Nicholas Bierzonski
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In my experience you can set your audio to whatever level you prefer as long as it can be heard clearly, and does not distort….It really is subjective and it depends on the final output format. That old digital analog argument. Now that being said.
Just about everyone in the Professional world operates at a different level. If you’re going to ship a tape out of house it’s best to call up the company and find out what level your tone should be set at. That way you can’t go wrong and your boss won’t make you his ex-employee
-Nicholas Bierzonski
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I’ve discovered Nested sequences can’t easily recapture partial clips using Media Manager. It brings up alot of issues…but the short version of the story is don’t use nested sequences with the intention of recapturing small clips. In my case it probably is possible but it involves alot of extra leg work so try to avoid it if you can. It’s quicker and easier to use the sequence the nested sequence references to rather than use the nested sequence. Make sense? Maybe not, this question and answer is overly confusing, but thanks for everyone’s help!
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I tried that but Final Cut still wanted to capture the entire Clip. Is this because it is a nested sequence?
Can you explain step by step how to go about using the media manager to accomplish this? Maybe I’m messing up a step. I use Final Cut Pro 5-Nicholas Bierzonski
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Any ideas or this uncharted territory?
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It could be a couple different things…but try this first. In Final Cut go to your sequence drop down window and select render DO NOT HOWEVER CHOOSE anything yet. Look at the drop down window. Do you have checkmarks next to everything listed? If not select each unchecked selection. Repeat until all of the choices have a checkmark next to them then try rendering your sequence. Out of curiousity what is you are trying to render? Text, Audio, video?
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Thanks for the tips guys! They work great!
-Nicholas Bierzonski
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I completed my experiment. I created two final mixes. One mix with an audio level around 6, and mix two with a level brought up to -2. (Both levels refer to the master meter levels in Deck) I finished the mix bounced both and saved them as AIFF files. I opened the finished tracks and the mix one sounds great. Mix two distorts. I opened both AIFF files in Peak to look at the meters. Mix one hits around -2 during the whole program. Mix two level distorts most of the time…(Using up all the one and zeros…boo hoo hoo..)
So is deck overall meter not accurate or is it set at -10? I looked through the manual included with Deck 3.5 and it doesn’t mention changing hardware levels anywhere nor in the windows under preferences is it listed. I’ve always used Protools or sonar to master audio. This is my first run with Deck. Does anyone know what is up with the levels on Deck? -
Peak has a normalizing function if you own it. If not you can download Audacity which also has a normalize function. It’s a free download. You just need to search around a bit to find it.
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Thanks everyone for the responses. When I premastered in Peak I used a limiter to bring the levels to -2. When I brought those cleaned/limited tracks into Deck the levels on the master levels were down around -6. They have the same audio levels to my ear when I compare them to the way they sound in Peak . Does Deck have lower a lower level output than peak? or is there a -10 and +4 setting in the preferences somwhere. I am refering to the master output levels in Deck. I use Deck 3.5 Any thoughts on this issue?
I’m thinking about creating two mixes to show my boss…one with the levels at -6 and one with the levels limiting to -3/0. -
Thanks for everyone’s quick response. From my research, and from what I’ve read here there seems to be no set levels. Am I correct here? Is it all subjective? You set your program level at -11 correct? My program is set to an average level of -6. Most of the program falls between -8 and -4. I listened to a burned test CD in my car and it sounded great. I didn’t need to turn it up to hear it clearly. I tried playing it in my computer, and CD player and I found the levels seem to be just right.
However is there a set standard on what the levels should be on a spoken voice CD. And are there a set of agreed upon levels for voice recording that will be downloaded over the net?So in fact I wondering do I need two different mixes at different volumes on the digital meter. Thanks!