Author Topic: Question about a track's levels.. (Read 6413 times)

Hymoki · « **on:** February 02, 2016, 05:32:50 pm »

I was analyzing a bunch of tracks today, and right away when I started looking at Okay by Madeon, I noticed the waveform looked like its peaks were at -0.5 to -0.7 db or so. The weird thing is the track volume was actually peaking at 2.79 db. Sorry if this is a dumb question, but is that an example of soft clipping the master? How would you actually do something like that if you were using a limiter towards the end of your mastering chain?

FarleyCZ · « **Reply #1 on:** February 02, 2016, 06:09:30 pm »

Warp wobbles the amplitude a little. Turn off your warping and the track will be back on -0.2 maximum...

manducator · « **Reply #2 on:** February 02, 2016, 06:35:22 pm »

What format is the track?

I encounter this all the time with mp3's, not with lossless audio.

It could be intersample peaks.

FarleyCZ · « **Reply #3 on:** February 02, 2016, 07:06:18 pm »

Quote from: manducator on February 02, 2016, 06:35:22 pm

What format is the track?

I encounter this all the time with mp3's, not with lossless audio.

It could be intersample peaks.

It aint. I have the track too. Imported it, warped it (with a tempo change), it peaked as he says. Turned off warping, peaking at solid -0.2.
...also I kind of doubt that on-track meters would include ineterpolation into a measurement.

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Hymoki

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