CD Volume help!!!
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Posted on Dec 09, 2007 02:47 pm
JHOOK
Member Since: Dec 09, 2007
i am having problums with the playback volume of the CD that i burn.
i am using REASON 4.0 and i am exporting my song and thin i take it into iTunes and burn my CD. but when i play it back in a car i have to turn the volume to the max just to hear it. how do i get the song to play back at the right level? help me plezzzzz!
(it sounds good in my BX5a speekers in my studio but when i put it in a car CD player it sounds like its in "in the back of the speekers" or real low!
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Noize2uCzar of MidiAdministrator
Since: Apr 04, 2002
Dec 09, 2007 05:21 pm Yep, that is onle problem exporting and burning directly from an application like Reason that does not maximize the audio for burning. When you do an export from Reason try maximizing the volume on your master output before mixdown. Also, if in iTunes you have a normalizing pluggin or a volume maximizer use it. That is why we all use mastering type pluggins to attain the loudness of the finished product. Either in a DAW such as Sonar or a 2 track app such as Wavelab or SoundForge. These tow applications come with tools to make it easier to get that loudness level up on the finished CD.
Oh ya, welcome to HRC by the way.
JHOOKMember
Since: Dec 09, 2007
Dec 09, 2007 06:01 pm ok well i have DP 4.6 is there a way i can make it loud in that with the plug-in?
and if so witch 1 should i try?
Noize2uCzar of MidiAdministrator
Since: Apr 04, 2002
Dec 09, 2007 06:27 pm You have several pluggins in DP including Ozone 3. www.motu.com/products/sof...4-06.0433678891
I suggest either going straight for the Loudness Maximizer or using the Multiband Dynamics processor depending on exactly what you want to do.
JHOOKMember
Since: Dec 09, 2007
Dec 13, 2007 02:43 pm dont thinks its working ? could it be my iTunes?
pjkPrince CZAR-mingMember
Since: Apr 08, 2004
Dec 13, 2007 03:17 pm If your output meter says close to 0db on stuff, then it should be loud.
Can you use something else to burn with?
I know in some programs (burners) it will try to automatically adjust levels for you. Maybe something like that is happening.
I assume you're on a Mac, and I don't know jack about mac, so I can't offer much more than that.
cooloFrisco's Most UnderratedMember
Since: Jan 28, 2003
Dec 13, 2007 03:54 pm so, you can use the mastering suite combinator in 4.0 to maximize the sound on the reason track. It should also give it some more punch. Aside from that, check what pjk said, and see if your burning program is normalizing the files or something to that effect.
Dec 15, 2007 04:46 am Quote:
f your output meter says close to 0db on stuff, then it should be loud.
not necessarily true, that's just a peak meter and has little to do with perceived volume (RMS)....
load the entire stereo mixdown back into DP and throw a limiter on it....you can definitely bring up the volume with that (to a point).
read up on mastering some.