Subject:Newbie Question Re: Normalizing
Posted by: anon
Date:6/26/2002 12:40:01 PM
Alright, so last night I took 3 finished projects and converted them to .wav files. I brought those wav files into a new project so I could burn them onto CD. Each original project, the master volume was set so the output was a few tenths of a dB below 0.0dB. After converting to .wav and putting in the new project I normalized each track in Sound Forge XP5 to 0.0 dB. After normalizing I played back the tracks to see the effect of the normalization. Two of tracks maxed out less than 0.0 dB (like -1.7dB and -0.9 dB) the other track was pushed over 0.0dB to 1.0dB. Why didn't they all max at 0.0dB after normalization? Each track was also set to 0.0dB. I'm confused. |
Subject:RE: Newbie Question Re: Normalizing
Reply by: rraud
Date:6/28/2002 7:14:28 PM
Good question for a Newbie, you show promise. Are you Normalizing to Peak or RMS? |
Subject:RE: Newbie Question Re: Normalizing
Reply by: anon
Date:7/1/2002 2:07:25 PM
Sorry for the late reply, been away from the comp for a few days. I'm normalizing to Peak |
Subject:RE: Newbie Question Re: Normalizing
Reply by: rraud
Date:7/1/2002 3:07:55 PM
Did you normalize them separetly, are they in the same file? If so, divide the songs into regions and do one song at a time. You could also try dividing an individual song into regions (verse, chorus, ect.) and normalize the parts separtetly to even things out a little. Sometimes this works and sometimes it doesn't. |
Subject:RE: Newbie Question Re: Normalizing
Reply by: anon
Date:7/2/2002 12:55:15 PM
Yeah I normalized them seperately, but they all are semi-lengthy (7-11 min.) so it will probably good to follow your advice and seperate the songs into regions as well. Thanks for the tip! |
Subject:RE: Newbie Question Re: Normalizing
Reply by: ATP
Date:7/2/2002 2:16:35 PM
if you mean you're going to split the individual song into regions and normalize them seperately, that's not a good idea. for instance, if you take the intro as 1 region and normalize that it will sound much louder than the region which contains the chorus. still, your problem is weird. the only thing i can think of is your sequencer doing funky things with your wave files during its normalization process. which program do you use for that btw? on the other hand, it could very well be SF which has a crappy normalization algorithm. but it has never acted weird for me tho ... |
Subject:RE: Newbie Question Re: Normalizing
Reply by: Rednroll
Date:7/2/2002 5:30:42 PM
Your understanding and use of normalization seems to be correct. I would not suggest normalizing differenct sections either, but you'll find that out once you try it and sections become all choppy between transitions. How are you getting the PEAK information once you have normalized it? Are you playing it back and just reading what the peak value is on the playback meter? |
Subject:RE: Newbie Question Re: Normalizing
Reply by: JTelles
Date:7/2/2002 8:50:05 PM
Could it be that in this third file yoy DID NOT SCAN THE SELECTION PRIOR TO or DURING THE NORMALIZATION? I mean, it seems you can normalize based on previous scan values (you can see the "Scan Levels" button and the place to check next to it: "Use current scan levels (do not scan selection)" in the Normalize Window)... Good luck JTelles |