Problem With Audio Levels When Bouncing to Itunes?! help!

ive been recording 3 songs on logic pro 8 for a Berklee scholarship to the guitar summer program. But whenever i bounce the tracks and play them back on itunes they are so much lower compaired to the other songs on itunes?! i tried unchecking the "normalization" check box, still nothing. i tried raising the volume of each track but it will clip if i raise it anymore. so i tried importing a song from itunes to logic pro 8, and the song clips the almost whole time?! i just want it so that when they hear it at berklee it will be normal volume, even when i put a compresser on it it just clips?! i tried unchecking the sound enhancer on itunes also and nothing seems to work? even when i crank all the tracks volumes all the way up to where there clipping at +6db including the output 1-2 track, i get the volume a little higher but it sounds horrible?!!! please help me, i need to get these done by friday!

jimmypage1stfan wrote:
ive been recording 3 songs on logic pro 8 for a Berklee scholarship to the guitar summer program. But whenever i bounce the tracks and play them back on itunes they are so much lower compaired to the other songs on itunes?! i tried unchecking the "normalization" check box, still nothing. i tried raising the volume of each track but it will clip if i raise it anymore. so i tried importing a song from itunes to logic pro 8, and the song clips the almost whole time?! i just want it so that when they hear it at berklee it will be normal volume, even when i put a compresser on it it just clips?! i tried unchecking the sound enhancer on itunes also and nothing seems to work? even when i crank all the tracks volumes all the way up to where there clipping at +6db including the output 1-2 track, i get the volume a little higher but it sounds horrible?!!! please help me, i need to get these done by friday!
Hi,
You are a GUITAR student.
You need not worry about how LOUD your mix is, and should be concentrating on your GUITAR PERFORMANCE...
Here's the hint of the week:
LOUD not equal to GOOD.
Repeat this as often as necessary until you exorcise the demon of loudness from your mind.
Cheers

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