[RWP] Mix Opinion, Please?

[colin McDonald]

how does one access the peak meters in the master track?
Are they peak hold meters so you can take a snap shot of a particular part 
of a track and find out weather it's clipping or if it's where you want it 
etc?

regards
Colin
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Smart" <csmart8 at cogeco.ca>
To: "Reapers Without Peepers" <rwp at reaaccess.com>
Sent: Monday, March 19, 2012 7:15 PM
Subject: Re: [RWP] Mix Opinion, Please?


>i wouldn't worry about perceived loudness yet, just make sure you like the 
>mix and watch out for any clipping.
> Do we have access to the meters in Reaper?
>
> At 08:46 PM 3/19/2012, you wrote:
>>I'm learning a little more in Reaper each day, but I'm wondering if I 
>>recorded this track too high in level, so the bass and kick distorted, 
>>and, if that's so, then why is my overall level so low.
>>It sounds right to me when I record it on my off line daw, then I take it 
>>over to this online computer and my track is way too low compared to what 
>>others are doing.
>>I balanced relative levels of the midi tracks, and brought the bass just 
>>under hearing distortion on it, and it seems proportionate to the piano 
>>and drums, but the track is still too low in level.
>>I haven't compress it yet, or used Waves l3 maximizer on it yet, I can't 
>>believe those are going to bring its level up 3 or more times in volume, 
>>to where it should be.
>>This is still a rough mix, I'll remove those  annoying cymbol hits in the 
>>second half.
>>I want to use this as a basic rhythm part, and leave room for some live 
>>sax and flute to take the place of the original vocal, , maybe a shaker, 
>>some fun things, and I can hear the girl chorus doing that little Still 
>>the Same chorus, I don't have a female singer, I guess I'll have to fake 
>>it myself with AutoTune's gender bender. smile.
>>Please let me know your thoughts about whether it's recorded too hot in 
>>the bass already, and how you yourself get overall levels up higher.
>>Thanks,
>>Indigo L
>>http://dl.dropbox.com/u/63003631/1Still%20the%20Same.mp3
>>
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