[RWP] Mix Opinion, Please?

[Patrick Perdue]

Did you try playing a non-compressed version in your Winamp? Maybe 
replay gain is attenuating it.

On 3/19/2012 10:26 PM, indigo wrote:
> I haven't found V U meters yet in Reaper
> I need to learn where sighted users find them, and learn if they show
> onscreen numbers.
> Reaper is so full of numbers, it wouldn't surprise me to find V U values
> expressed in numbers. smile.
>
> I'm just using my ears so far.
> I've got adjusting midi track volume down pretty well.
> I press control+right arrow on a selected track to show its first item,
> then tab down to volume; in item edit; and set volume.
> Then press enter to save changes.
> I hear the immediate change in volume of that track.
> So far, I haven't understood how to have the track playing so I can hear
> changes as I tweak volume and other parameters.
> I tried today to open item edit while a track was playing, and play
> stopped.
>
> It's rough premixing in track view I'm doing so far, I'll get to the
> mixer section later.
> I just don't comprehend the difference in level; of what I hear while
> recording; compared with what I hear playing the resulting file on
> winamp later.
> I also play other folks MP3's on that same winamp, and I sometimes get
> my MP3's at decent levels and sometimes way too low.
>
> I've yet to learn how to find cymbal hits I want to zap on a midi drum
> track.
> I know there's some way to split a drum track into its instruments, when
> the drum machine doesn't have a bunch of separate output jacks, 1 per
> instrument, each instrument on its own midi channel.
> I believe there's an NTonyx utility that splits a drum track into its
> instruments.
> Indigo L
>
>
>
>
> On 3/19/2012 9:15 PM, Chris Smart wrote:
>> 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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