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Re: Samplitude SE 9 workflow
« Reply #15 on: July 23, 2008, 09:28:42 AM »
Absolutely....always go the vip route...this is what makes SAM so much better than Protools (IMHO).
Make changes, Then bounce, then resamp.
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^^^ What Brian says.  This is the way I work in SAM, too.  VIP is the way to go as if you screw something up it has not been applied.  It is applied when you do the track bounce.  I believe you have way more functions, too, in VIP.  If you have SAM 9 SE you are hampered by not having a hard copy of the manual for the software.  The on-line manual has the instructions for a fuller version, so that gets confusing.

SAM does have a long learning curve but all the editors do when they have a lot of functions.  They more they do the more you have to learn.  I like the editor.  You probably will, too, when you get familiar with it. 

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Re: Samplitude SE 9 workflow
« Reply #16 on: July 23, 2008, 11:43:45 AM »
Can I get a work flow out line for mixing two 24/48 sources together that ran the same clock?  I feel like I am going through some unnecessary steps. 
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Re: Samplitude SE 9 workflow
« Reply #17 on: July 23, 2008, 12:40:04 PM »
Can I get a work flow out line for mixing two 24/48 sources together that ran the same clock?  I feel like I am going through some unnecessary steps.

High level overview:

[01]  Create a new VIP at 24/48 with 2 tracks (assuming you have 2 stereo tracks).
[02]  Load Source 1 to Track1.
[03]  Load Source 2 to Track2.
[04]  Align Track1 and Track2.
[05]  Adjust relative mix of Sources 1 & 2 (multiple ways to do this - track volume, mixer, etc.).
[06]  Perform any other edits (fades, etc.)
[07]  Track.
[08]  Track Bounce (select target bit-depth and sample rate / apply SRC & dither;  results in single, mixed stereo file with track markers).
[09]  File | Export (this will simply cut up the file into tracks; specify same bit-depth and sample rate as the actual data so you don't SRC / dither again).
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Re: Samplitude SE 9 workflow
« Reply #18 on: July 24, 2008, 11:13:37 PM »
When mixing two 24 bit sources together can you normalize both sources to 100% before you track bounce (dither, SRC, add edits, merge two source)?  Or do you need to normalize both files to -3db then track bounce combiningng the two sources will add up to being normalized to100%)?
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Re: Samplitude SE 9 workflow
« Reply #19 on: July 25, 2008, 01:19:13 PM »
Can't normalize the source files first, since they're summed during track bouncing.  I always just selected the loudest peak, track bounced, noted how far off I was on the mixed level peak, then adjusted the source files accordingly.
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Re: Samplitude SE 9 workflow
« Reply #20 on: July 25, 2008, 10:31:11 PM »
Can't normalize the source files first, since they're summed during track bouncing.  I always just selected the loudest peak, track bounced, noted how far off I was on the mixed level peak, then adjusted the source files accordingly.

Hi Brian,
I'm not sure if the SE version is the same with respect to this, but if you select "offline effects" and then "normalize" there is a radio button for "virtual" in that dialog. You can set the normalize level in db or percentage.

What this does is to simply calculate a new value for the volume in the object editor. The value is calculated when you press "OK".

Once two or more track/objects are set in this manner they could be bounced with closely matching volumes.

Of course, when doing this leave enough headroom for the mixed signal.

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Re: Samplitude SE 9 workflow
« Reply #21 on: July 26, 2008, 12:08:17 AM »
Yea, you "can" normalize each source before you track bounce.  I am wondering if you "should" normalize both sources independently before you track bounce.  Or if you wait until the two sources have been bounced/merged then normalize the final file.  I think what Brian is saying is not to normalize before you track bounce, normalize the final file.  But what I don't understand, having never mixed two sources together before, is how much does the volume increase when you combine the two sources.  Lets say you have two sources that both peak at -5db.  Then you mix them together.  It seems like the final source is going to be louder that -5db and you may have some overs.  How do you prevent that?  How much headroom do you need on each source before you track bounce so that you don't have overs in the final file?  That is what I was trying to figure out.  If I knew how how much the volume was going to increase when I track bounce I could normalize both 24 bit files accordingly before I track bounce.  For example, if the two sources were going to go up 6db when they are bounced I could normalize both of them to -6db before I  bounce.  Then after the files have been track bounced they would not need to be normalized because they would all ready be at 100%.   It seems like it would be better to normalize the 24 bit files rather than the final 16bit file.       

Thanks again for all your help and patience on this.  With out this forum I don't know how people like myself would get this information.
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Re: Samplitude SE 9 workflow
« Reply #22 on: July 26, 2008, 07:36:39 AM »
If combining two sources you would need to leave about 6db of headroom on each.

You can preview in the mixer, so if you want to avoid levels from being to high you can audition it and watch the metering.

You don't need to do a 16-bit bounce until you have completed all adjustments. You can continue to work in 24-bit format or float format until then. You can also do bounces in float or 24-bit format at any time.

In Brian's workflow example, he is doing the adjustments in [5] and [6], so by step [8] it is ready for the bounce.
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Re: Samplitude SE 9 workflow
« Reply #23 on: July 28, 2008, 12:26:58 AM »
..what I don't understand, having never mixed two sources together before, is how much does the volume increase when you combine the two sources.  Lets say you have two sources that both peak at -5db.  Then you mix them together.  It seems like the final source is going to be louder that -5db and you may have some overs.  How do you prevent that?  How much headroom do you need on each source before you track bounce so that you don't have overs in the final file?  That is what I was trying to figure out.  If I knew how how much the volume was going to increase when I track bounce I could normalize both 24 bit files accordingly before I track bounce.,,


The exact amount if increase depends on how closely correlated the material is.  If you mixed two identical copies of the same material together (completely correlated) the resulting sum would be 6dB louder.  If completely uncorrelated, the result would be about 1dB or so louder.  With what we're doing the material is likely more similar than not, so assuming a 6dB increase is safe.  How to best go about doing that and other general work flow issues with Samp is something I'm getting out of this thread since the program is also new to me. Is there a function that lists the highest and lowest sample values in the file and their positions in the file?

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Re: Samplitude SE 9 workflow
« Reply #24 on: July 28, 2008, 12:56:39 AM »
Is there a function that lists the highest and lowest sample values in the file and their positions in the file?

There are at least couple quick ways to easily identify the peak sample value (though not its location):

  • Object Editor | Normalize button  --  the dB value identified represents how far below 0 dBFS the highest peak falls.
  • Offline Effects | Amplitude/Normalize | Normalize  --  same as above

There may be other ways to identify the peak value, and maybe even a way to locate its location, but I don't know 'em.  Dunno about the lowest.
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Re: Samplitude SE 9 workflow
« Reply #25 on: August 01, 2008, 11:30:37 AM »
Also, when you bounce there is an option to show the maxiumum peak found in db.
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