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Originally Posted by buckaroo
Should this be the other way around? master at 0db and faders brought down?
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Never adjust the master fader! always leave it at -0dbfs
Use a mix bus (an aux channel) and route all your tracks to the mix bus then route the mix bus to the master. don't place any plugins on the master except metering plugins and its a good idea to have a meter plug open whilst mixing and keep an eye on the levels!! as a guide start your drum track/ or have your drum track with a level of about -18dbfs then you'll have plenty of headroom left to ad other parts on top.
Its alien at first to start a mix at such a low level but this is a major factor.
After this it becomes very subjective and personal. some like to ad plugins for flavor and some don't feel the need and just mix till they like the sound. I do have a plugin on the mix bus for flavor and its the Waves V-Comp, it is set to just ad some color and doesn't compress unless i get over a certain level which is quite high about -2dbfs, but i rarely get near that level when mixing!!
here's a pic of the V-comp setting...
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/e...IXBUSTONER.jpg
here's a pic of the mix bus! you'll notice the level is not slamming the master! and the metering plugin from Massey tools on the master...
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/e...IXBUSMETER.jpg
chris