12-09-2013, 03:14 PM
I made the another version, where I aimed at 10 dB dynamic range (DR10). Dynamic range varies between 8-14 db. (Added to first post. revox-DR-10dB-olli-h.mp3 . It's a pity that those file names don't line up correctly with the player)
Only thing that I did is that I changed the limiter and compression settings on those tracks and busses where I had used them quite heavily. So exactly the same EQ settings everywhere. I tried to make it so that the audible level of that track remained about the same. I didn't touch faders at all, except with background vocals.
In the last version compressors where taking only 0-4 dB here and there. Limiters where doing the same, but only very small moments. So very moderate settings everywhere.
After that I got two versions. DR 5 and DR 10.
I put those tracks side by side and reduced the level of DR5 version -4.6dB so that RMS level of those tracks were the about the same in main verse.
The comparison version jumps from version to another. (Added to first post, revox-comparison.mp3) Huge difference is in the low end. DR 10 version sound much stronger. DR5 version sounds flatter in many places.
This is just my quick test and id do know that it doesn't prove anything. If someone else did the same kind of test, the results could be different. But it was fun to do. Well, maybe this test proves, that I don't have the needed skill to do decent DR5-mix. Meanwhile I'll continue to do DR10 and DR12 mixes.
Only thing that I did is that I changed the limiter and compression settings on those tracks and busses where I had used them quite heavily. So exactly the same EQ settings everywhere. I tried to make it so that the audible level of that track remained about the same. I didn't touch faders at all, except with background vocals.
In the last version compressors where taking only 0-4 dB here and there. Limiters where doing the same, but only very small moments. So very moderate settings everywhere.
After that I got two versions. DR 5 and DR 10.
I put those tracks side by side and reduced the level of DR5 version -4.6dB so that RMS level of those tracks were the about the same in main verse.
The comparison version jumps from version to another. (Added to first post, revox-comparison.mp3) Huge difference is in the low end. DR 10 version sound much stronger. DR5 version sounds flatter in many places.
This is just my quick test and id do know that it doesn't prove anything. If someone else did the same kind of test, the results could be different. But it was fun to do. Well, maybe this test proves, that I don't have the needed skill to do decent DR5-mix. Meanwhile I'll continue to do DR10 and DR12 mixes.