The Logic Off Topic list

salziger@... on 16/11/01 5:24 AM, salziger@... at salziger@...
wrote:

> I try to have the biggest sound possible before clipping when I record from my
> VMC7200 roland
> into logic, and I wonder if it's better to normalize the mix before mastering.
> Thanks...phil...

Don't do it. If you're music is of a percussive nature and you're mixing it
well, the peaks of your mix should be above 80-85% of the maximum. For the
little you gain by normalising you'll do more harm than good.

Also, I'm not up on the theory of this myself but it's been said by many a
knowledgable person that if you're going to be mastering in the digital
domain and apply digital calculations to your mix, then you do need to allow
a bit of headroom in your mix for these digital calculations to take place
without making the maths involved potentially cause problems.


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