timestrike wrote:I know that many peoples post topic about mixing in PT but I check older post and could not find any answers,So this is my question.When I track a beat in PT from my mpc I check my level for each track nothing clip everything is fine then I had a master fader track and each time this **** track (master fader) clip I have to put it down to -8 or somethng in this range but if I keep my mix this way it's not loud enough.So does somebody have a trick or something do I have to put a limter or to compress th master fader track?Any help would be great!
Thank all.
Mixing is a cumulative process.
Solution: track and mix individual channels at a lower level. if you are recording in 24-Bit, -18dBFS or thereabouts should do it.
Remember, you can overload the individual channels fine in a 32-Bit system during a mix. Just keep an eye on the mix buss. Really shouldn't be peaking over -6, -8dBFS before master.
If it still sounds quiet, you can add a compressor on the mix buss and squash those transients a bit and use the make up gain to boost the resulting level. That should get you another 3-4dB gain. Then you can add a brickwall limiter to squeeze another few dBs out of it.
Try not to peak over -0.3dBFS. Simple reason being that if your track ends up as an MP3, amongst other formats, the encoding doesn't handle transients very well.
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