So, the one good solution, when you don’t want the dynamic range altered, is to NOT use limiting of any kind. Unfortunately a limiter is just a compressor set to a max level, and as soon as that level is reached, the loudest signal bits will not get any louder, the rest stays the same, thus the dynamic range is limited. Some people credit limiting with some kind of brilliant artificial intelligence that takes away the responsibility from the user (DJ) to watch his/her levels. One point I want to share is on compression again. At some point the digital file has to be reverted back to an analogue signal that can move your speakers. But this is true for all mp3 on all players. If the file is compressed, it will decompress it to have audible audio. Not sure what compression is done by/in DJ software, it should just play the source file as is. And I can run my mixer(s) way into the red if I want to.įinally. I am using the standard setting, which is about -12 or -13 dB headroom or something. Having read the concept behind the way Platinum Notes does it, as a sound engineer this looks like the - currently - best way to go about it.įourtly, not sure why a PN-ed track would not give you enough level on your mixer. Thirdly, there are multiple algorithms to work with autogain. So anybody worrying about dynamics when changing gain is … well … off the mark imho.
Secondly, most modern day music is compressed to a 2-3 dB dynamic range level.
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When using PN a few things are worth noting.įirstly, try starting with lossless quality files (I personally turn all my WAVs into FLACs, do all the tagging and album art and such and then save them in my originals archive before going into the prep workflow to get things into my DJ collection.
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And it has beaten the autogain from free tools and DJ software in my opinion.
So it’s all about sacrifices/choices…and careful constant eyes on the mixers channel/main leds.Īlso I have this setting on my behringer ddm4000 mixer called “ultramizer” which is kind of like a “read only” compressor which makes the music louder than it actually isīeen a Platinum Notes user for a long time. Now when I use original music files I have to pick the loudest section of the track(bass/mids/treble)in the waveform strip to set up dj Mixer L&R Channel/main audio levels as well as when cueing in mix in track and I have to be more careful/observant with the EQ/main led’s as it is more easier to slip into 1 red led from the orange led’s. Then using PN’s I chose mp3 format as final audio output and what I noticed (digital dj mixer wise)is that it was quite easy to not end up with even 1 red led UV light showing and all led’s sat in the orange(behringer DDM4000 mixer)however I then learn that compressed audio isn’t good if using various dj softwares as all have own compression algorithms and can cause beatgrids(waveforms)to end up off so lucky I chose to keep my original music files as PN’s only makes copies of original files and they end up in there own PN folder so I just needed to delete the PN’s folder/files as it isn’t “destructive” as it only makes its own copies doesn’t affect or delete the originals as I chose it NOT TO in app settings. Initially I had used PN’s as promoted(nagged)to do so whilst analysis of music files using MIK.
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