Apple Logic Pro /LogicExpress Discussion

YAVUZ AKYAZICI wrote:

> This extra compression at the mastering stage is really killing all the
> dynamic range we have.
> I have spent many hours to build my mike pres from Seventh Circle Audio,
> Just to get extra headroom with Jensen Twin Servo designs then I am 
> hesitant
> to give my recorded CD out to mastering.
> What is worse is people now expect to hear that.
>
> Check these out;
> http://musicthing.blogspot.com/2005/04/why-records-are-getting-louder.html
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> http://www.mindspring.com/~mrichter/dynamics/dynamics.htm 
> <http://www.mindspring.com/%7Emrichter/dynamics/dynamics.htm>
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> I do not who to blame for this but I do not like it.
>
> Yavuz AKYAZICI
> yavuz_akyazici@...
> http://yavuz.dhs.org
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> On Sat, 24 Dec 2005 19:28:51 -0800, Chris Ryan wrote
> > I've always been frustrated by low output volumes in Logic (I'm
> > using Logic Pro 7), and have never been able to find how to give my
> > tracks
> > (e.g. mp3 exports) a higher overall level. It seems they are quite
> > quiet compared to other mp3s (commercial, etc.). Am I missing
> > something obvious?
>
> Maybe not obvious, but what you're missing is that professional 
> productions
> are put through one or more limiters to maximize the "percepted volume"
> during
> mastering. One could argue whether this is really a good thing, but your
> music
> will at least sound a lot softer than the rest if you don't.
>
> Watch the levels of your mix and those of a commercial one, and you'll see
> that even though both peak at 0dB, the mastered commercial product stays
> much
> higher in level on average. This is why it sounds louder.
>
> Maurits.
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I am a music editor for films. We hate having to edit recordings from 
the past few years. In Pro Tools the waveform display just looks like a 
solid block. You can't see the beats so it takes twice as long to cut 
these songs.  Lee