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<p>Hi Autery</p>
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<p>Having been wrestling with levels for the past few days, I am not
an expert and others may add to and/or correct what follows.</p>
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<p>My understanding is that when you press j or k you get the level
at exactly the point when you hit the key. You only need to be a
few milliseconds off to be well below the peak. On the other
hand, pressing alt-f9 and alt-f10 for channel 1 and channel 2
respectively of the track selected with shift-alt-p will give you
the peak since resetting with alt-f8. You can choose to have
peaks held for less time if you wish.</p>
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<p>Justin's response came in while I was writing this and doing some
testing to check that I wasn't writing complete rubbish. Yes,
shift-j and shift-k give the master level, but if I am correct it
is still reading the level as you hit the key. Especially for the
soundscape stuff that I like doing, finding the peak for the track
is most important. To that end, the SWS facility ctrl-k takes you
to the peak for the current item, which is great. The other SWS
facility I find useful is shift-ctrl-k for getting stats on
maximum db and RMS levels.</p>
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<p>It sounds like you should be trusting your ears (smile).</p>
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<p>Andrew</p>
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<p>On 14/06/2016 7:39 PM, Autery wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello everyone!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I am trying to mix and master a song in
reaper, however, having problem comprehending the readings
when I press j and k.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">It seems as if my volume level is low,
however, I am hearing the music loud in my headphone and
monitor speaker. Also if I turn the volume up until I hear
distortion, the meters reads about around -8 and -7 peak give
or take.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Help me comprehend please.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I usually master with my meter levels
reading around -1. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Is reaper configured different? Could
someone tell me what I am missing??<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thank YOU<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Autery<o:p></o:p></p>
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