Help me bring the volume up!

[Paw]

My problem: I have a hard time bringing the tracks i record up to a decent volume when compared to the volumes of an ordinary CD-track. I don't want to go as loud as Death Magnetic or Californication, but I'd like to not hear a significant drop in volume when going from a random track to my track. I really don't know why my tracks turn out this silent, because the volume on the master fader is mostly high (often almost clipping). I use compressor on some of the tracks to bring up the volume and keep it consistent. I use ProTools LE 7.3 for reference.

Do you guys have some kind of method to mixing and bringing up the volume? I want to learn as much as possible as I'm quite new to recording and mixing.

Thanks!

[UV-7-BK]

whats your input volume like?? what gear you using,people here mght be able to offer suggestions!!!

[Paw]

I use a MBox2, Sm57 and Sennheiser 906 as well as DI with my keyboard. I'm not 100% sure what you mean with input volume (how much volume the mics record?). I always adjust the gain to get most volume possible without any clipping. Hope that clears anything up. The problem is probably that I don't know how to mix and bring up the volume properly, but I'm open to all suggestions. Thanks!

[rty13ibz98]

you need a brick wall limiter like the waves L2. it is a severe compressor that keeps your level as hot as possible without clipping. get a good mix then use the limiter to get it hot. don't mix too much into the limiter or your mix will lose life and be nothing but loud.


rich

[rty13ibz98]

i explained a lot in this thread:

http://www.jemsite.com/forums/f34/whats-next-91871.html

[Paw]

I found out I had a plug-in called Maxim. I read a bit about it and when I found out how it worked I got the results I was looking for. You guided me there so I have to thank you guys! Thank you very much!