(My way of using the huge dynamic range of digital is to try to stick
with a standard recording level for almost everything. When I edit cuts
together, they come out with the natural level differences. Of course
when I make a CD, I may mix everything up to get a better overall level,
and I may raise quieter parts so they can be heard on smaller sound
systems. But that's the final stage, not the first
thing)
You couldn't get any nearer the truth here, if you have to twig the
sound AFTER, it just sounds unnatural and when you patch sounds
together, to the ear, it sounds awful, it stands out like a sore thumb.
Set a level and stick with it, why amplify a quiet sound anyway?
Martyn
-----Original Message-----
From: Dan Dugan
Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2003 12:04 PM
To:
Subject: Re: [Nature Recordists] Digital Distortion
DAN:
> > I have an opinion on that: never normalize. Never. No need for it.
At
>> the last stage of CD mastering, overall levels might be raised so
the
>> loudest sounds are close to max or limited close to max, but that's
>> as far as you want to go. In intermediate steps, you need headroom
> > for processing.
JOHN V. MOORE:
>What about normalizing to 50%. I do this on all my recordings before I
start
>to edit?. Am I making a mistake? I use CoolEdit.
I wouldn't say it was a mistake, but I sure wouldn't do that. Why
make soft and loud things the same volume?
My way of using the huge dynamic range of digital is to try to stick
with a standard recording level for almost everything. When I edit
cuts together, they come out with the natural level differences. Of
course when I make a CD, I may mix everything up to get a better
overall level, and I may raise quieter parts so they can be heard on
smaller sound systems. But that's the final stage, not the first
thing.
-Dan Dugan
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