I'm talking about a DJ "mix" for promotion for example made in Ableton Live. I know it is not technically a DJ set like could be something live on a DJ mixer. I talk about making a compilation of tracks on my own, not live.

Do you know how can I make an automatic match of the level of every track for getting a constant level in all the session? Or which could be the best way to have a good level?
Could help Izotope Insight?

I put this question here because I think it is more about "mixing/mastering" than about really DJing.

 

Depends how precise you want to get it and how much time and/or effort you want to spend. You are dealing with already mastered material for the most part, right? You could babysit a realtime print through a console if you want to, or you could do something like stick a subtle instance of Waves L1 Ultramaximizer and maybe even some limiting and call it a day. and anywhere in between.

 

Yes, it is mastered material. I only added some transition effects (reverb, delay...).
Okay, I could put the limiter and turn up volume for every track until they touch the limiter.

 

you really shouldn't even get that much attenuation. if you are playing well produced tracks and keep your levels relatively consistent while you are mixing all you really are doing is gain matching them to adjust to the differences in the mastering. Normalizing using a noise print or whatever will kill any dynamics so you can quickly overdo it.

 

If you want to make a DJ promotion mix. Step 1. Learn to DJ. That's what DJ'n is. Level and beat matching.
If it was a DJ set recorded all it would need is slight limiting to bring the level up but levels between songs should already be matched.
Hope you are not sending out mixes pretending you are a DJ and try to play a pre mixed set.

 

that applies less if it's from vinyl. limiting is very useful so you don't damage someone's speakers either way, but actually bringing up levels on more quietly pressed or more frequently played tracks to a consistent level is just as important. From CDJ's/Media Files, you would just play a version with the track already fixed first. You don't/should not really have tracks that can vary by +- 5db or even more, but that is a normal variance with vinyl.

 

in the analog days, the most performing mixers had the PFL vu-meters: you could compare the volume of what was playing on the master with what you heard in the headphones. In addition, every DJ already knew how every single vinyl sound without having to listen to it first: the professionals knew by heart the gain and equalization that they had to set for each single 12 ".
This happened until the last century, today in the digital world, the function called replay gain is very widespread (all the big streaming platforms use it for their playlists): this feature reads the lufs value of the song in the metadata and adjusts the output volume accordingly.
All DJ apps include replay gain (traktor has it), unfortunately ableton - being a daw - doesn't include it. I recommend you use a different app for your djsets

 

don't worry, I have been djing for more than 10 years with vinyl and CDJS...
I produce in ableton and I'm doing an ambient pre-mixed set hahahaha not as always on a mixer, my ears need a bit of relax.

 

Thank you very much clone. It is a good idea to bring up levels a bit on this ambient music. Some tracks are very compressed and other nothing.

 

Thank you recycle, since I began with digital DJing one year ago, I usually use Serato, but this time I wanted to make it as an Ableton "project". I will use MAAT Dynamic Range Meter that I think it can measure LUFS or RMS..

Would be great to find a plugin that makes the replay gain automatically.

 

I make DJ mixes in Reaper and i use this neat plugin for loudness normalisation of the whole DJ mix:
https://www.hornetplugins.com/plugins/hornet-elm128-mk2/
Works really great !

 

Analyze volumes from each track with an Integrated Loudness meter like the one in iZotope RX 8. Write down the results, take one result as your 'master volume' (the first track for example or the one with the highest result) and turn the faders from all lined up tracks up/down to match that level. Besides this, volume automation is also helpful for the 'busy' parts.