When I get a track that I can't hear and is low I will normalize it or if it's an instrument add a compressor or preamp but I do something so I hear the track. It's not like the old days, you don't have to print stuff hot.
So I've not noticed a difference in track levels since I don't look, might be a correlation.
A lot of what you hear is main bus processing and you don't get that with stems so it would be hard to tell.
You could try cranking up the tracks for export or add extra plugin gain. Just export and close without saving to preserve your mix.

https://s1manual.presonus.com/#Mixing_T ... m_your.htm?

Hey Chuck37,

Did you export the tracks only, or channels?

With tracks only, you wont get any plugins that were on the channel.just the raw track. That's largely the condition why.

Channel stems will possibly contain effects depending on pre or post fade routing. You can also stem the effects separately, which may have been part of the boost of those tracks. Check bussed tracks as well.

I'm afraid there's just not enough info to answer the exact cause. One thing you can try is when listening to the song, solo the effect where they would be coming from. Or, mute them to hear volume differences. Solo tracks as well.
Check your master track for additional inserts or effects.

A big part of stemming is knowing what is on tracks, or how to get that back. So again, it's largely your evaluating levels. These are just some points to help gaining that understanding.

You could normalize levels, but I think you would want to side with caution. Doing that can blow out any other effects processing and levels you had originally. So getting that back might alter progress. Hey, it might even help you as well. Just know what you have. Make a copy, and back up as well.
Hope it helps!

Lokeyfly wroteWith tracks only, you wont get any plugins that were on the channel.just the raw track. That's largely the condition why.

I was thinking you didn't get any plugins in the stem export but I was reading just now:

Note that the audio file created for any selected Track or Channel is the equivalent of soloing the Track or Channel in the Console and listening to the result. The audio file includes the results of all Inserts and Sends on the Track or Channel. If you don’t want the Inserts or Sends included in the exported audio, disable them before exporting.


I don't remember that but...?

Just tested a track, it included the plugin.

Yeah. I expected "stems" to imply something very raw, so the person receiving them could do their own processing. The manual says otherwise (see above Tacman7). Thus, if my snare drum is loud when solo'd and listened to at master output, I expected it to be loud in the stem. This is not what I'm getting. I wonder if there's some subtlety to do with pre vs. post fader stuff in master?

You get insert plugins included in stems but not master bus processing, that would account for the difference.

If the track has a wav file on it, you can just copy those from the pool to get the raw wav, but that wouldn't locate it for you though.

Can you explain that (I'm still new)? Do you mean plugins in the master bus aren't in the stems but plugins in the channels are?