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>I find that when I make a recording in Logic, to my knowledge, I
>minimize headroom by setting the level as high as possible without
>bumping the red clip meters, but when I import the same recording into
>another audio program, the audio level seems to low, and the recording
>seems to lack clarity, and punchiness.
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Strange. For me, normalizing depends on the use of the recording.
If it's a simple sample which I'll use later on, then I normalize it.
If it's a recording, then I don't normalize it (I record at 24 bit) 
because I want the levels of the recordings to be consistent.
And I also record as hot as possible... and I put an outboard compressor 
with very high ratio at -3dB so I can turn up the gain safely without 
clipping.

>Is there a way to batch process audio in
>Logic?
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Nope. It's been announced a loooong time ago (3.0?), but was never 
implemented afaik.

Bye,
Joeri

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Hiya, 

>About the level being too low: that can hardly be true.  When I play 
>a recording through another audio program, and through the same card, 
>it sounds just as it sounds in Logic -- and it should.  After all, 
>it's all zero's and ones, right?  And the software itself shouldn't 
>influence the sound or volume.

I rarely normalise mainly for the fact that if you double the volume you
double the noise too.
Better to use a quality mic pre and gate.

jr

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>You should realise that the "benefits" of normalising usually aren't 
>that big.
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That's true in a digital context, but not when working with (older) 
hardware samplers.
Imagine an old hardware sampler. I love some of the old Emu's because of 
their filters, but I don't like their noise.
The louder the sample is, the less I have to boost the signal (which 
contains the sampler noise). So in that context, it's interesting.

Disclaimer: I'm only using EXS and DR008 anymore, so the above scenario 
belongs to the past. :-)

Bye,
Joeri

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