Automatic Normalization Occurs Upon Exporting

[Seamus]

Hello,

When I send my Studio One exported files to my producer, they are coming up in his DAW as looking normalized and peaking.
I do not ever use the Normalize Audio function in my projects.

I appreciate any assistance with this.

Thank you,
S

 

[TDF1981]

More info needed:
1. when you import the files yourself, do they work as expected or do they look normalised and peaking? (normalised and peaking would be kind of a contradiction as the highest possible normalisation would be 0dBFS and that would not peak any DAW)
2. what's your export process?
3. how does your producer import the files
4. what DAW do they use?

It could be the metering of what your producer uses is different from the metering in Studio One but that should not affect the sound in any way.
BTW: make sure to gain stage your tracks/stems properly in any case.

 

[SwitchBack]

Also check the export format. Studio One's internal dynamic range can be much wider than your chosen export format (e.g. 32-bit floating point vs. 16-bit WAV export format), so what looks good inside Studio One may not 'fit' in the chosen export format and needs turning down first (or a different export format).

 

[TDF1981]

Also check the export format. Studio One's internal dynamic range can be much wider than your chosen export format (e.g. 32-bit floating point vs. 16-bit WAV export format), so what looks good inside Studio One may not 'fit' in the chosen export format and needs turning down first.

yeah, totally: if you work with 32 bit floating point you have a huge amount of dynamic values (±1,18 × 10⁻³⁸ to ±3,4 × 10³⁸) while exporting to 16 bit will shrink it down to just 65,536. So I think my comment about gain staging would help in bit-chopping scenario as well.