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(ron caser) wrote:

i recently had the following problem:
i passed the 2-bus of my daw through a hardware L2 to chop off about
1.5db of the peaks and rerecord my master. as result the bass
(mini-moog) seems to be about 3db louder. in my mix prior limiting i'm
happy with its volume, but i need to reduce it when using the L2.
i had this same problem on 3 different tracks. i was kind of
astounished as i've been going through the same procedure a few months
earlier and don't remember having had this impression.
is this normal and my ears are developing? or is this not normal and
my ears are actually downgrading & fooling me?

Be careful in your chioce of normal, moderate or ultra. Ultra will leave
it a little scooped in the mids and may make the lows louder.

How did you know that the mix needed to have 1.5 db chopped off?

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