Problem with Fantom sound output

You have a mastering compressor that will prevent clipping and compress/lower the overall level when there are may punchy sounds playing simultaneously. Either turn the mastering off, or select Soft Comp algorithm and possibly adjust the compression settings for low/mid/high bands so that your tune sounds like you want it to.


Artemio.

Thanks a lot Art !

Ok I had a chance to try what you said and it doesn't work.

I tried disabling all the effects and mastering I still hear it. I tried lowering the overall volume of my tracks to remove clipping completely and it does the same thing. It's like there is a heavy "groove" velocity thing going.

The only thing that works is lowering the volume of the bassline completely. as soon as you hear a little bit of the baseline then you lose you volume. I hope I won't have to use a multitrack record here...

Interesting. How are you listening to your sequence? Are you using headphones connected directly to your Fantom-X PHONES jack when you hear this? If not, try monitoring through your Fantom-X PHONES jack with headphones and see if you notice this.

Regards,

Nathan Sheldon
http://www.nathansheldon.com/

yes It does it on every output. The Fantom-S is connected to my Audiophile 24/96 card via Coaxial Digital cable and you can clearly see huge variations in volume from one beat to another. However it ONLY affects the beat as far as I can tell. And only when the bass is present. Just to give you an idea of the difference, looking at the wave file sometimes the kick hits 75% of clipping and other times it clips badly. A note is it does it regardless of hitting clipping or not. This is a huge problem !

AHH !!

I recorded the drum track and the rest seperately using Cool Edit Pro and did a mixdown. Perfect sound now, no up and down. Could it be Voice limit related ?
I still hear the bass drum but just not loud on every kick.