Certainly sounds like you know what you're doing. I also use the LAME encoder with audiograbber. Nearly all commercial cds are normalised around 96dB to 98 signal level now. So you should really be aiming for around the same level. But your file is only at 91dB.If i compare your remix with my original sourced cd of California Gurls , level wise yours is almost 6dB lower, that is a big difference.
Just did a few new remixes :)
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Certainly sounds like you know what you're doing. I also use the LAME encoder with audiograbber. Nearly all commercial cds are normalised around 96dB to 98 signal level now. So you should really be aiming for around the same level. But your file is only at 91dB.If i compare your remix with my original sourced cd of California Gurls , level wise yours is almost 6dB lower, that is a big difference.
The MP3 gain program gives an indication of clipping on the remix. The remix signal level is low at 91dB . Some clipping is fine usually around 1.5dB is tolerable, it very much depends on the song, sometimes 3dB is ok . The clipping on the remix is ok but unwise to raise the signal level further using mp3 gain or any other program as it would start to result in audible distortion.
I agree^^^^
But like I said, when I had it set to 98 (at first I had it at 120... live and learn! lol) I got a lot of comments that it was clipping high on people's amps... so I just drop most of them to 92 when I am mastering them, which was about -.1 on my Audition 3 level meter, but the same threshold has it at -1 or -2 on my Audition CS5. I did Cali Gurls on Audition 3 though. So I have no idea why the level gains have so much of a gap. Try playing "Smile" or anything after... thats when I started using CS5. I have room to bump it up about +1ish to +2, but those are showing a peak of 91/92 for me as well.
Let me know, I certainly take ALL of this into account when I master my mixes! And THANK YOU for being so honest about it, and bringing it to my attention!
OH! And the reason that I have to drop the whole mix down most of the time is because of the extra percussion and effects that I add to it. They are "over" the original, and therefore bring the total noise level up, but basically drop the original song down by at least 2db. That's what was making people's amps clip, or redline a mixer... and so I chose to be "safe" and drop it down. I had DJ's who opened for me redline mixers allll the time, and it's just a pet peeve of mine lol.
But like I said, when I had it set to 98 (at first I had it at 120... live and learn! lol) I got a lot of comments that it was clipping high on people's amps... so I just drop most of them to 92 when I am mastering them, which was about -.1 on my Audition 3 level meter, but the same threshold has it at -1 or -2 on my Audition CS5. I did Cali Gurls on Audition 3 though. So I have no idea why the level gains have so much of a gap. Try playing "Smile" or anything after... thats when I started using CS5. I have room to bump it up about +1ish to +2, but those are showing a peak of 91/92 for me as well.
Let me know, I certainly take ALL of this into account when I master my mixes! And THANK YOU for being so honest about it, and bringing it to my attention!
OH! And the reason that I have to drop the whole mix down most of the time is because of the extra percussion and effects that I add to it. They are "over" the original, and therefore bring the total noise level up, but basically drop the original song down by at least 2db. That's what was making people's amps clip, or redline a mixer... and so I chose to be "safe" and drop it down. I had DJ's who opened for me redline mixers allll the time, and it's just a pet peeve of mine lol.
hmmm.... well all I can say is that I use MP3Gain on the 3 that I got from you and gain set them to 96db they all played just fine through my system and headphones.... but, then I set my system gain structure using pink noise set at 96db.... proper gain structure plays an important roll in whether amps clip or not....