Are you RUINING your mixes by slamming everything? Let's talk Gain Staging. It's important.
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Күн бұрынIn today's video, i'm talking about how it's likely that you're ruining your mixes by driving everything too hard and ending up with a badly defined mess. You might not even be aware of it - so let's talk about what Gain Staging actually is, how we can use it and why it's not so bad once you understand it.
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0:00 - Intro
1:00 - What is gain staging?
1:30 - Old school analog
2:30 - VU Meters and +4dBU
6:30 - Tape sounding "fat"
7:40 - The Digital Era and dBFS
9:30 - Comparing analog +4 to digital 0
10:42 - Recording "in the red"
12:30 - Woolly and Fuzzy
13:40 - The main problems of modern recording
14:40 - Audio levels ADD UP
16:00 - Why not just turn the faders down?
17:00 - Feed your plugins what they want!
19:45 - Control your distortion
21:10 - My system for easy gain staging
24:30 - Thanks for watching!
@stephengardner4186 2 жыл бұрын
I watched the whole thing, had to stop it long enough to get a coffee, you did a great job explaining this and I thank you. I have been watching more videos on gain structure, or gain staging what ever you want to call it and this was one of the best so far.
@zendakk 3 жыл бұрын
A breakthrough for me was realizing I don't need to be scared of being "too soft" when tracking. The DAW basically has no noise floor (although plugins modelling analog gear might simulate it). So it's always safe and better to leave too much headroom initially than too little. Adjusting "up" at any point is easy, if required. As you said, just turn up your headphones/monitors to compensate. Get used to stuff sounding ridiculously quiet at first, it's fine.
@tacomundo 7 ай бұрын
Phew. Sometimes I feel like I’m going crazy. Thanks for saying that.
@jeffrey.a.hanson 6 ай бұрын
I’ve always tried to avoid this mistake, but then I listened to some older recordings where I didn’t know better and the clarity was incredible. All they needed was some mastering. The nuances in my vocal delivery were what surprised me the most. The little inflections that gave it character really stood out.
@pauldennehy8921 Жыл бұрын
Thanks Adam, this has been an eye opener and I'll be referring back to this video quite often. Great content/advice.
@geromeolona9088 2 жыл бұрын
This has been so so SO helpful. Thank you for the little tips along the way: the bit about lower frequencies needing addl decibels was mind blowing.
@RobertMurphy-wm3ge 2 жыл бұрын
Watched from start to finish. Excellent analysis and presentation. I have been one of those poor souls recording at those horrible levels and spending SO much time on the mix. I am now recording at -18 to -14 with distorted guitar and WOW!! I BARELY have to spend time mixing if I nail my recorded tone. Explanations and intelligence are becoming scarce. Thanks for being a beacon of LOGIC
@danblood666 3 жыл бұрын
This has been a real eye opener - speaking as a total amateur who has been mixing recordings by ear, but not really understanding why something sounds good when I accidentally do something well, and definitely not understanding why something I've done sounds terrible that time around. I'm really looking forward to experimenting with this and building a process into my work flow.
@genuinefreewilly5706 3 жыл бұрын
I hear you, its often hit or miss for me. Its a bit of wilderness as I am not composing rock music or metal. Experimenting is good and the journey that counts
@mickfretty8038 2 жыл бұрын
Excellent video my man, very well explained. It's always good to know the reasons behind the actions. Thank you so much for this 🙏
@Optomisma 3 жыл бұрын
Learnt a great deal here . My mix’s will change for the better now . Keep it up . Cheers 👍
@djones2087 3 жыл бұрын
Very helpful! I started recording with Reaper a few years ago and was unsure about gain levels, having previously worked in the analog realm (many years ago). I was definitely not using proper gain staging in the DAW at first. Your videos have been tremendously helpful to me as I learned, and continue to learn, to work with digital systems.
@brucelarcombe4679 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks. I think I already knew almost all of that ‘information’, but you have delivered a very useful ‘application’ of the subject, many thanks 🙏
@amplifiedemotions Жыл бұрын
Excellent video!! This is the only video that properly explains analog versus digital gain staging in my opinion. Completely blew my mind!! Needless to say I will be tracking differently from now on.
@knuckleheadsaloon Жыл бұрын
Your videos rock Adam ! I'm currently setting up my own little home studio here in Australia and I get so much from your content. It's direct, to the point and you explain everything quite clearly so that someone like myself who is new to recording can understand completely. I'm also very appreciative that you share tips, tricks and techniques that work in the real world. Rock On Man !!
@adamsteelproducer Жыл бұрын
Thanks Richard! Good luck with your recording journey :)
@Diogrus 3 жыл бұрын
Long but totally necessary subject on this video! That was awesome.
