chrisperra
25 October 2002
i have a pc, with wavelab 4, a ton of plugins ie: waves, timeworks, db audio, the vintage warmer,etc... besides selling all my gear and buying a Manley and some weiss stuff, what process would you take to get max fidelity, with max volume for rock music with pounding guitars.it's like asking how do i make my hondo guitar sound like a les paul custom but, i still have to do the best i can. please, any advice would be worshiped...
chris perra
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so earlier you stated that you like to recieve mixes at -3 db th
so earlier you stated that you like to recieve mixes at -3 db thats just the peaks right? rms is the average level right?i'm a little unclear because the meters that i have don't really have rms. mostly peak clips and the like.if you just have a daw how would try to meter acuratley?
chris perra
Most of what I do here has RMS levels around -18 dB and I will h
Most of what I do here has RMS levels around -18 dB and I will have 10 to 20 peaks close to 0 and hundreds around -1
I look at the mix in terms of how it is and what it has. Often times in mastering I actually boost dynmaic range with a multiband digital eq.
Again..no rules but if I get a mix here that runs RMS of -3db, I have to basically reconstruct it and the clients seem happy with the final.