Hi.
Audio tracks mastered on CDs sound low.
I actually work in Nuendo 2, setting the output level in the mixdown track so close as possible to zero, searching the compromise between a loud sound with no clips and low compression ratios for more dynamics.
Listening the tracks by Nuendo, through Asio source modules, the levels on STM 1632 correspond to what I see in Nuendo mixer VU meters.
When I export tracks and listen to them as wav files through wave source modules, the level is much dBs lower, and that is what I gonna master on CDs.
I've tryed several ASIO modules with the same result. I've tryed different exportation forms (as track, as audio mixdown, reading wav files in Nuendo project Edits directory).
Finally, the same file sounds different in level if I play it by Nuendo or as wav file by Wavelab or other applications.
What's the right expotation form for mixdowns? Any hint?