10 Nov
2010
10 Nov
'10
4:52 a.m.
On Sun, November 7, 2010 3:29 pm, fons(a)kokkinizita.net wrote:
On Sun, Nov 07, 2010 at 02:52:57PM -0800, Patrick
Shirkey wrote:
I have uploaded a new mixdown which I think is the cleanest and most
psychedelic version so far.
http://djcj.org/audio/kotau/abundance/
I think this version proves that the exporter in ardour3 is not adding any
distortion, my sound cards are not broken and that spending some quality
time on the levels is a worthwhile exercise.
While the latter is a time consuming process ardour3 does provide the
tools to get the job done. I found myself looking at the levels on one
monitor and adjusting the region gain and track fader curves on the other.
It would be a much faster process if there was a visual reference on the
track editor for every peak that manages to go over 0db.
Cheers.
--
Patrick Shirkey
Boost Hardware Ltd.
"This is the basis of the Bohm interpretation of quantum mechanics, which
requires that all particles in the universe be able to instantaneously
exchange information with all others."
On Sun, November 7, 2010 4:11 am, Sampo
Savolainen wrote:
You don't need very good speakers to do this. In fact it's more
difficult the better your gear is.
Most probably you have some distortion when playing back high
(digital) levels. This could be your sound card, or anything
after it in the signal chain.
If it's your sound card, the reason could be too high analog
gains (set either by the mixer app, or by HW controls), or
just the card being crap. It's easy to test, and resolving
this issue would clear up at least part of the fog.
In your shoes, I'd measure the playback
system and try to pinpoint the
part which is causing the distortion. If you tweak your mix to sound
good with the distortion your current system exhibits, the mix will
not
sound like that anywhere else. So to make your
mix sound good
everywhere, you have to have a clean setup as a reference.
(Note the word measure: this is the only way to get any sort of
objective results. )
Ideally I would have some very good speakers to do this step but that is
not currently possible for me.