Hi, I've been producing for a little more than 2 year, but until now, I've been doing it just for fun. It was no more than 6 months ago when I decided that I want to really get into producing. But, enough about history.
Here's the thing... This is something I just dont get yet. When I compare my track's waveform and volume to other preople's tracks, it's always smaller and lower. Here's what I mean:
My first thoughts were that I needed to make it "bigger" and "louder" by mastering it better. So I followed a guide about what plugins to use (I know mastering SHOULD be done by someone pro, but anyway, lets keep going), so I used (in FL Studio) Parametrics EQ2 (cutting), Compressor, Multiband Compressor, Parametrics EQ2 (gain) and a Limiter. In the end, the track was sounding actually better, but the volume, the "loudness" was still lower than other people's track.
So here's where it get's tricky for me, the volume of the track is already reaching 0.0dB at it's peaks, here:
(just opened an mp3 file of my track on a new project to show the peak around 0.0dB)
So, is there something I've done wrong in the mixing part so this could happen? Is there something different I should have done? What are you guys thoughts and recommendations?
I know that bigger and louder doesn't mean better, but this is someting that is bugging me and I would like to learn how to reach a different result. Thank you in advance.
Here's the thing... This is something I just dont get yet. When I compare my track's waveform and volume to other preople's tracks, it's always smaller and lower. Here's what I mean:
My first thoughts were that I needed to make it "bigger" and "louder" by mastering it better. So I followed a guide about what plugins to use (I know mastering SHOULD be done by someone pro, but anyway, lets keep going), so I used (in FL Studio) Parametrics EQ2 (cutting), Compressor, Multiband Compressor, Parametrics EQ2 (gain) and a Limiter. In the end, the track was sounding actually better, but the volume, the "loudness" was still lower than other people's track.
So here's where it get's tricky for me, the volume of the track is already reaching 0.0dB at it's peaks, here:
(just opened an mp3 file of my track on a new project to show the peak around 0.0dB)
So, is there something I've done wrong in the mixing part so this could happen? Is there something different I should have done? What are you guys thoughts and recommendations?
I know that bigger and louder doesn't mean better, but this is someting that is bugging me and I would like to learn how to reach a different result. Thank you in advance.