First submission, and first newbie mistake :-)

[hubert]

Hey everyone,

So, I submitted my first two tracks on Taxi and got one of them reviewed a couple of days ago. And... I had made a completely newbie mistake!

The track was for a cartoon-like cue (looney tunes type thing), and the review was very positive: "Tons of great ideas here, nice comedic moments and accents". Except that... I completely forgot to normalize the level! As a result it was way too soft and couldn't be forwarded to a client. Major face palm!

Oh well, live and learn. Onward to the next one!

[cosmicdolphin]

I agree with Graham, don't normalize your audio files. Get the right level through good gainstaging, mixing and mastering.

[hubert]

Thanks a lot for the checklist and pointers, that's very useful!

- Track includes edit points.

What is an edit point? I don't think I'm familiar with this.

I would suggest getting the volume you require as part of your mastering process within the DAW rather than normalising the file afterwards (if that's what you meant).

Yes, sorry, that's what I meant. Not normalizing, but getting a proper master (which I completely didn't do this time )

[hubert]

Thanks a lot! I wasn't aware of the needs for these potential pauses in cues, really useful to know. I definitely need to do a bit more research.