Multiple audio tracks at DVinfo.net

Dylan Morgan · November 27th, 2012, 01:58 PM

If I were to set my levels correctly on one audio track and then added another below it, the added track pushes my overall master level beyond 0db. When I isolate the tracks they're not clipping and without distortion. Just wanted to see how other people work around this and if the master audio level is only a gauge of individual clips. Thanks for any response!

Seth Bloombaum · November 27th, 2012, 07:33 PM

Hello from Portland!

Yes, this is normal and expected behavior. The tracks are summed to the master, which is similar to what all mixers and NLEs do.

You do have a couple of choices here - individual tracks can be lowered, either with the volume slider in the track header, or a volume envelope on the track.

You can display the audio master bus, and draw an envelope there.

Perhaps easiest, and a good simple fix if you have a mix you like, is to lower the master slider.

There really isn't a "correct" track volume. What counts is the mix, and the volume and dynamics of the mix.

Don Bloom · November 27th, 2012, 10:21 PM

If you go to the Track Header (the one with the sliders and icon for adding track level FX) and right click on the lower slder there is a menu of sorts that allows various levels to be set. The top one is 0db - add channels, meaning the levels are all added together. there is 0db (not added) -3db, -6db (not added). then of course you can set each track to go to a seperate bus where you can also add FX AND there is a slider there which has the same adjustments as the Track Header slider. so in effect you can set the Track Header to -6 and the bus to -6 so you have effectively set the track to -12. Add in and envelope to the track and you can get the audio to pretty much any level you want. you COULD also run the Non-Real Time FX "Volume" and set that to adjust as well. I prefer to use the track header and bus with an envelope for most work.
Gotta love all the different ways to accomplish the same thing in Vegas.

Dylan Morgan · November 29th, 2012, 01:26 PM

Thanks guys!

November 27th, 2012, 01:58 PM	#1
Dylan Morgan Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Portland OR Posts: 70	Multiple audio tracks If I were to set my levels correctly on one audio track and then added another below it, the added track pushes my overall master level beyond 0db. When I isolate the tracks they're not clipping and without distortion. Just wanted to see how other people work around this and if the master audio level is only a gauge of individual clips. Thanks for any response!

November 27th, 2012, 07:33 PM	#2
Seth Bloombaum Inner Circle Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 3,420	Re: Multiple audio tracks Hello from Portland! Yes, this is normal and expected behavior. The tracks are summed to the master, which is similar to what all mixers and NLEs do. You do have a couple of choices here - individual tracks can be lowered, either with the volume slider in the track header, or a volume envelope on the track. You can display the audio master bus, and draw an envelope there. Perhaps easiest, and a good simple fix if you have a mix you like, is to lower the master slider. There really isn't a "correct" track volume. What counts is the mix, and the volume and dynamics of the mix. __________________ 30 years of pro media production. Vegas user since 1.0. Webcaster since 1997. Freelancer since 2000. College instructor since 2001.

November 27th, 2012, 10:21 PM	#3
Don Bloom Inner Circle Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 6,609	Re: Multiple audio tracks If you go to the Track Header (the one with the sliders and icon for adding track level FX) and right click on the lower slder there is a menu of sorts that allows various levels to be set. The top one is 0db - add channels, meaning the levels are all added together. there is 0db (not added) -3db, -6db (not added). then of course you can set each track to go to a seperate bus where you can also add FX AND there is a slider there which has the same adjustments as the Track Header slider. so in effect you can set the Track Header to -6 and the bus to -6 so you have effectively set the track to -12. Add in and envelope to the track and you can get the audio to pretty much any level you want. you COULD also run the Non-Real Time FX "Volume" and set that to adjust as well. I prefer to use the track header and bus with an envelope for most work. Gotta love all the different ways to accomplish the same thing in Vegas. __________________ What do I know? I'm just a video-O-grafer. Don

November 29th, 2012, 01:26 PM	#4
Dylan Morgan Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Portland OR Posts: 70	Re: Multiple audio tracks Thanks guys!