Creating final media: A dithered bounce

- [Instructor] As you put the finishing touches on your mix, … it's time to start thinking about creating the final media. … One common asset that you often need to create … is a CD compatible stereo bounce. … Let's go over some considerations for that process. … While mixing you've probably taken steps … to keep gain stages in check. … This is especially important … when using external hardware inserts. … And although I haven't addressed it overtly in this course, … prevailing wisdom says to keep the meters … on the master fader far from clipping, … even if that means pulling the levels down … across all of your tracks. … So if you practice this approach, … you'll likely be mixing … at lower levels than you ultimately want … for the final bounce. … Which is not a bad practice by the way. … To make sure the bounce has adequate levels, … we can use a maximizer plugin. … Here, I'll put the Maxim plugin on the top insert … of my master fader track. … Maxim is a dynamics processor that comes with Pro Tools. …