Master Volume

Im usin an mpc1000 and motif rack when I send the beat to my track recorder and adjust the volumes on the drums and melody...I burn it 2 a cd....but when i play it on my stereo it doesnt have dat volume dat regular beats on the radio and Albums do...It sounds real LOW.....so I decided to boost up the highs and lows and increase the master EQ It did give it more volume but it sounds like Sh!t....All Fu(kd up...it jus disorts everything...
Can some 1 let me kno if theres an effect to give it dat master volume or wat is it dat im doin wrong .... Thanks 4 da help!!!!

do some research on limiting, and don't post this in the 1000 forums. this belongs in production techniques.

StreetDreamz wrote:but when i play it on my stereo it doesnt have dat volume dat regular beats on the radio and Albums do...

it's called mastering your song. not just the master volume. unless you are a very good engineer or just happen to luck up on it, you will never get the same quality straight out of the mpc as you would if a mastering engineer works on your song. but it's all in the EQ/compression.... well not ALL but mostly.

thanx 4 da help!!!
So u think i should take my track recorder to a studio
and have an engineer help me out on da master volume???

i say, crank the volume until the led meters (on your mixer) are as high as they can go without clipping. works for me!

you should look into a waveform editing program like sound forge and read up on limiting...there's a good direct x plugin i use for this kind of thing called the Loudness Maximizer. compression is a tricky thing to wrap your head around accurately, but it's worth it to learn. you might just want to go to a studio though if you have the money and you think you're ready to.

Limiting is sometimes used to keep program material from clipping but compression used correctly will do the job more effectively while retaining some of your mixes dynamics. Someone suggested using software which is a good idea. An outboard compressor will also do the trick....

normalize before sampling to the mpc is a good habit

erkl wrote:normalize before sampling to the mpc is a good habit

What does that mean? How do you normalize?

Almost any audio editing software can do it
it brings the wavs levels up to 0db, i usually normalize to just under 0 tho