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Q) I have heard of people
"slamming" (over limiting) a song. It sounds good on home stereos but
when the same CD is played on the radio, certain instruments fall out -
like during a chorus the guitar sounding quiet, then when there is a
pause in the vocal, the guitar level comes back up again.
I would have a different description for that - I
would say that what you're hearing is in the vocal pause, the guitar is
coming UP because in the rest of the song has been flattened
DOWN. When the vocal comes back in, the guitar really isn't going down,
it's really going back to it's place that is VOCAL-DEPENDENT, meaning
the level of the vocal is pressing into the station's limiters, ducking
the whole mix down, not just any specific instruments.
Even if it sounds good on all home systems and as loud as major artist
cds I do not want it sound bad on the radio.
Dynamics can sound very good when played on a home system, and the
radio station needs to overcome very poor signal-to-noise ratio. That's
why those soft sections come "up" - so that the listener doesn't gag
from the amount of air noise. They figure it's better to whack the
music than loose the listener if they perceive the station as being too
weak or noisy. Just give it your best, reference to other commercial
CDs, or call upon an expert mastering facility with the experience
needed to create a competitive (but not overdone) product.
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