Wave form quekkie
Hey so why do some of my wave forms look really small with minimal peaks even in a song that has a lot of variance in volume etc..
As i expect some would say to zoom, here is a zoomed one
As you can see, not much going on there in terms of peaks on beats etc. You can obviously still see the breaks and stuff but not as clearly as usual.
Thoughts would be lovely
Similar frequencies?
Sorry, it’s the same track, just the second picture is zoomed in.
What I mean is why is it so small compared to other tracks that have a normal wave form such as
could be the gains are different
is the one with the small waveform auto-gained (if u use that feature) to a level much higher than ur common track?
Gianmarco
Small Waveform > Quiet Track.
What I’m saying is that the track has similar frequencies that don’t vary much during the song. That would make the wave form look like that. I’m just making and educated guess though.
^^this.
Check the autogain. It will be very high.
Yeah that makes sense. Auto gain was at 6.9! Probably time to replace the track I guess.
Cheers
how do you check the auto gain?
Right click on the track and select edit. There is a small box on the right side that shows the autogain level. You can change this to whatever you want if you think traktor does a shit job of setting this (which it usually does) … or run your collection through mp3gain (free btw) set a nice high level like 96db and then you can turn autogain off.
This will set every track at 96db across the board?
It takes ages but well worth the effort i think man.
Yeah for sure, I’ve always been dubious on the autogain so good to see there’s a work around.
Might hold out until the new traktor drops before i commit to doing my entire library, hopefully it’s big!
cheers, thankyou very much!
As a side note actually, my track is in 320, I know there’s some conjecture about kbps and overall quality, but it’s not like it’s at 96. Should a track at 320 really need an autogain adjustment of almost 7db?
The bitrate of a track is has nothing to do with loudness. Maybe the track you’re referring to wasn’t mastered, or maybe somebody ripped it from vinyl. Who can say.
