Question About Recording Vocals Over Mastered Beats

[waterise]

Thank-you for that post. I'm getting it more and more.
Tomorrow I'll test in my studio. My version is Cool Edit Pro 2.1.
No, it's that line I showed on page one that I believe you said was the 0db line. By chance, what do the numbers mean in Edit view; the 30000, 20000 smpl lines I think they are?

I don't think that it's the level isn't hot enough 'cause I have my Output knob on 0 and Input knob really low, but if I move it up one, I could be spiking, but if I move it down one notch, it would be too quiet, like -20 to -18db. Right now it peaks at -3db, but it typically in the -9 to -6db area.

Sorry, but another question: Most master engineers prefer the final mix at -6db, right? So if I make the beat -6db w/ the volume control on the multitrack, and my vocals at -6, but then the vocals + beat together are like up to 0db, do I turn the beat down even further AND the vocals until it is at -6db total when the vocals & beat are together?

 

[bandcoach]

I'm going to get very provocative here and suggest that you change your software (I do not normally get into this, but in your case I make an exception, as the software you are using is 10 years old and has no support base whatsoever).

I suggest this only so that you can come into the the teenies rather than being stuck back at the start of the 21st century. SW has come along way in the last 10 years and what was once state-of-the-art is now dilapidated and unworkable.

My suggestions are in order of similarity of work-flow and cost

Audacity - this is free and you can add an fx chain to each channel in your project

Reaper - this is a never ending full-featured trial and cheap to buy if you really like it

renoise - is another cheap option

 

[waterise]

I'm so familiar with CEP, though ha.
I've tried Repear before, I guess I could do it again.