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Re: Ways to get your track louder!

Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2013 7:30 pm
by Brothulhu
wub wrote: DJ Krust did something similar for the bassline on Warhead, recording the reverb from his speakers back into itself.
I didn't think I would learn anything cool from this thread, I'm off to look this up

Re: Ways to get your track louder!

Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2013 8:21 pm
by fragments
Brothulhu wrote:
wub wrote: DJ Krust did something similar for the bassline on Warhead, recording the reverb from his speakers back into itself.
I didn't think I would learn anything cool from this thread, I'm off to look this up
Haha. +1 I find I learn has much from threadjacks as I do the OP's question on most music forums.

Re: Ways to get your track louder!

Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2013 11:00 pm
by mthrfnk
RmoniK wrote:i've found mild harmonic excitement does wonders, as well as multiband compression.
Me too.

Re: Ways to get your track louder!

Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2013 11:18 pm
by Mason
sluggy wrote: Soundcloud
U even compressed that m8? noob imo

Re: Ways to get your track louder!

Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2013 11:19 pm
by Mason
dbl pst

Re: Ways to get your track louder!

Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2013 8:05 am
by jrisreal
TERN UP THU LOWDNISS KNAB

Re: Ways to get your track louder!

Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2013 8:08 am
by wub
jrisreal wrote:TERN UP THU LOWDNISS KNAB
Great idea :W:

Though it's sadly no longer on sale and OP will have to pay full price for it;

http://www.waves.com/content.aspx?id=11498

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Using a combination of peak limiting and low-level compression with automatic makeup, Louder effectively makes tracks louder, increasing RMS by up to 24 dB.

Re: Ways to get your track louder!

Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2013 9:07 am
by RmoniK
wub wrote:You could create three duplicates of the track, one centered, one hard panned left and one hard panned right. Mix all three together and you'll create a wall of sound.

Also, try duplicating the track and low passing the duplicate before mixing both together. The bottom end frequencies will be 'louder'.
You're kidding right? Panning the exact same thing left and right just ends up with a louder track in the center...

Re: Ways to get your track louder!

Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2013 9:33 am
by wub
Wall of sound is a proven production technique - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Spect ... l_of_Sound

Re: Ways to get your track louder!

Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2013 9:59 am
by RmoniK
Yeah when it's a different recording, doh. When you pan the exact same signal left and right, all it will do is raise the volume. You'd think you would know something about stereo image if you're a moderator on a huge production board...

Re: Ways to get your track louder!

Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2013 10:01 am
by wub
RmoniK wrote:Yeah when it's a different recording, doh. When you pan the exact same signal left and right, all it will do is raise the volume. You'd think you would know something about stereo image if you're a moderator on a huge production board...
Think you're getting confused with my point here.

Re: Ways to get your track louder!

Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2013 10:03 am
by RmoniK
You told him to duplicate the track (thus creating 3 exact same copies) where you pan one left, one right and one centered. All that will do is double the volume on the original track.

Re: Ways to get your track louder!

Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2013 10:07 am
by wub
RmoniK wrote:You told him to duplicate the track (thus creating 3 exact same copies) where you pan one left, one right and one centered. All that will do is double the volume on the original track.
Double the volume = twice as loud. Simple Spinal Tap methodology being applied here, hardly brain science.

Re: Ways to get your track louder!

Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2013 10:11 am
by RmoniK
Why not just raise the meter by 6 dB then? ...

Re: Ways to get your track louder!

Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2013 10:13 am
by wub
RmoniK wrote:Why not just raise the meter by 6 dB then? ...
Way to think outside the box :W:


That's a whole six louder...though the louder knob I recommended above goes 24 louder. Not sure how many louder the OP wanted though, maybe call it 15 to go halfway?

Re: Ways to get your track louder!

Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2013 11:15 am
by RmoniK
6 db doubles the volume. When you do the duplicating thing, the result will be the same as pushing the slider up 6 db.

Re: Ways to get your track louder!

Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2013 11:41 am
by bkwsk
He wants over 9000 louder.

Re: Ways to get your track louder!

Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2013 11:44 am
by syrup
Hahaha.
Thick

Re: Ways to get your track louder!

Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2013 11:46 am
by monkstar
Ban him Wub

Re: Ways to get your track louder!

Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2013 11:49 am
by wub
Who?