medford Posted October 2, 2001 Share Posted October 2, 2001 Finally finished the "project" and burned the cd but it plays at 6 to 8 db lower than the track. Levels are all at unity and other cd's play back at higher volume. Using Sonar, P4, Mackie 8Bus, Frontier Dakota. Any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderton Posted October 2, 2001 Share Posted October 2, 2001 Well, using Sonar, a Panasonic DA7, and Frontier Dakota, I can make CDs so hot they melt loudspeakers. So, more data is needed... * Did you burn the CD in a computer or using something like Masterlink? * Did you go into it via analog or digital? * What track are you comparing it too? * When you say other CDs play louder, do you mean commercially-available CDs, or other CDs you've cut? * Did you use any mastering software or mastering processors? * Is the AVERAGE level 6-8 dB below, or are the PEAKS that far down? Craig Anderton Educational site: http://www.craiganderton.org Music: http://www.youtube.com/thecraiganderton Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/craig_anderton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medford Posted October 2, 2001 Author Share Posted October 2, 2001 [quote]Originally posted by Anderton: [b]Well, using Sonar, a Panasonic DA7, and Frontier Dakota, I can make CDs so hot they melt loudspeakers. So, more data is needed... * Did you burn the CD in a computer or using something like Masterlink? * Did you go into it via analog or digital? * What track are you comparing it too? * When you say other CDs play louder, do you mean commercially-available CDs, or other CDs you've cut? * Did you use any mastering software or mastering processors? * Is the AVERAGE level 6-8 dB below, or are the PEAKS that far down?[/b][/quote] I burned it in my pc (Dell Dimension 8100) LG CD-RW CED-8080B burner. From Sonar I exported the stereo track (master) to wav file then used the cd burner software to burn the cd. Compared to Sonar stereo track OR commercially available cds I'm getting 6 to 8 db lower level. Playing the cds through the 2track input and playing the Sonar track through 2 channels of the 8Bus w/no EQ and channel level and master level at unity. Used only FX etc. that came with Sonar. These are average levels, not peaks. thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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