Jayvee Posted June 11, 2006 Share Posted June 11, 2006 I finished a huge project, sometime ago; buring a few hundred tunes for a retailer... turns out they can't use the 30+ CD's I gave them due to very noticable Volume discrepencies between songs. I put these together using iTunes and did a straight burn ~ on my computer, in iTunes, I don't notice these drastic discrepencies. I've never really used WaveBurner, but have it along with my Logic Pro. How do I take advantage of it here? I'm talking about a few hundred tunes (one CD at a time, of course; many of them from various vinyl transfers and copies from different Bit rates... Is there a 'quick fix', even if it's in Logic and not WaveBurner? Mostly I need to have the same volumes on songs that were done last year and 35 years ago. Any guidance would be appreciated! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camillo jr Posted June 12, 2006 Share Posted June 12, 2006 Do you have the volume leveler turned on in iTunes? (prefs>playback>soundcheck) If soundcheck is turned on, that would create the situation you describe, where you won't notice volume discrepancies. So turn that off if it is on and you should be able to hear your songs as they really are. Oh and maybe turn off any iTunes eq while you're at it. Asuming this mass of tunes you have doesn't need any eq surgery, or compression or any other sort of mastering, then what you can use Waveburner for is to level the tunes yourself. I find it's usually is a matter of dropping some song levels down, since in a mastered song the highest level is already close to digital full scale. And with wave burner, save often!!! It crashes a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayvee Posted June 12, 2006 Author Share Posted June 12, 2006 Thanks for your help. I don't have that option checked off; so I just don't get it. As I recall ~ I had simply dragged 15 to 20 tunes, from iTunes, into Toast - to make the burns... So must I now import individually into WaveBurner, and re-do all of these discs? What about 'Normalize'? Can that help me? I've got a batch of Waves plug-ins, that I see are accessable in this program ~ can anything help me do this relatively accurately & quickly? What is Waveburner really used for anyway? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camillo jr Posted June 12, 2006 Share Posted June 12, 2006 Thanks for your help.I don't have that option checked off; so I just don't get it. As I recall ~ I had simply dragged 15 to 20 tunes, from iTunes, into Toast - to make the burns... Well, do they sound different to you after the burns? Or the same as in iTunes? (Assuming you're not using iTunes to play them again!) So must I now import individually into WaveBurner, and re-do all of these discs? What about 'Normalize'? Can that help me? If the retailer says they won't work then yes you will have to redo them. (You might want to check if that's the only reason that they are dragging their heels.) As for normalizing, that will only make a song as loud as the highest peak will allow. If the majority of the tune is quiet but there's a couple of big snare smacks in there then they will prevent the tune from being much louder in an overall sense. This is where the dark arts of mastering comes in but I gotta say, this is really a huge topic and mastering for commercial release is usually best done by the pros. I've got a batch of Waves plug-ins, that I see are accessable in this program ~ can anything help me do this relatively accurately & quickly? What is Waveburner really used for anyway? Waveburner is a for putting together a set of tunes to put on a CD. You can change the order of the tunes in there and easily adjust the volumes of each one too. You can also use it as a mastering environment with all those juicy waves plugs. But using them is a big topic as I said. If you are going to do this by yourself, try to keep it simple, just a bit of volume leveling and maybe some eq. And if your feeling brave, try out the limiter if you've got one in the waves bundle. But just doing the first two might get you most of the way there. Otherwise, your going to have to hit the manuals or hire someone to do it. Mastering people know how to do this fast. But you might look at this as a way to learn some audio manipulation skills. Hope that helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayvee Posted June 12, 2006 Author Share Posted June 12, 2006 Thank you ~ I'm all for keepin' it simple! I really think my next step is to get hold of the CD collection I gave them, and have a REAL Listen for myself. I really appreciate your feedback. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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