@diggsmahoney Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much man. Big fan/viewer. Keep pluggin bud!! lovin'it
@cdthompsonmusic 2 жыл бұрын
You are super helpful and I appreciate you sharing your knowledge of recording good music.
@stoatinstaunerbrewing6107 2 жыл бұрын
More fantastic content!! I’ve learnt, and continue to learn, so much from you. Thanks so much. You and Kenny G are my go-to Reaper guys (in that order)
@fivebyfivesound 2 жыл бұрын
I appreciate you explaining all this from the historical perspective, from past to present. Putting gain, decibels and levels in this context makes all the info less nebulous and seemingly arbitrary. Thank you!
@els1f 3 жыл бұрын
I really like the k system. Once you set the monitors up and set up the meters to match (at least you can in cubase, idk about others), it's really cool how you get used to what "loud" means. When recording at 24 bit and mixing in 32 bit floating point, we don't need to worry about recording hot anymore. And that's pretty damn cool. This was great man✌️
@StratsRUs 2 жыл бұрын
This is a truly great presentation/explanation.Thank You and well done !
@drutgat2 2 ай бұрын
Very well explained. Thanks Adam.
@99ayrton 11 ай бұрын
Amazing. This was a really great lesson. Thank you!🥁
@geroffmilan3328 3 жыл бұрын
I expect this to be a little harder to implement than it sounds - but it sounds like exactly what I need to look into next. Cheers for sharing!
@stevenspencer9104 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you. You know, now that we “know” so much these days, I think you just blessed me. I have at any given time, 40 to 50 channels coming from downstairs. Sometimes the combined levels become overwhelming. Sometimes we just don’t step back and look at the whole situation. We add compression and whatever onboard, then tons of VST’s in the DAW, then onto the livestreams or broadcast mix. Yes sir, no wonder we are walking a tight ‘’db” rope. Yes sir, bless you my brother. Preciate your time.
@onefleetingglimpse 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you Adam, it was interesting and very well explained :)
@robonguitarnz 3 жыл бұрын
Good talk Adam, lots of useful info
@javiertalavera8112 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharign & explaining in a wonderfull way, saludos ! keep safe!
@blue_mountains28 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for this, as a newbie 100% in the box I never really considered this.
@nathanbryers 3 жыл бұрын
Great video. You covered away more than your other KZfaq buddies 😉
@wastelandmetal 3 жыл бұрын
When in doubt, turn it up! If the meters aren't in the red you're doing it wrong is what we used to say when driving some consoles. But, these days with the unlimited headroom in the age of floating point DAW's the only time I really worry about levels is when A/D or D/A conversion is happening. Another time level is a consideration in my workflow is when driving some plugins as some have sweet spot for the level going in. That being said, I've found similar results when targeting levels as you describe in the video. Going above -14 or so on something other than drums is rare when I'm tracking in to the box. I suspect it's easy for some of us to forget the basics of gain-staging we learned so long ago and it might be confusing to people who have never had any experience with analog recording. Which I suspect is probably the majority of engineers these days. Great topic and explanation.
@cmd_f5 3 жыл бұрын
Right on. I used to record hot or in the case of digi tracks like ampsims and vst drums, get pretty loud then take care of clipping with a limiter. Yes it's loud, yes it's super bombastic and beefy, but also it's sort of tiring on my ears. So now I mix quietly and gently bring things up to where they should be.I'm no true engineer, just had to step back and use my ears. My mixes are still plenty loud, they smash when they should and breathe when I want them to. In short: Analog red ok. Digital clipping bad. And be aware of level stacking with multiple tracks. Good vid man.
@delbyedwards Жыл бұрын
Top lecture. 😂 Once again you make a fairly complicated subject less complicated. Thank you.
@albertorobinson7611 3 жыл бұрын
Highly appreciated, thanks 👌
@overdriveguitarchannel3403 3 жыл бұрын
Yup, Analog gear=you're not making good sounds unless you're bouncing in the red Digital Gear= Avoid "the red" at all costs
@eviloutionise 2 жыл бұрын
Love this video, it was like a cool audio history lesson. Love your take on things, so detailed and well explained. Would be so cool to get your take on more mainstream stuff. I come from a house and urban background. But the way you explain stuff would be great with mixing techniques, principles and plugins. Plus I think your followers would double.
@ismaelcortesjr9281 2 жыл бұрын
This was great. Thank you for the lesson
@philkimber8086 2 жыл бұрын
Great video,learnt something new which I can carry through to my own DAW recordings.
