| Home recording and general music post from the archived Yabb Recording Website Message Board. Some of the info here may be outdated but many of the audio recording and home studio tips are still good. Note: The only tags I made and attempt to convert are italics, bold, center and underline. So if you see some gibberish surrounded by brackets, just ignore it.
Recording Website Archived Yabb board Post
Febuary 2001 Yabb Message Board Archive
Subject: Volume Levels on cd
by outlawed_immortal | 04/02/01 at 06:45:20
How do you keep volume levels on each song you make at home consistent on a cd or is there a program you use to do that?If so what are some recommendations?
Subject: Re: Volume Levels on cd
by BananaHead | 04/02/01 at 10:52:48
A mastering Engineer.
Or a stereo master compressor.
Subject: Re: Volume Levels on cd
by Eight Minutes To Wapner | 04/03/01 at 08:43:56
Check out this link for a great article on just this problem:
[url]http://www.musicplayer.com/CDA/Player/Main/1,2228,Lessons-Engineer_Producer-5141595,00.html[/url]
Your pals at [url]http://www.mp3.com/eightminutsto[/url]
Eight Minutes To Wapner
Subject: Re: Volume Levels on cd
by Garak | 04/03/01 at 08:58:31
http://johnvestman.com/index.htmlThats a really good site on CD mastering and recording in general.
Subject: Re: Volume Levels on cd
by Silent_Bob | 04/03/01 at 13:01:37
I agree w/ the others. Not only will a mastering engineer get the levels consistant but they can get the levels up enough to compete with recent commercial releases and get the CD in its entirety consistant and help with many other problems that may exist. Check out http://www.recordingwebsite.com/master.html for details on mastering though this site. Also check out my article at http://www.recordingwebsite.com/articles/mastering.html as well as http://www.drtmastering.com/ or www.digido.com. DRT is an analogue specialist while digital domain is a digital specialist.
Subject: Re: Volume Levels on cd
by Tim_Z | 04/03/01 at 13:45:43
And there lies the problem. Even the mastering engineers are cringing everytime they get a new customer that says "I want this to be the loudest CD out there man". Music no longer has dynamics anymore, it's all about volume. I know thay have to make money, but I would be really happy if pro mastering engineers would simply say "no, I will not ruin your music".
Just get yourself the Waves L1 Ultramaximzer and you too can ruin your own music. You should read some of the discussions at the EQ Magazine Pro Forum or Rec Audio Pro about this issue. Pretty well everyone with ears are fed up with it.
Okay, there's my rant for the day. sincerely, no offense to you Bob or anyone else, just needed to be said. :)
Tim Z
Subject: Re: Volume Levels on cd
by Jon | 04/03/01 at 15:06:32
Check out "largo", a CD by Bill Rieflin and Chris Connelly. A 98% acoustic album and in the process, Bill (musician and engineer) had to make it a quieter master to retain the dynamic qualities. Some people are still concerned with quality over volume, just got to look in the right places!:-*