Ableton Forum

Hey guys.

If I have imported a collection of tracks into live for the purpose of a dj set, what is an easy way I could go about equalizing maximum volume (in terms of physical location on a fader and decibel) for all of the tracks at a given volume cap. In other words, how can I have it so that Volume A's Fader in maximum value (in physical location and decibel) is equal to that of Volume B Faders in Maximum Value (in terms of physical location and decibel)?

equal volume tracks at max volume fader levels for deck a and b

i think what you want to do is two things...

a. ensure that each track is roughly balanced volume-wise, by going into the track's waveform and adjusting the volume there.

b. put a utility plugin on each channel, with -6db on each, so when you push your control surface faders all the way up, the tracks don't clip.

Does mp3gain work for Ableton 8?

M6live wrote:Does mp3gain work for Ableton 8?

what does this mean?

mp3 gain works cause it doesn't have to do anything with Live. It processes mp3 files offline.

I wrote a guide for just this question:

http://tarekith.com/assets/DigitalLevels.html

am wrote:

M6live wrote:Does mp3gain work for Ableton 8?

what does this mean?

mp3gain is a software volume equalizer. the reason i thought that it may not work is due to the nature of how it tags a file. i was not sure if ableton would be able to read that tag or not.

check it out: http://mp3gain.sourceforge.net/

@Tarekith - thanks a bunch for the guide man! it helped a ton and was really insightful. i'll let you know how the process goes.