mastering - getting a good level

[trope1975]

hey everyone. i know this has come up many in this forum, and i searched old threads and found a few useful tips, but i still wanted to post about it. i'm trying to mix and master in pro tools and i got good levels going in, i'm hitting right around 0db at the master fader, then when i bounce to disk the result is always significantly quieter than most any 'professional' cd i 'a-b' it with. i realize that this is mostly a mastering issue, and it seems the resounding advice i found on this board is to 'limit and compress' at the master fader. is there any other advice anyone has to get a better level going out of pro tools to aiff?

any thoughts are greatly appreciated.
-shawn
trope1975

[mindnoise]

Hi,
there is this thread going on right now for exactly the same question:

http://duc.digidesign.com/showflat.p...fpart=1#781075

regs

[trope1975]

hey mindnoise. sorry to re-post, i know how annoying that can be. yeah, saw that thread and it had some good tips, i was just wondering if anyone could offer any advice beyond what was contained there. if not, no big deal. thanks again for the response.
-shawn