-3 dbs

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shep9040
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-3 dbs

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Earle-

I am currently working with a 16 bit project in Sonar- should I still mix to -3 dbs before running the file through Har-bal?
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shep9040 wrote:Earle-

I am currently working with a 16 bit project in Sonar- should I still mix to -3 dbs before running the file through Har-bal?
Absolutely

The whole idea is to make sure you allow yourself headroom for the mastering phase. Additionally it will insure that you have no clipping/distortion in your track.

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Post by dbmasters »

Even the final master I generally keep normalized to a peak of -.3 db...there are some older CD players that clip and snap at signals over -.3.

That is one thing I miss about magnetic tape...it had a sense of humor regarding levels...digital has no sense of humor at all.
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