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Date: 11-Oct-05 @ 12:14 PM -
RE: the long route..................
Greg I wouldn't put anything ontop of the speaker.
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bugger! you'll see why when i post my pic that i was hoping you would say it doesn't matter (despite me knowing in my heart that it does- damn i invest too much in what other pros say!!
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ill find somewhere else for my bits to go.
i have my kicks peak around -3db (bare in mind i mix outside and not in a pc) usually lower, i then build around that with the bass probably around -6db (these are wild guesstimates- based on my last track i can remember) but essentially my tracks dont go above 0db...this is matched inside my pc (im just using soundforge- 24 bit recording) where i ensure nothing is clipping- its often looking at these more precise meters that i will go back and tame wild peaks which sneak through...
once that is all done i try and coax a little more loudness out- not to squash the whole thing but to use the old trick of limiting the kick to bring the overall volume up....i experiment with L2 using a -0.3db max output limit....
this sometimes actually makes my tracks too loud but most of the time works very well...i prefer not to squash to much of the mix as a whole and as the kicks are louder than anything else it only generally compresses the kicks...
seems everything i try gets me nearer to the sound i want but takes me further away from what ive already achieved.....
the problem im finding with using this technique is that my tracks are often quite middy and harsh where the kicks seems to honk through the mix, yet i bring them down and the whole track just doesnt thump...
greg