Comments on: How to Successfully Mix in RiffWorks

on 5/22/2008 Great article. I am personally technically challenged! LOL! Love the icon... 5 Stars ~!~

on 4/20/2008 You should be able to get the volume "loud enough" to play in the car with RiffWorks, though it won't be as loud as a mastered CD. Bring the master volume up so the red light just occasionally comes on and it should be fine. If you mix to a wav and then use SoundForge you can certainly get it louder by using the limiter in there. For general guidance on this check out our Audacity Mastering Overview http://audio.gator-studios.com/audacitymastering/audacitymastering.htm .

As for your "boomy" comment, the song probably sounds okay on your PC speakers but doesn't translate well in the car. Step 1 and 2 are about this, i.e. the listening environment can play havoc with your mix translating to all environments (car, boombox, ipod etc.). Bass is an especially difficult problem without good acoustic treatment. Your boominess may be too much bass, or your bass may need eq and compressio

on 4/19/2008 I am new to all this, I record but its never loud enoug in the final mix and it's boomy and I have to adjust the base and I have to play my stuff at full volume in my car. Should I be mastering after the mix or can I just do this all through riffworks and get a loud enog sounding song that is clear and loud enough. Do I need to save it as a WAV file and then master it through SoundForge or can I do eveything in Sonoma?

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