2-Mix Analysis?
Nov 17th, 2010, 02:45
Ok, so I'm using Logic Pro 8, and am currently taking a college class on mixing. Today we (finally) got to WHY the mixes that I was making sounded so quiet next to commercial releases.
The teacher explained and demonstrated using Sony Sound Forge how the 2 mix at the end will have the peak level and rms level, and by raising the peak level to its maximum potential, then maximizing (which is really just a hardcore compressor), you can raise the RMS to make your mix louder and sit somwhere between -10 to -20 dB. He used a plugin called Waves Ultramaximizer. He then showed us about removing the DC offset.
I was so excited to do this when I got home, but now I cant find the tools to do so!
Do I just import my 2-mix into a new logic project on a stereo track? Or do I do something different?
Also, when he was using Sound Forge, he brought up a window that analyzed the wav file and told us the peak level, peak position, and RMS (though it used different terms.) WHERE CAN I FIND THIS IN LOGIC?? I've looked everywhere!
Help would be AMAZING.
Thanks!
-Ken