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03-11-2015, 05:04 PM
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Never Touch the Faders???
I'm not sure if this makes any sense to any of you but some audio mixers swear that once you record in pro tools with the faders at unity, you should never move the faders even while mixing. Does this make any sense????
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03-11-2015, 11:17 PM
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Re: Never Touch the Faders???
No, because faders are acting within the 64bit mixer. If you tweak your levels with plugins, the resolution is not the same.
No, because it is easier to automate fader moves than a plugin knob. No, because this is digital. Makes some sense with analog desks. No, because it looks stupid :) client comes in and asks you why haven't you mixed anything...
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03-12-2015, 07:03 AM
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Re: Never Touch the Faders???
This advice probably came from the same person that thinks your main EQ should always look like "this"(probably a smiley face)
   
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03-12-2015, 08:23 AM
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Re: Never Touch the Faders???
Or....
This statement is referring to the Master fader only.
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03-12-2015, 08:36 AM
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Re: Never Touch the Faders???
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You jest, but I have had people tell me this....
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#6
03-12-2015, 09:07 AM
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Re: Never Touch the Faders???
Smiley face was common in the 80s just to compensate speaker response and the lack of skills of an engineer to tune the speaker system.
Today of course the tuning is done automatically and fine-tuned by ear (if there is one). Many live guys still cannot tune PA.
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03-12-2015, 09:59 AM
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Re: Never Touch the Faders???
That's just silly. Which mix engineers say this? Are these people actually sound guys, or "audio engineers"?
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#9
03-12-2015, 10:31 AM
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Re: Never Touch the Faders???
Well that guy on YouTube Paul Draper never touches his faders and I emailed him and he said to never touch them while mixing. I'm not kidding! Other people that have said this are local mixers, engineers etc who are in my State that told me this when I job shadowed them to learn more about audio mixing. They said if you touch the faders you are decreasing the quality of the input audio gain and should always adjust in plugins. SOUND BOGUS to me
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03-12-2015, 10:41 AM
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Re: Never Touch the Faders???
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