Marcello Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 Hi guys, anyone using Ozone 9 knows what does this mean? Why on the right the peak is at -1 and left at -3.4? and also RMS is different? I suppose these should be equal?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bitflipper Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 No, if you're doing it right (i.e. not smashing the bejeezus out of it with compression) the two peak values will often be slightly different. As long as they're within 3-6 dB of one another, it's unlikely to indicate a problem. The tiny 0.9 dB difference shown in your screenshot will not be audible. That's for peak values, though. RMS values should be fairly close. If there's more than, say, a 3dB difference, the mix may sound unbalanced to the ear. In that case, you'll want to review each track's pan position to make sure left and right channels are equally represented, such that they sound balanced to the ear. Headphones are good for that. In your screenshot you show a mere 0.4 dB difference, and nobody's going to notice that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Byron Dickens Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 You really ought to listen with your ears instead of your eyes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcello Posted July 24, 2021 Author Share Posted July 24, 2021 19 hours ago, bitflipper said: No, if you're doing it right (i.e. not smashing the bejeezus out of it with compression) the two peak values will often be slightly different. As long as they're within 3-6 dB of one another, it's unlikely to indicate a problem. The tiny 0.9 dB difference shown in your screenshot will not be audible. That's for peak values, though. RMS values should be fairly close. If there's more than, say, a 3dB difference, the mix may sound unbalanced to the ear. In that case, you'll want to review each track's pan position to make sure left and right channels are equally represented, such that they sound balanced to the ear. Headphones are good for that. In your screenshot you show a mere 0.4 dB difference, and nobody's going to notice that. Ok thanks. I see the difference in RMS is 15.7 Left and 9.0 Right so it's about 6 db difference, I guess is too much? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toy Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 As far as I can see in the screenshot, I think the difference in dB is because it is boosted by Maximizer. For more information on RMS and Peak, see "Ozone9 Online Manual". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Vere Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 If this is the same track as in your other post this is most likely because you have hard panned the guitars. So as each of these parts changes level so will the balance. To test just mute your guitar buss and see what happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcello Posted July 25, 2021 Author Share Posted July 25, 2021 (edited) 15 hours ago, Toy said: As far as I can see in the screenshot, I think the difference in dB is because it is boosted by Maximizer. For more information on RMS and Peak, see "Ozone9 Online Manual". ah really? why the hell the Maximizer would boost only the right and not the left??? Anyway not my case, if I bypass the Maximizer is the same. strange, is it a big difference in db? or can be left like that? If is too unbalanced, what should I do? raise that Left in Ozone, or raise the left guitar in my mix? Edited July 25, 2021 by Marcello Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scook Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 Each circled area is a stereo meter The one on the left is stereo input The right is output Notice the I/O between the circled areas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bitflipper Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 5 hours ago, Marcello said: If is too unbalanced, what should I do? raise that Left in Ozone, or raise the left guitar in my mix? Imagine you have a boat with many passengers, and it's leaning to the left. Would you tell all the passengers to take a step to the right as a group, or suggest that maybe the wrestling team might enjoy the view better from the right side of the boat? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcello Posted July 25, 2021 Author Share Posted July 25, 2021 (edited) 25 minutes ago, bitflipper said: Imagine you have a boat with many passengers, and it's leaning to the left. Would you tell all the passengers to take a step to the right as a group, or suggest that maybe the wrestling team might enjoy the view better from the right side of the boat? I confused the two faders, the one on the left is the input, the other is the output, so no left/right should be fine my bad! Edited July 25, 2021 by Marcello Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 I don't see a problem. I have used Ozone from Ozone 3 when it was only DX. I do have Ozone 9 Advanced. My admonition to all Ozone users is a little Ozone goes a long way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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