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When I merge my wave files down to one stereo track in Real Band I'm losing about 50 percent of my volume.
Is there any way to avoid this? I'm not compressing the file or changing it to an mp3.


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How are you reaching this conclusion?

My guess is you are opening the resulting file in either RB or Mediaplayer and then the volume is not turned up all the way.

Example- you merge everything down, then open the resulting wav file in RB, but the slider for the track is at 70% or something like that.
After merging, if you open it in RB make sure the track volume and the master volume are all the way up to hear the true volume.


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What rharv said.


Plus, the process at this point is not called a Master, it is called the Mixdown.


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So if I"m understanding it right, it's not actully less in volume it's just the way Real Band plays the stereo file. I had already mixed down the tracks and ran it through a mastering plugin. I did the vocals separately in the same way. Then I just merged the two tracks.
Now that I'v done this I want to make a small demo cd. Can I burn the wave files to a cd so someone can hear them on a cd player or do I have to turn them into mp3s. And is there a good program to do this. I have Nero which I have heard is decent.

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So if I"m understanding it right, it's not actully less in volume it's just the way Real Band plays the stereo file. I had already mixed down the tracks and ran it through a mastering plugin. I did the vocals separately in the same way. Then I just merged the two tracks.




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That's really not Mastering at that point. All tracks *should* be mixed down together, then Mastering takes place on that one stereo mixdown.

I've never mixed down two different files "mastered" separately and then attempted to combine the two. Not sure how that would work. Likely phase cancellations between the two can lead to less amplitude.

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Now that I'v done this I want to make a small demo cd. Can I burn the wave files to a cd so someone can hear them on a cd player or do I have to turn them into mp3s. And is there a good program to do this. I have Nero which I have heard is decent.




Stay with wav file format and burn to CD using Nero. It won't be wav file format once that happens, it will be in CD audio format.


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Ah maybe that's why I got the lower volume. I'll mix them all down together.
Thanks Mac.


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