Wow, may I say how grateful I am for taking the time to explain all these concepts to me. Thank you so much! I know that what I am asking is very basic to most of you, but indeed for me this simple matter has been a headache for weeks now. I will definitely go through your posts multiple times in order to absorb and understand everything you said.
So, if I understood it correctly reducing the dynamic range makes the softer tones louder and the louder a bit quieter, right? So that even at an average volume both extremes can be heard comfortably. After fixing the problem with my track being very quiet (by normalizing or by turning the kontakt fader to 0 from -6 dBFS and also increasing the GAIN afterwards) that was my next issue, because I noticed that the part where the piece was getting louder was too loud compared to the rest of the piece. The sample library I am using has a built-int function to increase or reduce the instrument's dynamic range. Is it advisable to adjust the dynamic range that way or do it as you said using compressors and EQ?
I did try using a compressor by the way and noticed a considerable increase in loudness, but my knowledge is still very basic as to how to use it correctly. I will have to experiment more with it
Do you think it is wrong if I turn up the Kontakt fader to 0dBFS? So far, I have not seen any clipping happening. Also, should I increase the GAIN, if I have to, before doing the EQ and adding the compressor or afterwards? Sorry, if my questions are redundant. Just trying to understand the whole thing a bit better! Thank you again!
Cheers,
Alex
So, if I understood it correctly reducing the dynamic range makes the softer tones louder and the louder a bit quieter, right? So that even at an average volume both extremes can be heard comfortably. After fixing the problem with my track being very quiet (by normalizing or by turning the kontakt fader to 0 from -6 dBFS and also increasing the GAIN afterwards) that was my next issue, because I noticed that the part where the piece was getting louder was too loud compared to the rest of the piece. The sample library I am using has a built-int function to increase or reduce the instrument's dynamic range. Is it advisable to adjust the dynamic range that way or do it as you said using compressors and EQ?
I did try using a compressor by the way and noticed a considerable increase in loudness, but my knowledge is still very basic as to how to use it correctly. I will have to experiment more with it
Do you think it is wrong if I turn up the Kontakt fader to 0dBFS? So far, I have not seen any clipping happening. Also, should I increase the GAIN, if I have to, before doing the EQ and adding the compressor or afterwards? Sorry, if my questions are redundant. Just trying to understand the whole thing a bit better! Thank you again!
Cheers,
Alex