low levels when recording to a compact disc -ACID Product Family

Subject:low levels when recording to a compact disc Posted by: humpback Date:8/2/1999 1:54:00 PM Hello, I'm having a problem when I try to burn a cd of songs I have created on acid. I save each complete song as a wav file then create a cd. The problem is the level that I end up with on my disc is about half the volume of a normal recording. I was wondering if there was a way to increase the levels in acid or if I need to address an issue with my recording system?
Subject:Re: low levels when recording to a compact disc Reply by: NotWithStupid Date:8/3/1999 11:08:00 AM I save completed songs to a .wav file then open the .wav file in another audio editor (like Sound Forge) and normalize the volume so it is at maximum loudness. I normally add compression too to even out the levels. Doing this also makes .mp3's sound a lot better if you convert your .wav's to .mp3.
Subject:Re: low levels when recording to a compact disc Reply by: markemorse Date:8/3/1999 11:21:00 AM brian, i assume you're using cd architect and sound forge xp. i was having this problem myself until i looked at the tutorial that's included with CD architect and tried to make the db levels in my WAV files match the db levels in the tutorial project. Once i did that, I started to get normal levels on CD. also, what brand of CDs are you using? I've had limited success and bizarre results with brands other than the taiyo-whatever that came with the packages. mark brian wrote: >>Hello, I'm having a problem when I try to burn a cd of >>songs I have created on acid. I save each complete song as >>a wav file then create a cd. The problem is the level that >>I end up with on my disc is about half the volume of a >>normal recording. I was wondering if there was a way to >>increase the levels in acid or if I need to address an >>issue with my recording system?
Subject:Re: low levels when recording to a compact disc Reply by: humpback Date:8/11/1999 11:09:00 PM Hey, thanks for the info, it helped a lot. George James wrote: >>I save completed songs to a .wav file then open the .wav file in >>another audio editor (like Sound Forge) and normalize the volume so >>it is at maximum loudness. I normally add compression too to even >>out the levels. Doing this also makes .mp3's sound a lot better if >>you convert your .wav's to .mp3.

Subject:low levels when recording to a compact disc

Posted by: humpback

Date:8/2/1999 1:54:00 PM

Hello, I'm having a problem when I try to burn a cd of
songs I have created on acid. I save each complete song as
a wav file then create a cd. The problem is the level that
I end up with on my disc is about half the volume of a
normal recording. I was wondering if there was a way to
increase the levels in acid or if I need to address an
issue with my recording system?

Subject:Re: low levels when recording to a compact disc

Reply by: NotWithStupid

Date:8/3/1999 11:08:00 AM

I save completed songs to a .wav file then open the .wav file in
another audio editor (like Sound Forge) and normalize the volume so
it is at maximum loudness. I normally add compression too to even
out the levels. Doing this also makes .mp3's sound a lot better if
you convert your .wav's to .mp3.

Subject:Re: low levels when recording to a compact disc

Reply by: markemorse

Date:8/3/1999 11:21:00 AM

brian,

i assume you're using cd architect and sound forge xp. i was having
this problem myself until i looked at the tutorial that's included
with CD architect and tried to make the db levels in my WAV files
match the db levels in the tutorial project. Once i did that, I
started to get normal levels on CD.

also, what brand of CDs are you using? I've had limited success and
bizarre results with brands other than the taiyo-whatever that came
with the packages.

mark

brian wrote:
>>Hello, I'm having a problem when I try to burn a cd of
>>songs I have created on acid. I save each complete song as
>>a wav file then create a cd. The problem is the level that
>>I end up with on my disc is about half the volume of a
>>normal recording. I was wondering if there was a way to
>>increase the levels in acid or if I need to address an
>>issue with my recording system?

Subject:Re: low levels when recording to a compact disc

Reply by: humpback

Date:8/11/1999 11:09:00 PM

Hey, thanks for the info, it helped a lot.
George James wrote:
>>I save completed songs to a .wav file then open the .wav file in
>>another audio editor (like Sound Forge) and normalize the volume so
>>it is at maximum loudness. I normally add compression too to even
>>out the levels. Doing this also makes .mp3's sound a lot better if
>>you convert your .wav's to .mp3.