hey guys. new heere, but not new to the recording scene. i've also done live mixing, for a youth concert that had around 1.3k ppl, 48 channels of inputs etc.

i'm currently looking for software that provides automation. allowing 'Write' when doing a mix

hehe i'm a st udent, so i don't have money for any consoles yet. i'm talking about software mixer i currently use Cool Edit Pro 2.0 and i really don't have any hardware, but my recordings are really quite decent with the budget i'm on

yeah i would think that quality is more important.

do u guys share ur final 'products' ? i just finished a 8 track recording all sequenced by a keyboard, full instrumental. Mixed and mastered. quite proud of myself. but still got lots to learn.

for example - what's the best compression/hard limit settings there is to get a good volume going etc

btw i'm having some problems with the final mastering. was wondering how much i should do a hard limit on it . i did +9 db and all i got was extreme bass frequency phase cancellation was bad.

hoongern, i don't know, i thought that when mastering, one should compress the sound for maximum volume?

hmm.. then how do i make the volume of my final mix loud enough to be on par with other songs without clipping?