Exported tracks are at one particular level. This level is a good thing as we will be able to know for certain that there is no clipping, no gainstage problem, etc. with the track(s).

The apparent loudness of the track inside any sequencing software is a function of the settings for each track in that particular software.

When moving from one software to another like that, we have to do a REMIX using the new software's Mixer or other gain controls in order to get whatever mix we had going on in the first software.

This is just how it works. Think about the analog tape situation for a minute, if you took the 2" multitrack tape away from the studio where you did some mixing of the playback and put the tape on a new machine in a new studio, the faders on the console would not reflect the mix you had at the first studio. We used to call the "throw the faders up and see what we've got" -- and then would have to proceed with remixing the thing to get some semblence of what we need on the new setup. Same with softwares.

Each software has a "typical" mixer setting for every track imported, just a starting place. Likely a much beter default than having all tracks turned all the way down or all the way up. All the way down, people wouldn't hear anything after importing and that would be the basis for many a complaint...


--Mac

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