@fares_of_arabia Жыл бұрын
Thank you brother, great video
@Yahoomediaclub 2 жыл бұрын
Great knowledge and well explained 🏴⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
@deandar93 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the education really needed this
@itchcock1 2 жыл бұрын
A very important tutorial here, the temptation to overload the gain when you are sitting at a DAW is very often destructive. Your definitive description was most informative and this 66 year old life long pro muso was listening intently, and from now on will follow your principles, thankyou so much.
@STREETBEATstation 2 жыл бұрын
Total life changer! thank you
@RTCLR123 2 жыл бұрын
Good stuff, cheers mate!
@soulmas520 Жыл бұрын
Brilliant! Subbed.
@nunoandradebluesdrive 2 жыл бұрын
great content. thanks a lot!
@stealthyBLK 2 жыл бұрын
I didn't think I would but I actually understood more than I thought ,I think I get it now thank you
@mohanklein5502 2 жыл бұрын
awesome video dude! thanks!
@karmalord 2 жыл бұрын
Will look to employ this method on my next project, thanks!
@9mateo9 2 жыл бұрын
Great video! Thank you!
@andyfreeze4072 3 жыл бұрын
Well articulated video. I am one of those old fashioned white coat boffins, lol. Many times in a mix with reaper , what i hear is deceptive. Through my monitors it sounds ok but through the cans its a shocking fuzz fest. Reaper has great headroom and we sometimes dont quite understand what we are dealing with. Thats when we abuse the system, lol. Reaper for example has far far greater headroom than most of the gear i have. So its easy to do everything at high levels but screw up going in and coming out. I naturally go back and reduce levels all round and listen carefully.. Its not something i think about anymore, but its great when somebody can articulate whats actually happening. It all comes back to using your ears. What i find now is that my ears tell me when its too loud and i back off. The meters are just a guide/reference and i know from my electronics background , what the meter tells me isnt the whole story. But isnt it great that we dont have to sweat the SNR anymore. I find that even recordings made at less than ideal levels just dont have noise problems.
@tonygonzalez958 2 жыл бұрын
thank you the difference is amazing and simple
@Orin-D Жыл бұрын
Thank you for this really interesting video - I will check out all my old recordings, I'm curious what levels I'll find 🙂
@DJe1957 Жыл бұрын
Great stuff. Some "AHAA" moments when understanding why we did the recordings on tape the way we did :)
@amandasmith4413 2 жыл бұрын
I have to comment on this video. All these comments are saying you did a great job with this video so I was interested. The comments did not disappoint. You did a great job on this video my man.
@sierradeltamusic 2 жыл бұрын
Grab your self a coffee and watch this. It may not be the sexiest subject but super useful if you're like me and like to understand 'why' we do things rather than just following a 'do this' video. It explains the background and an example of how he applies it to real life. I know to record at a lower level than my old tape 4 track but I now know I wasn't low enough which is why I fight my master bus. Cheers.
@johngerardmusic7761 2 жыл бұрын
Excellent! That helped a lot.
@stulora3172 Жыл бұрын
Please, more of this type of content! thank you! :)
@genuinefreewilly5706 3 жыл бұрын
tnx Adam, I am still new to this. I am generally recording my own compositions, unless its some sort of foley art. I have an old triton I like playing and going for a thick orchestral sound with pads stacked in different ways, I digress. Ill do little experiments to see how low I can go then record a littler hotter and then some. For my particular style I rather get away with low recording levels -18 to -12 sometimes even slightly lower depends on the patches in the Triton. then I'll do test renders play back on different speakers. I am surprised at how often the rendered file comes out louder and I have no idea why. I equate that to some of the similar issues in the print industry like artifacts
@D_M_Wolfe 2 жыл бұрын
Certainly an eye opener. I'm with Dan Blood here. I've always done my mixes mainly based on my ears. I'd like to think that I am getting better but still, cannot wrap my head around why some things can still sound muddy and box sounding or not defined. I will definitely have to watch this again the next time I record. Tracking the drums is still the culprit to all of my mixes. Thanks Adam.
@rdsalva 11 ай бұрын
Amazing info here, both practical and historical. And I'll just add another thumbs up to recording at -18db. I even had trouble hearing the click over my guitars when recording and had to crank it up. It's so painful how obvious and natural this seems now. Also remember to lower your gain and consider dual tracking your rythm guitars boys and girls.
@ulfrohdin 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing this!
@JimCim Жыл бұрын
Well done, for something so complicated. I started listening to recordings in the 50's, and by the 60's got acclimated to a certain kind of sound. My friends and I call it, "Beatle F'd" and we are always trying to get that sound. Now I am trying to compose and record for the digital tools I am using, instead of like I am still stuck with tape.
@YerayIbarria 2 жыл бұрын
Very useful mate!
@nzlotrfan 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you this was super helpful
@artg7909 2 жыл бұрын
Communication is everything. Thanks.
