Sep 22, 2008 10:08 am sounds like frequency collisions to me. Is the playback on the same system as you did the mixdown?
mixdown trouble
Posted on Sep 22, 2008 09:32 am
Dematrix
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has any one had this hassle before?
when i mixdown a session, it doesnt sound the same on playback.
my levels are louder on some bits and the mix in general is mushy and not tight any more.
the drums are especially louder and the guitars are mushing together.
if i have some things routed wrong, would this be doing it?
i would've thought though, if im hearing it one way before mixdown, the actual final mixdown should sound the same.
but more together??
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Sep 22, 2008 10:08 am sounds like frequency collisions to me. Is the playback on the same system as you did the mixdown?
Sep 22, 2008 10:50 am Maybe there's a 'include on mixdown' type switch somewhere, that is unchecked, so the final isn't getting the same material that your playback is.
I've seen this switch in N-track, and maybe in reaper, i dunno.
Sep 22, 2008 07:46 pm i will check that again cheers pjk.
yep the play back is on the same system.
i cant help but think that i possibly have a routing issue that sounds all good when im mixing but the computer cant do a mixdown with it like that.
but i dont know if thats possible or not.
dB, when you say frequency collisions, i cant hear them before mixdown, so does that mean the mixdown process moulds them together more, and that's why they ae there?
it does kinda sound like that ya know when i think of it.
thing is on my last mixdown i did of it, that stuff wasnt happening.
im using a "stereo enhancer" on guitars and there are quite a few tracks of them so maybe its doing some bad stuff there?
Sep 22, 2008 09:26 pm Your mixdown should sound exactly like what your mix sounds like on playback.
The only thing that can be happening is as pjk suggested when you set up to do the mix down in the choices it gives you for final stereo mix you are not getting the FX or automation and such that you have set up in the tracks during mix payback.
What software are you using again?
It may have global mixdown settings that you need to set before you do the mixdown. If they don't come up during the selection screens when you go to export your mix then try looking for some global or project mixdown settings that might be available in a preferences dropdown menu.
Sep 22, 2008 10:27 pm hi noize, im using cubase 4.
it has actually been doing some weird things of late, like when i started cubase up again last night, i found that some track faders were cranked right up, much like what happened when i did a mixdown earlier and went back in and found the master fader cranked full.
might be time for a squiz i think, will see how i go and will get back.
thanks.
Sep 23, 2008 07:06 am mmm, i couldnt see anything in preferences, there's alot in there but nothing i could see in relation to global mixdown settings.
its possible my computer is chucking a spazo. Does anyone know if a mac has a defrag option?
the other answer is, i just suck at mixing. im sure that's it too a degree, but that doesnt explain the drum levels etc.
Sep 24, 2008 06:23 pm I know in Sonar it is simply a matter of selecting all the tracks. Then when I click file/export it gives me a slew of options to choose to do to the mix I prefer whether that be an mp3 or wav or whatever. All the choices are there to include FX, automation and whatever else might be on the tracks.
I would imagine Cubase should be very similar if not exactly like that.
Sep 24, 2008 09:55 pm i havent been selecting all the tracks just setting the L/R locaters.
will check em and try.
wanna hear something funny? well to you guys it may be at least.
while i was touching up some stuff in the drum map i somehow selected all the hits in this "8:35mins" long song and duplicated them and slid the selected hits(all of em) slighty to one side by about 1/2 a mm.
I carried on unaware and when i came back to it the next day i realized what i'd done.
when i soloed the drums i noticed it sounded like they was phasing.
now to the funny bit...i couldnt just delete all the duplicated bits all at once because they were so close together. i could clicknt on em without getting the hit underneith it.
so... i had, to sit there, and delete them, "ONE" drum at a time!
Man where do i get my tolerance from? i dont know...it took, well a very long time indeed.
Now i guess someone is gonna tell me, there is a way to do it all at once and i'll tear my hair out.
Sep 24, 2008 10:32 pm Quote:
Man where do i get my tolerance from?
Isn't it nice to sometimes find an unexpected talent within yourself? ;-)
Sep 24, 2008 10:47 pm absolutley, pity my patience doesnt extend to everything else i do.
im simply obsessed with music, and i guess now, with recording. possibly more so.
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