> From: "Jörn Nettingsmeier" <nettings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: 04/12/16 08:26 >> That's it. Why would 3 weeks of work on 25 tracks be thrown to a >> mathematical function that will move one fader ? > ??? > That still sounds like you're confused about it. > If you normalise the master output, it does not affect your mixing > balance at all. All the mysterious "mathematical function" does is: > 1. play the song through a "peak hold" meter. > 2. look at the maximum peak level, say it's minus n dB FS. > 3. play the song again with the master fader at plus n dB FS > 4. save the result Something is affected nevertheless. > If by "tracks", you actually mean "songs", well then, yes, if you have > one song per session, normalizing each one individually can upset the > loudness balance from one song to the next, but I doubt you'd get that > one perfect anyway. For this kind of workflow, when switching songs > means loading another session, I would recommend to export each song, > then create a new ardour session with as many stereo tracks as your > album has songs, arrange the songs one after another, but each on an > individual track. Then you can fine-tune the relative levels with the > channel faders and even throw in some extra "mastering" processing like > EQ if the songs don't quite match yet. I think I mentioned that. Not just now, but earlier. Comparing with commercial tracks of the same genre. This is what I started doing. First steps. Much later on, developing a uniform experience from a series of original pieces. I still do not see why I would throw anything at a 'mathematical function' at this stage of learning. I might stick with that for a long time (there's at least one 'big guy', Bob Katz, that does not consider normalization in a good light, as can be read in a recent link posted here, so it might not be a uniform accord). For now I much prefer to do all by craftiness, by observation and experiment and that all and every changes are made explicitly. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
