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#666888 - 09/17/2003 07:45 PM
Re: making ur demo cd that bit more professional
[Re: chrishawkes]
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chrishawkes said:
i dont think demo's should be normalised of eq'd - they should be a true interpretation of what comes out the back of the mixer!!
normalisation wont effect the sound. it will only effect the volume of the sound. all normalisation does is increases teh volume to a point where the peak level of the sample reaches a set point (ie 0 dbz)
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#666889 - 09/17/2003 07:50 PM
Re: making ur demo cd that bit more professional
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What's a compression filter? Where can I get one? 
not sure if ur being genuin there or not, but i'll explain just incase u are.
bascially when u run a compression filter through a sample all it does is make the loudest bits of the clip a little bit quieter, and the quietest bits a little bit loulder.
this technique is used alot on the radio so that when ur driving along in ur loud car u can still hear all of the music despite it being a quiet or loud bit.
the reason i was wondering if it would be useful on this occation (cd demos) is because when u mix a cd ur always gonna get the odd spike in the sound. this meens that if u increase teh overall volume the rare spikes WILL 'clip' the sound and make it sound shit. so this will hopefully reduce the spiking so the volume on the CD can be increaded further more 
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#666891 - 09/17/2003 08:01 PM
Re: making ur demo cd that bit more professional
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Blink said:
Altho, technically, if your mixing is shit, and your levels between the different tracks are shit, normalising will reduce this affect. It depends whether you are trying to represent your mixing talents, or just produce a good CD
normalisation or compression?
am i wrong in thinking normalisation just increases the volume? 
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#666892 - 09/17/2003 08:16 PM
Re: making ur demo cd that bit more professional
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Actually, you are right there Mr_Happy, but my basic point is, if you compress/normalise, then you will smooth out any volume-level errors made in the mixing. If it is a demo CD, then anything other than applying a volume increase is altering the sound. (In something like Soundforge, you can add a dB increase to the entire mix, until the biggest peak isn't quite clipping, so, in effect you are just turning up the volume). Normalisation is a bit different, as it depends on whether it is based on "peak" or "average" levels, but this area of sound manipulation isn't my strong point
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#666894 - 09/17/2003 08:35 PM
Re: making ur demo cd that bit more professional
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Kaine said:
Compression is simply a process used to raise the quiet bit's in the recording upto a slightly better level.
Yup, technically if you reduce the level of any bits, that is done using a limiter.
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Oh and if your gonna normlize, deffo compress first to iron out any dodgy levels in the mix.
Which brings us back to the question of "Are you trying to show your mixing skills, or get a good sounding CD?", cos if you are trying to show your mixing skills, surely you can't apply compression to the resultant mix.
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