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-3 dbs
Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2005 5:35 pm
by shep9040
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?
Re: -3 dbs
Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2005 9:33 pm
by har-bal
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.
Earle
Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2005 10:04 pm
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.