domc wrote on Wed, 03 February 2010 01:14 |
this might be a complete noob question but... doing a master in samplitude. Limiter set to -0.3db
Burn cd direct from samplitude tells me that the overall level is >0. I take it that this is due to the SRC/dither. How do I calculate the actual overall level of the cd after dither and SRC when I am burning straight from a 96k session. I don't want digital overs or for the cd to distort.
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It is not the SRC nor dither.
This is a peculiarity of Samplitude. As long as you are in the 32-bit float domain, you have the possibility to apply effects and increase volume in a way that will produce levels higher than 0dB. You must find a way to reduce the amplitude to a iota below 0dB before burning a CD.
I process ALL my mixes with Samp's multiband; I generally end up with a file that has peaks at +3 or +4. Depending on the result I expect, I then either normalize to -0.2dBfs, or limit at -0.2dBfs with the brickwall limiter in Advanced compressor (I don't use the compressor, which I never managed to make sound right, just the instantaneous lim.
I do that at the Object level, but you can also do it in the mixer.