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Originally Posted by O.G. Killa
If you are recording into your DAW trying to get your peaks as close to 0dBFS as possible. That is the EXACT same thing as recording to an analog tape and trying to get your levels to tape up to +20dBVU.
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hello,
that is incorrect. you do not get digital distortion per se under 0dBfs.
also, you should feel free to recalibrate you interfaces to -15 or so if you are running too hot for your console or something.
recording reasonably "hot" does indeed have an advantage as far as resolution [more bits being used for the lower amplitude information resulting in more accuracy there].
you can feel free to pull back channel faders as necessary in pro tools hd.
nevertheless, trying to record all of your tracks so that every segment of the meters gets used at all times is not productive [or reasonably possible], and it can create trouble sometimes with plug-ins being overdriven. not all plug-ins have an input level control, so you can end up having to use a trim plug in front of the processing plug-in to make things work.
basically, it makes sense to record with as much resolution as you can
practically and reasonably, without turning it into an obsessive thing. you obviously have different needs if you are recording overdubs by yourself than if you are tracking a band where the drummer may all of a sudden start playing 3 times as loud as he did when you were setting levels.
digilom