Emu XL-7 & MP-7 User's Group

I have read thru your message enough to quickly recommend that you
eliminate the EQ. Also do not worry so much about peaking close to the
red for 24 bit recording. Think -6 db or so (even -11) and you are OK.
This will leave some headroom for the Mastering phase of your
production - which will bring your CD up to normal listing levels
compared w/radio or a commerically produced CD. Mastering will involve
the use of a plug-in or app designed for that purpose: frequency
sensitive compressor/expander etc. In the end - viola, you will have a
volume-matched CD

good luck

E


--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "zerolatencyproductions"
<zerolatencyproductions@y...> wrote:
> Man, I'm so pissed off right now!  I've been trying to get my songs 
> from the XL-7 to CD, which in itself isn't a problem.  The problem I'm 
> having is the end sound quality.  Everything sounds fine on the XL-7 
> through my headphones or computer speakers.  I even took it over to my 
> friends house and plugged it up to his Yamaha reference speakers and 
> it sounded kick ass there.  So, I decided to make a master to CD.  I'm 
> running the line-ins to my M-Audio Audiophile 2496, making the levels 
> as hot as possible without going into the red in the M-Audio Control 
> Panel.  That's routed into Cakewalk HS, making sure its levels stay as 
> hot as possible without going into the red.  I record it at 24-bit 
> with line-level EQ and export it as a 16-bit wav file.  Then I use 
> Nero Burning Rom to burn the wav file to CD.  Well, after all that the 
> CD comes out with to much bass and highs. Also, its way to quiet.  So, 
> what I did was boost the volume of the song by 3db in Cakewalk after 
> recording, and cut the bass and highs in Nero.  The CD is still too 
> quiet.  Meaning, when I'm in my car I have to turn the radio all the 
> way up to start feeling the music and when I turn the CD off my radio 
> fucking blasts my eardrums out.  Has anyone else had this problem 
> before?  Thanks, Brandon.