:30
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Originally posted by Charger:
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Originally posted by brenergy:
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Originally posted by rdm2711:
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Originally posted by brenergy:
do you use FL Studio? if you do, I have one sound piece of advice (no pun intended): turn off Fruity Limiter. It could be what's squashing your track.
if you aren't using FL (or turned off the default limiter), then I'd work with EQ on each sound channel to both boost sound levels in a way that improves your sound and cut out frequencies that are clashing.
Yes I use FL Studio 10. I am using the fruity limiter as without it the sounds distort quite badly. So this is a necessity. However I'm going to try and pan the different channels and see if that allows me to turn the limiter of without any distortion. I usually start building a track without fruity limiter and introduce it when things start getting rough. Thanks for the advice anyways :)
maybe you should bring down the volume on the master track instead of using the limiter. fruity limiter has a habit of dynamic-squashing and making the master track sound like a mess.
that or like hard2get said: reduce the volume(s) on the offending channel(s)
Never bring down the level of the master track. Your track could have been clipped while passing through the master track, and bringing down the level of the master track is equivalent to bringing down the clipped combination of all the channels through the master track.
If the levels of your mixdown are right but overall levels at the master track is too loud, what you could do is to select all your tracks (excluding the master track) and pull down the fader until the loudest peak in your track reaches between -3 to -6 dB (or -1 to -3 dB), to give some headroom for mastering.
This will ensure that your track has a true peak below 0dB instead of a clipped peak below 0dB.
Cheers.
oh cool. i'll definitely give that a go (which might help me reach that coveted -14dB dynamic range that's often suggested from mastering studios) next time I decide to produce a track in FL.
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rdm2711
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 2013/04/25 : 08:34:24
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Never bring down the level of the master track. Your track could have been clipped while passing through the master track, and bringing down the level of the master track is equivalent to bringing down the clipped combination of all the channels through the master track.
If the levels of your mixdown are right but overall levels at the master track is too loud, what you could do is to select all your tracks (excluding the master track) and pull down the fader until the loudest peak in your track reaches between -3 to -6 dB (or -1 to -3 dB), to give some headroom for mastering.
This will ensure that your track has a true peak below 0dB instead of a clipped peak below 0dB.
Cheers.
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Thanks mate. That makes sense. And I usually cant make sense of anything lol. I will definitely try this when i get the chance. Much appreciated :)
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rdm2711
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Posted - 2013/04/25 : 08:36:00
Thanks to everyone who replied. Very much appreciated. Awesome site as well :)
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