Export too soft

Hi there…

I just exported a song from cubase onto my desktop…

It seems very soft compared to other songs on my desktop…

Why would this be?

Thanks

Dave

What do you mean by “soft”?

Too quiet…

Couple of suggestions-

  1. Open the mixer and raise the master fader level before exporting in Cubase.

  2. The other songs on your desktop may have been “mastered” at some point in their production. Part of the mastering process is to raise the apparent level of the final mix. This is usually done using compression. There’s a wealth of information out in the wild world web about mastering and various methods for doing it.

Hello. Yes, some compression is usually necessary to obtain a homogeneous sound level, but you can try the normalising function in Cubase, or normalise your exported mix down with Audacity. I use this and it works very well. :slight_smile: