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Re: Proper Recording Levels
One another thing to consider is the power supply of the analog gear. Even if digital is "perfect", analog is not. If you drive your analog stage to the extreme, it will sound nasty even though the digital side of the story thinks everything is alrighty.
Your final mix will likely have very much less than 24 dB dynamics so why bother taking risks? Just record lower levels, mix better, leave the hot levels to mastering. I dare you. Next time you're tracking, prepare to record same song twice. One with hot levels and another with peaks at -20dBFS. Then mix both songs to your liking. Ask your best friend to pick which one (s)he prefers. I bet most of the time, the lower-level-tracked version is liked more.
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http://therecordingrevolution.com/20...m-in-your-mix/
here's a good one |
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Thanks that helps some with that article. I'm still wondering do I move the faders at all? Like what if I do want something louder can I turn pre fader off and just move the volume slider around a bit if I want more reverb etc?
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I think the first in his chain is the Klanghelm VU - but even if using an effect, it's possible that the resulting signal is to end up at -10 for mixing. Gain staging doesn't null effect results. I bought the Klanghelm VU as a result of this video series and incorporated his methods with mine. I always like to pull all faders to around -12 and start my mix from there. Multiple layers of compression via channel (if necessary), group busses, parallel mix compression (ala Schoeps) ... My resulting final mix is about -18 - plenty of headroom.
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As a relatively recent sound grad and newbie on duc avid I would say thanks. Not only am I learning some *quality* advice from experienced audiophiles but that this specific thread has saved my skin this week.
Last edited by WillN; 03-19-2014 at 08:21 PM. Reason: typo |
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Good to hear we're helpful :) welcome to the forum...
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