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But it also has to do with the way the brain processes sound and perceives volume. Part of the reason it doesnt double, triple then quadruple the amplitude is that of course the wavelengths dont align perfectly. (Anti-sound technology, a whole other discussion in a whole other area of interest, but think sound cancelling earphones or hearing protection for instance) Alternatively, if you were to stack those wave lengths PERFECTLY and one were EXACTLY out of phase with the other, the frequencys would cancel each other out. If you stack a clip with other very similar clips of very similar frequencys all hitting notes at very similar moments you will certainly get some cumulitive or additive results. Wavelengths that line up out of phase, (visualize the upward wave of one lining up with the downward wave of another) will cancel each other out. which VERY simplified is this: Wavelengths or frequencys that line up, (visualize the upward wave and downward wave of each waveform lining up) are additive. Now without getting into all the related details of the science and physics of sound, and turning this into a lengthy response, I would try to give as simple an answer as possible. Things like this are done to add timbre or interest. And no I am not going to pick on Sitala here, I just see this as a learning opportunity.įirst the obvious question is, if they were going to sound exactly the same, why would one bother to attempt to do this in the first place? Of course they dont, thats why. Well no, I'd have to respectfully disagree. They should sound EXACTLY as they did before they were merged, and that's a fact, Horatio! Man thats gonna be a bit of a trick to tame! I keep lowering levels and lowering levels and the meter keeps creaping up and up as I work! Common problem! Suffice it to say for starters that most of what you will find yourself working with tends to be to high! Loops, recordings, everything. There is a lot of difference between Vu, Db, RMS, etc etc and it would take a volume to introduce that here. Recording levels, and initial mixing levels are a fairly complicated subject and one that the vast majority get wrong, especially at first! There is a lot to learn here and the place to start is to educate yourself on the different measurement standards used. Even if this now eliminates your distorted sound, you may find that the levels are STILL too high once you add other tracks!Īnd one thing we learn after a bunch of headaches is that turning them down later, after some efforts at mixing and adding effects, causes unwanted changes to those effects and mixing levels and can really add a LOT of time to our efforts! (No red on the right end of your master level meter.) Then see how it sounds. I am still not exactly sure of your "merging" method Sitala, but I would try "stacking" them as seperate tracks in Mixcraft, to be played alone as a group for this test, and as Thomas advises, start with turning down the volume of those four bass tracks until you have No digital clipping. Ok, while it doesnt "sound" four times as loud I am guessing you are experiencing digital clipping/distortion due to the fact that you have four bass hit sounds "accumulating" simultaniously.