2 Feb
2015
2 Feb
'15
4:06 p.m.
On Sun, 01 Feb 2015 23:40:45 -0600
Brent Busby <brent(a)keycorner.org> wrote:
Of course, in the old analog tape world, they used to
shoot for zero,
maybe a little hotter if you wanted some saturation. In digital, they
say mix to about -3 or -4db. And mastering houses seem to want more
headroom than that (-6 or 7db), even though in priciple, with 24-bit
resolution, they could just adjust it themselves without changing it
timbrally (true?). Why do they care what your maximum level is as long
as it's 24-bit and it's not clipping?
A side note:
Check the type of meter Ardour uses for the master channel. I wondered
why my Ardour masters always seemed quiet, then realized that the master
bus used a different meter type (K20? I can't remember) than all the other
tracks. When I changed to the same meter type (Peak, I think) I saw that I was
actually mixing to a lower value than I thought.
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