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ChristopherT · 05-22-2018, 04:18 PM

Turn everything else down a few DB so that the yeow can be prominent.

In a musical context - imagine turning all of the instruments in a mix up to be as loud as possible - then attempt to make a vocal track be heard - impossible.

So by reducing the instruments level, then you are able to have the vocal louder.

Or another way to look at it, if you have 5 really bright 100w lights on, and attempt to have one light brighter, then the only way to do this is reduce the light level of 4 lights, so that the one you want brighter / more visible can shine brighter than the others.

As far as compression - medium attack (never use fast attack)
fast/medium release, and absolute maximum 4db of compression.
Do this to all dialog tracks, and make the yeow track a few DB (or more) louder than the main track.

05-22-2018, 04:18 PM	#3
ChristopherT Human being with feelings Join Date: Apr 2017 Location: South Posts: 587	Turn everything else down a few DB so that the yeow can be prominent. In a musical context - imagine turning all of the instruments in a mix up to be as loud as possible - then attempt to make a vocal track be heard - impossible. So by reducing the instruments level, then you are able to have the vocal louder. Or another way to look at it, if you have 5 really bright 100w lights on, and attempt to have one light brighter, then the only way to do this is reduce the light level of 4 lights, so that the one you want brighter / more visible can shine brighter than the others. As far as compression - medium attack (never use fast attack) fast/medium release, and absolute maximum 4db of compression. Do this to all dialog tracks, and make the yeow track a few DB (or more) louder than the main track. Last edited by ChristopherT; 05-22-2018 at 07:41 PM.