KVR Audio

vignesh.vijay · Post by **vignesh.vijay** » Sun Jul 30, 2017 3:42 pm

Hi ,

I tried to export audio tracks as mono .

why are the dynamics lost when downmix to mono is clicked while exporting in cubase ?

Most of it looked like square waves with no dynamics .

How do I solve this and render my midi tracks as mono to use them for mixing ?

vignesh.vijay · Post by **vignesh.vijay** » Sun Jul 30, 2017 7:13 pm

anyone can help me understand this ?

thecontrolcentre · Post by **thecontrolcentre** » Sun Jul 30, 2017 8:13 pm

Is there a compressor/limiter anywhere in the chain? Anything on the master? I don't know Cubase ... could you explain your method for rendering a little more ?

vignesh.vijay · Post by **vignesh.vijay** » Sun Jul 30, 2017 8:35 pm

no .. there is no plugins in the chain

bustedfist · Post by **bustedfist** » Sun Jul 30, 2017 8:52 pm

Sure you're just not zoomed into the waveform? That you didn't hit the zoom slider on the right of the Project Window?

No_Use · Post by **No_Use** » Sun Jul 30, 2017 9:06 pm

When you downmix to mono (I assume from stereo) you sum to channels to one.
If the two channels are already playing at around maximum you get clipping when downmixing.

Could this be the case ? If so, try lowering the volume before downmixing.

vignesh.vijay · Post by **vignesh.vijay** » Sun Jul 30, 2017 9:08 pm

bustedfist wrote:Sure you're just not zoomed into the waveform? That you didn't hit the zoom slider on the right of the Project Window?

I have zoomed and when I see , its the same .. its exceeding the limit .

vignesh.vijay · Post by **vignesh.vijay** » Sun Jul 30, 2017 9:09 pm

No_Use wrote:When you downmix to mono (I assume from stereo) you sum to channels to one.
If the two channels are already playing at maximum you get clipping when downmixing.

Could this be the case ? If so, try lowering the volume before downmixing.

The instruments don't clip during playback ..

vignesh.vijay · Post by **vignesh.vijay** » Sun Jul 30, 2017 9:09 pm

Please find these screenshots for reference :

https://postimg.org/gallery/1enodagr4/

thecontrolcentre · Post by **thecontrolcentre** » Sun Jul 30, 2017 9:12 pm

vignesh.vijay wrote:
No_Use wrote:When you downmix to mono (I assume from stereo) you sum to channels to one.
If the two channels are already playing at maximum you get clipping when downmixing.

Could this be the case ? If so, try lowering the volume before downmixing.
The instruments don't clip during playback ..

Try turning them down by a few db to see if it renders at a better level. Was wondering why you want the files to be mono ... are they currently in stereo? The picture means nothing to me. Its a bunch of waveforms, some clipped, some not ... can we see before & after maybe?

vignesh.vijay · Post by **vignesh.vijay** » Sun Jul 30, 2017 9:15 pm

thecontrolcentre wrote:
vignesh.vijay wrote:
No_Use wrote:When you downmix to mono (I assume from stereo) you sum to channels to one.
If the two channels are already playing at maximum you get clipping when downmixing.

Could this be the case ? If so, try lowering the volume before downmixing.
The instruments don't clip during playback ..
Try turning them down by a few db to see if it renders at a better level. Was wondering why you want the files to be mono ... are they currently in stereo?

I turned down by -6 dB but still it does not have much difference .

thecontrolcentre · Post by **thecontrolcentre** » Sun Jul 30, 2017 9:19 pm

Not much, or no difference?

vignesh.vijay · Post by **vignesh.vijay** » Sun Jul 30, 2017 9:22 pm

thecontrolcentre wrote:Not much, or no difference?

https://postimg.org/image/jexp5qe73/

The first channel in the img is in +2dB volume and the secong channel is -6dB .
I have reduced almost 8 dB in volume and still the result is very minimal .

vignesh.vijay · Post by **vignesh.vijay** » Sun Jul 30, 2017 9:24 pm

This has happened to me only when I am limiting very badly . I have never seen this kinda stuff before .

How do I do a mono export of the tracks for mixing ?

thecontrolcentre · Post by **thecontrolcentre** » Sun Jul 30, 2017 9:28 pm

If you export in stereo are the levels ok?