Recording levels
Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2003 10:14 am
Hi,
I've recorded a new piece in Sonar - classical guitar, the Grand and some strings.
All the levels sound fine on the PC through my monitors. There is no visible peaking on the audio track's display, and the meters don't go near the red.
Yet when I burn the WAV file to CD and play it on any of my hi-fis, the classical guitar is really distorted.
I have re-mixed it several times, each time bringing the levels down even more, but the same thing happens.
Anyone have any idea why this is happening? I've never had this problem before, and, like I say, the levels seem fine in Sonar.
One thing I've noticed when I burn the CD (using Nero Express) is a message flashes up saying something about adjusting volume levels, so tonight I'm going to try copying the bundle file to my old PC and burning it using my old version of Nero.
I will also try burning it as an mp3 to see if that makes a difference.
But in the meantime I am wasting alot of CDs! If anyone has had a similar problem and has ANY suggestions, I'd be very grateful....
Thanks,
Emma
I've recorded a new piece in Sonar - classical guitar, the Grand and some strings.
All the levels sound fine on the PC through my monitors. There is no visible peaking on the audio track's display, and the meters don't go near the red.
Yet when I burn the WAV file to CD and play it on any of my hi-fis, the classical guitar is really distorted.
I have re-mixed it several times, each time bringing the levels down even more, but the same thing happens.
Anyone have any idea why this is happening? I've never had this problem before, and, like I say, the levels seem fine in Sonar.
One thing I've noticed when I burn the CD (using Nero Express) is a message flashes up saying something about adjusting volume levels, so tonight I'm going to try copying the bundle file to my old PC and burning it using my old version of Nero.
I will also try burning it as an mp3 to see if that makes a difference.
But in the meantime I am wasting alot of CDs! If anyone has had a similar problem and has ANY suggestions, I'd be very grateful....
Thanks,
Emma