Tracks have different volume

[veks]

Ok, so i got the loudness of the tracks with Oxford Inflator plugin. My next question is how to make all the tracks with the same volume?

The Inflator is set with the same setup for all tracks. I am making a mastering in working files of the songs.
I am doing one thing for avoinding distortion. I mute all mastering plug-ins (Ozone and Inflator) and lower down the Input gain of Stereo out untill there is no clipping in volume.

How to make equal volume of the tracks?

[ritelec]

Originally Posted by veks

Ok, so i got the loudness of the tracks with Oxford Inflator plugin. My next question is how to make all the tracks with the same volume?

The Inflator is set with the same setup for all tracks. I am making a mastering in working files of the songs.
I am doing one thing for avoinding distortion. I mute all mastering plug-ins (Ozone and Inflator) and lower down the Input gain of Stereo out untill there is no clipping in volume.

How to make equal volume of the tracks?

Tracks as is two, or tracks as in more than two?
Can you look at meters and use your ears?
Volume automation and or record to another track.

If more than two tracks, do you really want them to be the same?

More info?

Maybe mix all tracks while having headroom on master buss. Loose (or lightly use) the inflator???

Not that you have to go this way but, just for some edumacation....here.
Level Practices (Part 2) (Includes the K-System)

[CJ Mastering]

My next question is how to make all the tracks with the same volume?

If you mean tracks for songs, the only truly and accurate way to do this is to use your ears. Your ears are the tools for this and your in luck, because i think you should have a pair of them laying around somewhere

[grandmasters]

Originally Posted by veks

.... How to make equal volume of the tracks?

You hire a mastering engineer.

[wado1942]

Setting the levels of the individual songs should be just about the first thing you do. Before I do any other processing, I put everything at a common reference level (about -20dBfs RMS) so that they are appropriate in level relative to each other and nothing is at risk of clipping. The beauty of properly calibrated monitors is that you can just listen and never have to watch meters out of fear of distortion. Using a set reference point, you can just set the levels till they sound right, do whatever EQ you need, then adjust the levels again to keep them at the right level after processing. It isn't till the end of the process that I start crushing everything into oblivion with tears in my eyes.

I just love how making things loud has become such a priority that all other knowledge has been lost. When did somebody wave a magic wand and turn all the amps on Earth into fixed-gain 1/4 watt per channel units?
Sorry to be rude, but this type of problem is becoming far too common.

[Th3_uN1Qu3]

Originally Posted by wado1942

When did somebody wave a magic wand and turn all the amps on Earth into fixed-gain 1/4 watt per channel units?

Ever since "mastering for ipod/macbook/iphone/ipad" became priority.

[Cheebs Goat]

Originally Posted by veks

Ok, so i got the loudness of the tracks with Oxford Inflator plugin. My next question is how to make all the tracks with the same volume?

Before concentrating on giving every song an equal volume, I would put effort into making sure every song has an equal length, instrumentation, timbre, key signature, time signature, tempo, and chord progression. Those problems are much trickier to handle, especially in mastering. And especially since I don't mean equal to each other but rather equal to a Paramore record.

You know you are done mastering the album when any randomly chosen song nulls against "Misery Business".











(The songs don't have to be equal volume. They have to be a volume that makes sense for what they are.)

[veks]

I do not record for now. I only use VSTi-s.

My problem is that i make mastering directly in working file. I don't have all the songs in front of me as wavs.

[wado1942]

There's the issue. When you get a good sounding mix, render it as a WAV file with no effort made for loudness or other "mastering" processes. When you're done with all your mixes, assemble all of the WAVs in the order you want the album to be and adjust them to taste. Mastering is all about working with everything in context.

[veks]

Originally Posted by wado1942

There's the issue. When you get a good sounding mix, render it as a WAV file with no effort made for loudness or other "mastering" processes. When you're done with all your mixes, assemble all of the WAVs in the order you want the album to be and adjust them to taste. Mastering is all about working with everything in context.

Yeah, i see that now. I cannot skip this step. I wanted an easy way to do it.. I didn't want to import wavs into Cubase because Cubase would copy the files in working directory and then I would have two files ond hard disk.

[huejahfink]

It is the easy way to do it!

You don't have to import the wavs to Cubase directory. Cubase will happily reference the file in another location if you wish. It will then only copy them however if you use offline processes.

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