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Hello all,

Im just finishing up mixing an album, and now I'm about to master the album myself ( because I'm low on funds ).

Are there any programs out there that once all the tracks are completed, it will make sure the volume levels for each track are all the same.. just incase some are a bit off.

I know when u put songs in Itunes it does a "Sound Check" feature where it adjusts everything to the same level... but i dont think it carrys over when u burn it to CS.

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anonymous Sat, 08/27/2005 - 10:29

if your music isnt solid blast metal or similar, you might compare parts to parts. say one is solid distortion through the whole song. the other has soft parts and loud parts. the other is pure soft. match the loud parts in the middle song with the loud one, then the soft one with the soft parts in the middle song. using RMS and your ears of course. then play through each 3 to see if they match up, then play the hard against the soft. this is assuming the middle song is mixed properly and there isnt a major dip in volume on the soft part.

if you match RMS of a loud song vs a soft one you are probably gonna end up raising your soft song far beyond what it should be. which is why you cant rely solely on RMS.

the more diverse your songs are composition wise, the harder itll be. matching a techno vs a metal vs an acoustic pop song is al ot harder than 3 metal songs in a row.

id suggest your loudesst first, else if you do your softest first, by the time you get to your loudest you might find you are oversquishing it and have to go back through all of them again.