day by day Q&A

Here we’re sharing some of our day by day questions, mostly the ones getting quick basic answers, notepad style:

Same Volume Level of tracks while DJing

Q: Hey guys, im really digging your dj template for live i got it to add some of those features to my live template but im really struggling with one thing that i thought you guys could help me out with. I been looking everywhere to find a way to make like a auto gain kind of things to get my tracks to be all at the same volume level? Do you know any way of making this in live or any third party app that works fine doing this kind of thing, cause i tried several apps but any of them worked properly.

A: Hey, thanks for getting in touch. You’re question appears to be rather a dj question than a producer question. While producing, we achieve leveled volumes with limiters. they can move your signal as close as possible to a certain db value (like 0 db). With djing its complicated, as different tracks can be mixed and mastered very differently. Limiting is an option, but probably not the best one, because those tracks already come limited. The a precise way of doing it seems to be working with an analyzer, the RMS values, your ears and step by step going to your set before your gig.