mastering question

[johnlewitt]

I've got a mastering question. I've been mastering a group of songs using Ozone 7 Advanced and I've gotten to the point where I'm quite happy with the overall all sound of each individual track. Of the 14 songs,12 flow perfectly at the same level whereas two are slightly louder. So to match them, I'll just lower the overall output and be done with it. However, is there a way, beyond using ones own ear, to match the volumes of a group of songs? It seems to me there should be an easy way to do this which I am overlooking.

Thanks,

John

[Len911]

John in Wavelab it's called "loudness normalization" and batch processing to apply process to all files in one process.

[mojobone]

Why do you want to match the loudness? Not all songs are meant to be the same loudness, and if it's a collection, or if the songs are meant to be heard in a sequence, matching loudness would kinda defeat the purpose of taking the listener on a journey. Unless it a Journey medley, then they can all be equally loud. [I'm keeding]

If you're doing sides for a vinyl or cassette release, just put the two loudest songs at the beginning of each side, easy-peasey. If it's for a library-type collection put the loud ones first and last.

[dougstronach]

John in Wavelab it's called "loudness normalization" and batch processing to apply process to all files in one process.

+1

I use this all of the time to master a group of songs...step 1 in fact.