# Leaving DJ Mixes at -6db? Google did no joy either. **URL:** \ **Category:** Music Production\ **Created:** [February 25, 2015, 11:27am UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/leaving-dj-mixes-at-6db-google-did-no-joy-either/70337 "2015-02-25T11:27:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MockusD](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/mockusd/32/13090_2.png) [@MockusD](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/MockusD)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2015, 11:27am UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/leaving-dj-mixes-at-6db-google-did-no-joy-either/70337/1 "2015-02-25T11:27:59Z")
**Leaving DJ Mixes at -6db? Google did no joy either.** As title states, are DJ mixes sometimes left at -6db for public to listen, are this done often? Or all together is it good idea to leave at that db? ---
**Author:** ![deathy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/deathy/32/13218_2.png) [@deathy](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/deathy)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2015, 1:02pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/leaving-dj-mixes-at-6db-google-did-no-joy-either/70337/2 "2015-02-25T13:02:25Z")
I don’t know about others, but if I’m going to post a mix to Mixcloud, I do normalize it. ---
**Author:** ![DJAdeSands](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/djadesands/32/14768_2.png) [@DJAdeSands](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/DJAdeSands)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2015, 2:48pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/leaving-dj-mixes-at-6db-google-did-no-joy-either/70337/3 "2015-02-25T14:48:41Z")
Normalise! I haven’t heard of the -6 tho! ---
**Author:** ![Nick\_V](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/nick_v/32/13560_2.png) [@Nick\_V](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/Nick_V)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2015, 3:12pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/leaving-dj-mixes-at-6db-google-did-no-joy-either/70337/4 "2015-02-25T15:12:07Z")
I think someone confused mixes as in mix downs of a multitrack production with dj mixes. It is very common to leave 6db of headroom on a production mix because you want to leave the mastering engineer enough dynamic range to work with. In Dj mixes - normalize that ish. ---
**Author:** ![ZxZDeViLZxZ](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/zxzdevilzxz/32/10344_2.png) [@ZxZDeViLZxZ](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/ZxZDeViLZxZ)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2015, 3:17pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/leaving-dj-mixes-at-6db-google-did-no-joy-either/70337/5 "2015-02-25T15:17:55Z")
Sometimes I normalize sometimes I don’t… I always record my mixes at low volume then normalize to -4 if I do anything at all… Mixes that I do for a radio show that get posted on soundcloud after the air date I know the guy in charge does mastering on all of them… EQ/normalize/compress as and where needed ---
**Author:** ![DJAdeSands](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/djadesands/32/14768_2.png) [@DJAdeSands](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/DJAdeSands)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2015, 4:07pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/leaving-dj-mixes-at-6db-google-did-no-joy-either/70337/6 "2015-02-25T16:07:37Z")
> [@Nick\_V](#): > > I think someone confused mixes as in mix downs of a multitrack production with dj mixes. It is very common to leave 6db of headroom on a production mix because you want to leave the mastering engineer enough dynamic range to work with. In Dj mixes - normalize that ish. Yea, that actually makes sense now.. I’m from DJ background.. ---
**Author:** ![Student](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecc23a/32.png) [@Student](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/Student)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2015, 7:36pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/leaving-dj-mixes-at-6db-google-did-no-joy-either/70337/7 "2015-02-25T19:36:32Z")
> [@deathy](#): > > I don’t know about others, but if I’m going to post a mix to Mixcloud, I do normalize it. Do you use the normalize button in Logic for example or are you putting on compressors on the master volume? ---
**Author:** ![031999](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/031999/32/86_2.png) [@031999](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/031999)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2015, 7:47pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/leaving-dj-mixes-at-6db-google-did-no-joy-either/70337/8 "2015-02-25T19:47:12Z")
I have a template in ableton just made for mastering DJ mixes, it has an EQ and a limiter in the chain to get the volume up to standard levels ---
**Author:** ![DJAdeSands](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/djadesands/32/14768_2.png) [@DJAdeSands](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/DJAdeSands)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2015, 9:41pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/leaving-dj-mixes-at-6db-google-did-no-joy-either/70337/9 "2015-02-25T21:41:28Z")
Can that template be shared? ---
**Author:** ![Kwal](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/kwal/32/14606_2.png) [@Kwal](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/Kwal)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2015, 9:58pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/leaving-dj-mixes-at-6db-google-did-no-joy-either/70337/10 "2015-02-25T21:58:15Z")
> [@DJAdeSands](#): > > Can that template be shared? You can just drag an eq and limiter onto the master and save the template for yourself lol ---
**Author:** ![031999](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/031999/32/86_2.png) [@031999](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/031999)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2015, 11:58pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/leaving-dj-mixes-at-6db-google-did-no-joy-either/70337/11 "2015-02-25T23:58:45Z")
yeah its really simple lol. Follow this tutorial…down at the bottom. [http://abletonlife.com/how-to-master-a-track-in-ableton-live](http://abletonlife.com/how-to-master-a-track-in-ableton-live) Then just keep dropping your mixes onto the timeline. The master channel will do all the work ---
**Author:** ![deathy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/deathy/32/13218_2.png) [@deathy](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/deathy)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2015, 8:32am UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/leaving-dj-mixes-at-6db-google-did-no-joy-either/70337/12 "2015-02-27T08:32:06Z")
> [@Student](#): > > Do you use the normalize button in Logic for example or are you putting on compressors on the master volume? I usually do it after the fact. The sound system where I normally play prefers for me to output my signal a little on the quiet side, so the recording needs to be normalized. I usually do it in SoundForge.