Clipping Solution?

[5Lives]

Hello,

I'm nearing completion of my new composition, http://chinmay.f2o.org/songs/MistOverMuckrossLake.mp3
and there seems to be certain places where clipping is evident. In Tracktion, the edit sounds loud and crisp, but when I export it to a wav, it can hardly be heard. I usually use a wave editing program (like Goldwave) to boost the volume and this is where the clipping happens. I tried tinkering with compressors and EQ, but to no avail (I'm not sure what I'm doing either). Is there a way to fix this clipping problem? Also, how come the edit sounds louder (different?) in Tracktion than in the export?

Thanks for your help,
Chinmay

[djsubject]

thats a verry nice peace of music

you can try checking normalise on the export options, or just make shure the master VU's show a good level before you export

a defrag of my hard drives normally fix's any clicking problems i have

off to wipe tears from eye's


lovley bit of music!! but it seems to remind me off all that is sad in my life

off to listen to some grime to put a smile back on my face


Subz

[Elektroid]

if you use a good limiter like the waves L3 ultramaximizer (but Im sure there are free plugins that will do the same job)you can set a "brickwall" that will stop the audio from clipping , but you can also boost the volume of the signal by quite alot (up to about +8db)before there is any noticable distortion. This is a great way for boosting the overall signal but at the same time preventing clipping.
Also if your noticing little clicks and pops when you trigger a piano vst, try increasing the attack on the amplitude envelope..

really lovely piece of music btw

[5Lives]

Thanks for the help (and the lovely comments on the piece). I will definitely try out the proposed solutions. I was just wondering if it is a common problem that the volume in Tracktion seems fine, but when you export, the volume is really low? Or am I just tricking myself due to the way I've set my headphone, etc. volume levels?

Thanks again.

[Iain]

I really like the piece, great arrangement and beautiful piano
sound and composition.