I've been using platinum notes for years and keeping the originals. I hate how long it takes to process files and I think I've been using the wrong preset. Heard a lot of reviews that it takes the oomph out of the low end and heard it was a good idea to add 2db to the low end. Now my michael buble', jason mraz, jack johnson and old school country twang have bass that hits the resonate frequency of the dance hall and literally shakes the chandeliers and ceiling tiles, however pop music, rap and EDM sounds just fine. Also I find when I process the promo only into edits of certain songs I get a pop on the bass hit. Cheerleader remix by UMI has a definite snap sound to the beat. It also muffs up some select mix remixes where the remixer pegged the redline. It pulls the song down so the vocals can't be heard.
I could spend a month re-processing 30,000 files on a different pre-set but I don't think that would fix the snap issue on some pop songs, and I'm just not sure it's worth all the work, and having to keep two copies of every song.
The other issue I have is that I'm just not confident that when I put 30,000 songs through I get that many on the other side. The way it processes stuff in nested folders has no rhyme or reason and I'm constantly finding myself telling somebody I don't have a song that I know I used to have.
I have heard MP3 gain is good but checked and it hasn't been updated since 2009 and I don't much feel like running a windows program on my macbook.
I have been so behind on my music workflow (download from promo only, bpm supreme, prime cuts, amazon, select mix, rip CD's from rummage sales, tag in meta-bliss, process in platinum notes, add to iTunes*, import to rekordbox that I haven't been processing in mixed in key at all.)
*gonna be ditching iTunes soon, like this month
I know I need to cut iTunes out and import directly to rekordbox, but what other aspects should I change in my workflow?
How do I normalize the tracks? I love never having to adjust the gain when cueing a track, I don't want to go back to the old way, I'm just not sure if platinum notes is the way to go. I searched and it hasn't been discussed at all in the last year on this forum.
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