Trouble getting a decent volume for my new song

[Acesulfame]

That sounds fucking awesome cobhc, there is just one part that I think is crackling a tad on my monitors. It's just after the middle where it stops and has a couple of stabbing chords and a dual sweep on it's own before the epic build up... Are you able to check this out, maybe just take the volume down very slightly?

Other than that dude it sounds beefy as fuck! There's an annoying little piano note right at the start of it too which I forgot to get rid of. The damn VST always does that! Are you able to get this as a Wav file to me?! Thanks so much for everyone helping out with this. Will be so good to have my baby finally complete. Just need to unlease it onto the net!

 

[cobhc]

Yeah, that's fine I'll chop that little synth note off, and drop the level a bit to try and stop the crackling.

 

[cobhc]

Ok, do you think -11db at peak is gonna be loud enough for you? I've laid off on gclip a bit, hopefully that'll stop some of the crackling. I'll re-upload a sample of that section, and if that's ok for you, then I'll go ahead and up the .wav later on today.

 

[cobhc]

Here you go...

https://dl.getdropbox.com/u/371262/AlesisMaster3Test.mp3

Lemme know if that's ok to you.

 

[zvish]

Here you go...

https://dl.getdropbox.com/u/371262/AlesisMaster3Test.mp3

Lemme know if that's ok to you.

could you write something about this mastering chain? sounds good, what plugins in what order, cheers

 

[cobhc]

Yeah, nothing spectacular.

URS S MIX EQ ---> URS 1980 COMP ---> GCLIPx2 ---> Voxengo Elephant.

 

[zvish]

Yeah, nothing spectacular.

URS S MIX EQ ---> URS 1980 COMP ---> GCLIPx2 ---> Voxengo Elephant.

simple... I am over thinking some things sometimes thx for info

 

[Acesulfame]

Much better dude! No crackles at all to be heard. The volume will be just fine man, it was just a matter of getting it boosted to an audible level when playing alongside other tracks.

 

[cobhc]

Ok dude, I'll get to work on getting that wav uploaded, will take a while though!

 

[cobhc]

simple... I am over thinking some things sometimes thx for info

No problem, I'm no great mastering engineer, I just read up online about it, mainly Slate's post on the getting your loudness thread.

 

[cobhc]

Here we go.

https://dl.getdropbox.com/u/371262/AlesisFinalMaster.wav

 

[Acesulfame]

I'll be sure to check that thread man. By the way, how do I get hold of this file? I can only play it from this link. I tried right clicking it to save it but it won't let me...

 

[cobhc]

Save target as works for me .

 

[Acesulfame]

Fuck... Has the option "save as source (pro)" but nothing happens when I click it.

 

[cobhc]

Ah shit. Anyone have any ideas?

 

[Acesulfame]

You could try www.yousendit.com ?

 

[cobhc]

Took me half hour to upload that lol!

 

[cobhc]

Try this.

http://www.megafileupload.com/en/file/93974/AlesisFinalMaster-wav.html

 

[Acesulfame]

Got it! I can't thank you enough for your time spent sorting this out for me dude. Sounds brilliant.

 

[cobhc]

It's cool, don't mention it. Just keep me in mind in the future if you need any help mastering again, or any business from friends you could throw my way! .