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Re: Help with Headroom for Mastering - Please!
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This video does a pretty good job of explaining how to use VCA groups with volume automation. This technique is probably the best approach. Set up VCA groups for different parts (ie drums, guitars, vocals, etc) and then you can control overall volumes with the VCA faders without worrying about the automations you've already set individual tracks.
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Re: Help with Headroom for Mastering - Please!
This is my trick as well. Actually, all my session templates and track presets have the TRIM plugin in the last slot(in bypass) and dialed to -10(only on AUDIO and Instrument tracks). Once tracking is finished, I un-bypass the row of plugins and the entire mix drops in level, but the balance stays the same.
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Re: Help with Headroom for Mastering - Please!
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Interesting approach. So, when you prep a mix for mastering, what is your target level? If you set all the Trim plugs to -10, what level do you aim for prior to un-bypassing all the Trims? What meter do you prefer to use for all that?
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Re: Help with Headroom for Mastering - Please!
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If I must master the project myself, I start as above but add Slate VTM, followed by either 2 instances of Waves L2, or iZotope Ozone 8
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Re: Help with Headroom for Mastering - Please!
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As you are always so fond of saying, the great thing about digital is there's 6 ways to do something; the bad thing about digital, is there's 6 ways to do something! Thanks for sharing your process!
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