How to Level Broadcast Mixes without Overcompressing

[@jcsoundguy]

I miss my friend Andrew so much. He was an amazing guy and the best live sound guy I've ever known.

[@papaschlumpf1390]

:( What happened?

[@jcsoundguy]

@@papaschlumpf1390 Andrew past away a few years ago. Very sad and a big loss for our community.

[@calebscoolreviews]

@@jcsoundguy damn, that really sucks.. He's still touching folks with this knowledge, and that's awesome. Helped me out a ton.

[@SeanCaldwellvo]

Excellent info! If you're using the L2 somewhere in the signal chain and there is a significant component of voice (speaking, preaching, etc.) I'd suggest people disengage the ARC (auto release). I find that it introduces too much distortion with many voices if you have some gain reduction going on. Try the release around 100ms.

[@snapascrew]

Really loved the audio examples! Thanks guys!

[@frisokeunen]

waves should be ashamed of this vid..

[@rollomaughfling380]

@@frisokeunen JFC total waste.

[@0d0d0d]

@@rollomaughfling380 I don't get why this video is so long... They can't just say what the title is, explain it quickly. Show examples. And shows how to mix it better?

[@epekaryuk]

😄😄

[@fpcelizabeth]

Thank you for this! We need more information about what appropriate levels should be for audio.

[@MolotFx]

Guys, you and your videos are excellent as always! Thanks!

[@Dustrauma]

100% agree on the extra metering. I do the same with my home setup. I look-at and compare about 3 main output levels on my gear before I'm consistent to continue mixing. My limited experience in live-broadcast sound had a lot of trial-by-fire moments that necessitated more monitoring between multiple systems. Safer to maintain and much-faster to troubleshoot the what and where when things get crazy. Found my way here on that 2020 Grammy Flash Sale for the L2. Cheers y'all!

[@hhobegginernew]

You gotta love dynamic eqs with the threshold set to 0dBFS. Is sounds sooo “eq”instead of a “dynamic eq”

[@oNTiger]

Not that it has anything to do with what was actually said and I like Waves and all but why do so many of these videos have intros that are so loud and then instantly have people talking in inside voices

[@johnhricko8212]

one would think.... oh well...

[@dleblanc]

The music didn't seem much louder...

[@wisdomstacker1473]

Thank you for this!

[@Trinitysoundcompany]

not one mention about broadcast level standards or RMS. How does one build up RMS levels in a mix? While peak values matter a lot, most churches are struggling with too loud and too quiet. Content is great, but some big gaps missing. Waves has the tools to fill those gap!

[@AveMcree]

Obs?

[@martinaddison4880]

Too product heavy. What if we don’t use Waves?

[@delanomoore2977]

How did this video get uploaded an hour ago with a comment 10 hours ago??

[@eckhartmaister4404]

Delano Moore private video

[@mixinginthebox]

good vid ty.

[@bparkpark1764]

Great vid

[@alovluqulle1347]

Waves plugins 👍👍👍👍👍💯✊💞💞💞 lesson than you

[@LukaPanik]

Those limiters aren't true peak so things can sneak through them.

[@chilevents1511]

This is a what to do , not how to do... but still some value

[@kitmateyawa7829]

I don't see the point in using the live mix for your live broadcast as well since the live mix is tuned to the room ... unless you had that perfect room.

[@soulsweet17]

That’s true most places have a split and keep their live mix independent from their broadcast mix

[@TheDude-vx6wn]

Hi Waves, I love the sale you have going on now. Can you please add DeBreath to the $29.99 sale?

[@johnhricko8212]

we need a "podcasting standard" that insists the first 10 seconds of the video will GRADUALLY increase the volume ! ! ! REALLY !!! ... a segment on COMPRESSION?.... (...and when NOT to overcompress!!!)