Originally Posted By: Guitarhacker


The down side is that when you normalize the track, the process of normalization brings everything up to a predetermined level. Say you choose -3db as the level. Normalize will look at the entire track, find the highest peak in the wave and bring THAT point to -3db. It amplifies everything else in that wave on a linear scale as well so that the music retains the exact same dynamic range but just louder with the highest peak not exceeding -3db. What that means is any noise in the track also gets that same boost. That's the downside and the why not.



I understand it raises everything including the noise. But it raises everything, so doesn't the noise level stay relative.

I always increase the volume on my mix as much as I can without clipping. Does it make any difference in the noise level of the final mix whether I, 1) raised the volume with the master fader or, 2) raised the volume by first normalizing individual tracks and then still adjusting the volume with the master fader? Or for that matter, I keep the volume low on the mix and the final listener just raises the volume on their stereo, any difference in that noise level?

It's all digital, I don't understand how it would make a difference in the noise levels in any of those scenarios.

Last edited by Frankp; 11/11/13 07:43 AM.
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