Topic: protools level matching in post

[spcyrfc]

i have recently returned to protools and well, i thought it was gonna be like riding a bike, but it has yet to feel that way... this bike changes.

i have a simple question i should be able to answer myself, but after searching pt forums and screwing off in pt for awhile, i have no avail.

i imported a stereo track into PT, separated the stereo track into two mono tracks and cannot get the levels to match on the on screen meter.  i tried compressing one channel more than the other, but that doesn't make any sense to me.  tried boosting the volume of the lower track, and percieved an audible difference in my cans, but on the screen, the meters still didn't match.

is there a simple way to match meters exactly in post?

thnaks,

luke.

[Əkoostikal]

i have recently returned to protools and well, i thought it was gonna be like riding a bike, but it has yet to feel that way... this bike changes.

i have a simple question i should be able to answer myself, but after searching pt forums and screwing off in pt for awhile, i have no avail.

i imported a stereo track into PT, separated the stereo track into two mono tracks and cannot get the levels to match on the on screen meter.  i tried compressing one channel more than the other, but that doesn't make any sense to me.  tried boosting the volume of the lower track, and percieved an audible difference in my cans, but on the screen, the meters still didn't match.

is there a simple way to match meters exactly in post?

thnaks,

luke.

I am still learning a lot in PT and cannot answer you specifically, but you need to make sure that the "pre-fader monitoring" is not enabled to the meters.... That way you can see changes made to the mix in real time, which it sounds to me like that you are describing.

[spcyrfc]

thank you, also added gain to the individual tracks and processed.  got close.  i'll still look for a way to match tracks to eachother. 

suppose i have one more, more general question

what order do you work in?
compression > eq > ? 
or
eq > compression >

[unclelouie]

Since EQ'ing can have a big impact on dynamics (particularly in the low frequencies), you should EQ first, and then compress if necessary.

[spcyrfc]

and save! i just discovered... oh well. nothing much lost.