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But it seems that I'll have to go back and remix all of my songs again! Thank you! So I don't really understand how the Safe Headroom function works and what it is for.
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That would then be the true level of my mix. I have been told now that I should turn Safe Headroom off completely and do my mix that way.
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But that is not how it works, apparently. My understanding was that if I had Safe Headroom on at -12, after turning off SW my mix would actually be at -12. Thank you for your reply! I was not clipping with Sonarworks on. Sonarworks is only applying correction for listening back to your mixes, so you would never want to print your mixes through it anyways.Hello Benj, One thing you can do is put Sonarworks on a second bus or Aux after your mixdown bus so that you can always see what your levels are on that bus, even with Sonarworks on. So turn off Sonarworks to determine the actual headroom you have on your mixes and adjust it to the level you want. The reason why it might not be clipping with Sonarworks on is if you have have the safety volume decrease more than is actually needed from the EQ correction or your mix isn't having a ton of activity in the frequencies requiring boost correction. This is why you will hear a drop in level when the plugin is activated. When there are boosts, then the overall volume of Sonarworks needs to drop by that amount for there to not be clipping or to be "safe" for monitoring. Sonarworks will EQ, both positive and negative amounts to apply the headphone or speaker correction needed. So if you are clipping without Sonarworks then you need to lower your mix volume. With Sonarworks bypassed, that is your actual mix volume. Sonarworks is only applying correction for listening back to your mixes, so you would never want to print your mixes through it anyways. TodezWith Sonarworks bypassed, that is your actual mix volume. What am I doing wrong? Why does the volume jump so drastically when I disable Sonarworks 4? Why would my mix be clipping when with Sonar works it is at -12 to -14?
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I have a safe headroom of 12 DB and my mix is around -12 to -14 on the Main Out, but when I disable Sonarworks 4 to export the mix to my project page, I'm told the mix is clipping! At this point I'm not sure if what I'm doing is correct and I can find no videos that show me how to actually use Sonarworks 4 in the mix and then export the song!