[Laurence Payne]

On Thu, 11 Jan 2007 06:06:08 -0500, "Arny Krueger"
wrote:

The problem with normalizing is that it is simplistic, arithmetical (not
even mathematical!) and arbitrary, while music is about managing complex
relationships in a subjective way. Normalizing takes one simplistic
characteristic of music, its peak level, and uses it as the one and only
iron rule for setting levels.

If the last thing you do to your music before distribution is to normalize
it, you've probably ruined it. You've certainly removed a lot of art and
subjectivity.


What about setting channel and bus faders so as to give a healthy
output level? Do you retain "art and subjectivity", whatever that is,
by pushing the output fader but lose it by normalising to the
equivalent level?

Anyway, he was asking about normalising individual channels.