Increase the volume of your mixes up to 5 times!

magicd · Post by **magicd** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 9:39 am

Use the MW Limiter!

Sorry James, I couldn't help it...

Please don't ban me!

Dave

jarok · Post by **jarok** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 9:51 am

All right.

YouTube · Post by **James Steele** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 10:25 am

Very funny Dave... hahaha... I thought I was going to have to delete this on my daily spam run. I do it every morning but the natives around here can't resist making quips in reply.

kelldammit · Post by **kelldammit** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 1:13 pm

James Steele wrote:Very funny Dave... hahaha... I thought I was going to have to delete this on my daily spam run. I do it every morning but the natives around here can't resist making quips in reply.

but is it still selling if we all already HAVE it?

and so as not to prove james a liar...
magic dave,
only 5 times louder? hmmm. i'm not sure that'll be quite enough. can i use it in series, and get 15-20x louder?
i think that dynamics are far too distracting to the average listener. wide dynamic range allows the concentration to drift to...say, the actual music or lyrics, rather than remaining focused on the sheer volume, where it should be. so, to simply things, my next project will only have one dynamic level (loud as $&#*).
so far, the project's coming along nicely, but i'm having a time with the fade-out. i'm suspecting dp is culprit there...any tips?

polysoundman · Post by **polysoundman** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 1:34 pm

i like pushing up the volume of my mixes till they sound like a leaf blower....

wes

magicd · Post by **magicd** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 2:33 pm

kelldammit wrote:only 5 times louder? hmmm. i'm not sure that'll be quite enough. can i use it in series, and get 15-20x louder?
i think that dynamics are far too distracting to the average listener. wide dynamic range allows the concentration to drift to...say, the actual music or lyrics, rather than remaining focused on the sheer volume, where it should be. so, to simply things, my next project will only have one dynamic level (loud as $&#*).
so far, the project's coming along nicely, but i'm having a time with the fade-out. i'm suspecting dp is culprit there...any tips?

Yes, fade outs without dynamics can be tricky. They have to be done very quickly. Pulling the power cord out of the computer is one way to acheive this.

To get your mix 15X louder, all you have to do is start the mix 15X softer.
To get the mix 20X louder, do it 10X twice.

The best solution that I've found for removing dynamic range in music is to modify your ears so the dynamic range is actually gone from your hearing. Apparently this is a common technique and involves iPods and very loud earbuds. As far as I know this was originally pioneered by Pete Townshend.

Dave

TheHopiWay · Post by **TheHopiWay** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 4:19 pm

Townsend?

He did nothing that wasn't pioneered by Beethoven.

billf · Post by **billf** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 7:06 pm

magicd wrote:
kelldammit wrote:only 5 times louder? hmmm. i'm not sure that'll be quite enough. can i use it in series, and get 15-20x louder?
i think that dynamics are far too distracting to the average listener. wide dynamic range allows the concentration to drift to...say, the actual music or lyrics, rather than remaining focused on the sheer volume, where it should be. so, to simply things, my next project will only have one dynamic level (loud as $&#*).
so far, the project's coming along nicely, but i'm having a time with the fade-out. i'm suspecting dp is culprit there...any tips?
Yes, fade outs without dynamics can be tricky. They have to be done very quickly. Pulling the power cord out of the computer is one way to acheive this.

To get your mix 15X louder, all you have to do is start the mix 15X softer.
To get the mix 20X louder, do it 10X twice.

The best solution that I've found for removing dynamic range in music is to modify your ears so the dynamic range is actually gone from your hearing. Apparently this is a common technique and involves iPods and very loud earbuds. As far as I know this was originally pioneered by Pete Townshend.

Dave

Dave is really the guy in Spinal Tap with the amp that goes to 11.

billf · Post by **billf** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 7:09 pm

TheHopiWay wrote:Townsend?

He did nothing that wasn't pioneered by Beethoven.

I heard from a reliable source, well Monkey Man, that Beethoven actually composed the intro to Baba O'Reilly, but shelved it because he didn't have any synths handy at the time, or it might have been he didn't have electricity to run the synths, having failed to pay his utility bills.

Phil O · Post by **Phil O** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 4:33 am

TheHopiWay wrote:Townsend?

He did nothing that wasn't pioneered by Beethoven.

Beethoven?

He did nothing that wasn't pioneered by....

Oh, never mind.

Phil

emulatorloo · Post by **emulatorloo** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 5:46 am

magicd wrote:Increase the volume of your mixes up to 5 times!

Will I gain "phatness" as well?

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davedempsey · Post by **davedempsey** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 6:02 am

I'm currently working on a fully extended dance-floor mix with total phatness and typing this with a pencil held firmly in my teeth. If I also increase the volume of my mix with MW Limiter, will this constitute a tripping risk?

midilance · Post by **midilance** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 7:29 am

polysoundman wrote:i like pushing up the volume of my mixes till they sound like a leaf blower....

wes

Actually, I've tried a newer technique. MW Limiter for the leaf blower. Add the MW EQ and get more like a chainsaw.

magicd · Post by **magicd** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 8:04 am

midilance wrote: Add the MW EQ and get more like a chainsaw.

You copped that from George Martin!!

It's a little known fact that Sir George produced the Plasmatics greatest unreleased record. Wendy O with the London Philharmonic and chainsaws.

Dave

vier-personen · Post by **vier-personen** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 8:48 am

magicd wrote:
midilance wrote: Add the MW EQ and get more like a chainsaw.
You copped that from George Martin!!

It's a little known fact that Sir George produced the Plasmatics greatest unreleased record. Wendy O with the London Philharmonic and chainsaws.

Dave

yeah, and it only didn‘t get released because they didn‘t have the MW limiter back then... right?

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