Songs Very Quiet After Being Imported To Computer

Hey Guys,

Whenever I'm importing a song over to my computer (saved as a sample after recording it on the mpc), the volume is MUCH quieter than what it is on my MPC. Any clue what's causing this?

you should record you samples as loud as you can without distorting, then normalise them.

for the file you have you could just normalise it in the computer, but its best to start with nice loud samples, that way you don't loose the dynamic range when normalising the mixdown.

motosega wrote:you should record you samples as loud as you can without distorting, then normalise them.

for the file you have you could just normalise it in the computer, but its best to start with nice loud samples, that way you don't loose the dynamic range when normalising the mixdown.

Sorry I guess I should have clarified in my OP - when I said song I meant like a project/beat that I had made. Should I have the volume louder on my MPC when I'm recording it? I had the impression that wouldn't do anything. When I use a program like Audacity to turn up the volume after transferring it over to my computer, a lot of sound quality is lost (specifically in my bass/snare drum).

You might have the output gain low as default from the Mpc Os. I recall the default gain is something like -18db or -12db. I suggest changing it to -6db to get higher output gain with a bit of headroom.

Kerberos wrote:You might have the output gain low as default from the Mpc Os. I recall the default gain is something like -18db or -12db. I suggest changing it to -6db to get higher output gain with a bit of headroom.

Ahhhh that's definitely it! Thank you so much for the suggestion, I'm at school right now but I'll definitely check this when I'm home, I'm positive that's the issue. Thanks so much!

No biggie