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gurubuzz · 3rd May 2007

Try having your mastering plugins on a buss and then automate the audio fader on the track and iron out the volume changes(ride the fader) in the song before it hits the compressors...or make sure you are getting an even GR all the time.

this may squeeze a little more out of it.

also have an extra compressor limiter on the end of the chain and have a very low threshold and a mild ratio like 1.3:1, if you have a comp with auto gain compensation just raise the ratio until it sounds like crap and then back off a little.

I can make an acoustic guitar on its own sound louder than a whole thrash metal band .....nearly...

less crowded mixes are easier to sound louder ---- less to distort...??

3rd May 2007	#11
gurubuzz Lives for gear Joined: Dec 2006 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 950	Try having your mastering plugins on a buss and then automate the audio fader on the track and iron out the volume changes(ride the fader) in the song before it hits the compressors...or make sure you are getting an even GR all the time. this may squeeze a little more out of it. also have an extra compressor limiter on the end of the chain and have a very low threshold and a mild ratio like 1.3:1, if you have a comp with auto gain compensation just raise the ratio until it sounds like crap and then back off a little. I can make an acoustic guitar on its own sound louder than a whole thrash metal band .....nearly... less crowded mixes are easier to sound louder ---- less to distort...??