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I am attempting to get my band's demo/ep up to the volume of a
commercial CD.
First off, I know we should get it mastered for real, but for now we
dont have the money. Secondly, i know that i shouldnt crush the hell
out of my recording by slamming it up to commercial levels, but try to
tell that to the rest of the band and all the other people who put our
cd in the car and gets annoyed at turning the volume up.
My problem is this: the attack on the kick and snare disappears when i
get it to a comparable level of another favorite recording using the
Waves L2. I am also running compression over the mix with about 4-5 db
of reduction with an opto type setting. I've listened without this
compression and it's definately not what's eating up my drums. Once
the L2 is engaged, it's doing TONS of limiting on the snare hits, and
turning the snare up or down in the mix makes little difference in the
overall sound once i'm limiting that much. When comparing to a wav
file imported from a CD at the same volume, the drums have waaay more
attack on the commecial cd. They seem brighter, so it seems that the
solution is to add more presence via EQ. Is this commonplace? I've
already got 4db of high shelving at 7k on the snare and it was miked
with a 57. It's a punchy sounding snare too. I'm just thinking: How
much freaking treble do I have to add to this thing?
Is the problem with my mix, or my pseudo-mastering?
I could post an mp3 sample of the song, pre and post L2 if anyone cares
enough to listen and it would help.
thanks so much guys
jake
I am attempting to get my band's demo/ep up to the volume of a
commercial CD.
First off, I know we should get it mastered for real, but for now we
dont have the money. Secondly, i know that i shouldnt crush the hell
out of my recording by slamming it up to commercial levels, but try to
tell that to the rest of the band and all the other people who put our
cd in the car and gets annoyed at turning the volume up.
My problem is this: the attack on the kick and snare disappears when i
get it to a comparable level of another favorite recording using the
Waves L2. I am also running compression over the mix with about 4-5 db
of reduction with an opto type setting. I've listened without this
compression and it's definately not what's eating up my drums. Once
the L2 is engaged, it's doing TONS of limiting on the snare hits, and
turning the snare up or down in the mix makes little difference in the
overall sound once i'm limiting that much. When comparing to a wav
file imported from a CD at the same volume, the drums have waaay more
attack on the commecial cd. They seem brighter, so it seems that the
solution is to add more presence via EQ. Is this commonplace? I've
already got 4db of high shelving at 7k on the snare and it was miked
with a 57. It's a punchy sounding snare too. I'm just thinking: How
much freaking treble do I have to add to this thing?
Is the problem with my mix, or my pseudo-mastering?
I could post an mp3 sample of the song, pre and post L2 if anyone cares
enough to listen and it would help.
thanks so much guys
jake