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Topic: waveform issue
hi all
How to stop the waveform from expanding when increasing or decreasing the EQ
i want the waveform to be the same and not to decrease in shape when i use the EQ
 
Posted 3 days ago @ 7:26 pm
that's a skin edit.
 
can it be edited and if yes how to plz
 
After you wasted my time last time, you can whistle mate.
 
it was a misunderstanding of what I meant mate
if u want to help it's appreciated
and if not then u dont need to say that
 
I suppose we re talking about the "Shapes" waveform type and how the Stems channel get "grayed" out when adjusting the Stems with the EQ knobs ?
If so, then the EQ knobs dont change the shape or height, all they do is to change the colors from bright to dark or gray, and that's indeed a skin edit.
Will lt u know of the exact steps to do so, if indeed is what you ask.

Or do u mean the change of the height when using GAIN and Scratch/Colors wave type ?
 
thx djdad for your kind response
See the photos i attached, is shows the exact issue i mean
 
Posting.2 images doesn’t really help.

What exactly are we looking at and what did you change to get the difference?
 
That's gain change not eq, and is hardcoded - can't be changed.
 
Just a thought, are you using autogain within VirtualDJ?

Assuming 1) you are and 2) you are lowering the gain to get headroom, did you try leaving the gain at 12 o'clock and lowering the zeroDB setting to say, -3 or -6 dB to see if that helps achieve the goal (lower volume to mix with, waveforms still visible)?
 
So I can't stop the waveform from doing that, as sometimes when i increase it, it shows full and can't see the downbeat when mixing
 
No. And it's on purpose. So that when you increase gain, you see what you're doing at your audio and how you compress everything and bring it close to distortion.

Generally speaking, you need to set the zerodb setting correctly so that you RARELY have to use the gain knobs (with autogian enabled of course)
 
Pretty much suggested that in my response but I guess he didn't look at it.

In Serato, you most likely have to adjust the gains on the controller/mixer because Serato often doesn't have a headroom setting low enough to work within the VU calibration for the controller/mixer in question (quietest = 89dB, which is -3dB from their unity of 92dB, so max 3dB of headroom is adjustable from their default, but strangely they have boosting up to 98dB (+6dB), and I have no idea why someone would want to do that).
Virtually every other of the software has lower headroom settings, so it's better to use that.

Headroom lowering doesn't affect the waveform (hence the suggestion).

If you have to bump the gain up though, then most likely song you are doing it for is of poor quality/mastered improperly, or your zeroDB setting is too low.