Mixes too quiet after export
Hey people,
always when I record my mix inside of Serato, I move the .aif file to Adobe Audition and check the levels - here it seems to be ok, around -3 to -1db. However when I then export to mp3 and upload to Mixcloud for example, it’s way to quiet…
How would I fix this ? Just try to record at a higher level ? Wouldn’t that make it distorted then ?
Please don’t record it louder, that will only make things harder. Record it as normal, then try to add some gain later. Remember: You can always add little on the top later if needed, but you can never get rid of clipping and distortion.
That all being said, your levels seemed fine when I skipped around the mix.
Beginners Guide To Mastering DJ Mixes
Probably at mixcloud’s end. They reencode the mix for their player.
If you have just one tune with a higher gain than the rest, mixclouds re-encoding will use that as a baseline when normalizing the mix. Keep this in mind.
perfect, thanks guys!
Lot of good info here.
fine
listened on my laptop with a pair of Sony consumer over ears and the levels sound fine. Not too quiet at all..