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Old 04-19-2011, 02:03 PM
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Default Overdub monitoring level conundrum?

Any tips for boosting the volume of a record track when overdubbing on a fully-produced, mixed song without having to crank the record track's fader to "crackly" levels or bringing down ALL the other tracks?

I am always having this issue: I track and overdub a song and then do a nice mix with automation and have everything sounding great. Then I decide to overdub another part and I can never get my record track loud enough in the cans without either cranking the fader to +12 and/or bringing ALL the other tracks down 10dbs or so. Cranking the record track's fader way up usually results in a crackly sound and bringing all the other tracks down is just a pain to revert and destroys the insert levels anyway (resulting in a more verby sound usually).
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