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Originally Posted by swisha31  yeah man im all in the box here. how would you go about maximizing gain without limiting?? |
First separate the two process:
one is mixing, the other is mastering.
Track at moderately adequate levels, mix at moderately adequate levels and chances are your plug ins will not turn your music into mush and your d/a converters will sound smoother.
Get the mix to sound the way you want.
Once all those things are sorted move on to the next stage. If you will be doing it yourself (the mastering) give at least yourself some time between the two production processes (i.e. put some time maybe a couple of weeks between the mixing and the mastering).
When you get to the mastering stage ask yourself (and you'll have to be as objective in judgement as possible...) what the track needs.
Re: levels.....if you mixed it right (if it is a good mix) you should have no problems in pushing the level up with a limiter.
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