@gentlemanner 2 жыл бұрын
Very nice and helpful video. Thanks for sharing! One question though: Does this apply to virtual instruments as well? Should I limit these source signals, too? From how I understood this, I'd say yes. Especially when I'm layering a lot of them, right? P.S.: loved to hear about the historic background of things
@rorycreates 2 жыл бұрын
Really useful video!
@DavidImrie 3 жыл бұрын
This is a great video. And possibly one of the most important topics. I don't record a lot and I'm trying desperately to remember the technique I found that worked well as a starting point for a noob. It was something like get your kick circa -18 on daw meter (which I don't think is true peak) fire up a vu meter plugin on the master bus, mute the kick and bring up the bass guitar until it hits the same level the kick was. Use this starting point as a ref for setting any other levels it should be about the right level to apply classic emulation plugins. Then try to not add any more than 3-4 dB of gain in one go with those plugins. If the final mix is quiet then boost it digitally at the end. Sound about right?
@RufusJacson Жыл бұрын
So, in summary, track to between -18 and -14 in the box. 😃 Thanks for the detailed breakdown this is really helpful stuff!
@adamsteelproducer Жыл бұрын
With your average RMS at that value! Not the peaks. That’s the important part
@klubstompers Жыл бұрын
I was always taught that volume and gain are 2 separate measurments. Sliders on each channel in a DAW/mixer board control the volume of the channel/stereo out/etc, not the gain. Gain staging is opening a VU meter, and setting the gain by increasing/decreasing for an average of 0, with a plug in for gain adjustment, or by increasing/decreasing the actual height of the wav file in the track. The tracks sliders for volume do not effect the VU meter's gain reading, only gain adjustments effect the VU meter, not volume.
@enduromusicproductions2351 Жыл бұрын
Excellent!
@roncoleman5007 3 жыл бұрын
Great video. I understand now about gain staging. Could you please differentiate between gain staging while tracking and normalizing while mixing?
@blackness8998 2 жыл бұрын
These videos are soooo helpfull,thanks a lot HOP POLE STUDIOS!!! Question: I would like to buy a lap-top that's strong enough to run Reaper,and that's also strong enough to have the interfaces etc connected to it. I wouldn't use it for anything else really. Any suggestions on what lap-top i should get? My knowledge on computers is rather poor...
@RETCHED-METAL 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Mate🤘🤘🤘
@ronday4210 Жыл бұрын
Excellent 👌🏽
@SebSto3D 2 жыл бұрын
What i always wonder is how this translates to tracking guitars into amp sims. For example a high output humbucker can easily go into the digital red even with the preamp gain on my interface (MOTU M4) all the way down. But i feed this signal into the input stage of a simulated overdrive pedal and guitar amp, so does the amp sim react properly to the level it is fed since a real pedal-amp combo would be driven equally hard by the guitar's output? The output of the amp sim i treat like it is described here.
@JesusArmasOficial 3 жыл бұрын
Such a great video. By the way, is that a Linus Tech Tips T-shirt? Been trying to figure it out the whole video too.
@pierre-claudemeriot6562 3 жыл бұрын
Hey Adam! Great video! Just a quick question, you say when needed you turn your speakers louder. Do you change that volume a lot? From tracking drums, to guitar, vocals, mixing...
@adamsteelproducer 3 жыл бұрын
Unlike a lot of engineers, my monitoring volume is not fixed. I’m careful not to run too loud, but I use it almost like a zoom function so I can turn it up for fine detail or down for the bigger picture
@MONTOYARECORDS420 8 ай бұрын
thanks my brother
@neilsherman3483 2 жыл бұрын
I tracked a theatre choir using my Zoom F8 once. 6 mic channels all nicely in the green, but I forgot to consider the loud backing track. It wasn't happy. Even though I wasn't using the master tracks I fear that slamming monitoring circuitry might do bad things to the mic pres.
@limbophonic1 3 жыл бұрын
thanks for a great explanation, but if we don't have analogue gear when tracking are there any plugins that we use to check the correct levels particularly using virtual instruments such as superior drummer 3 virtual gtr amps.
@limbophonic1 3 жыл бұрын
@@brian1346 I will give them a try, thanks
@benjamineisenhofer8174 2 жыл бұрын
Free education! Yay! Thank you!
@JimmyCooperAustralia 2 жыл бұрын
Another fantastic video. I expect the same principles apply when working with VSTs, no? Basically, I've spent the past few months rebuilding some MIDI files of a few of my favourite tracks (in FL Studio) so I can get my head around a bunch of VSTs I purchased (namely the Arturia V Collection and Roland Cloud). I've now made the switch the Reaper because it has better routing options (why did I not do this years ago?!), and I'm using the Waves SSL channel strips for EQ etc. I've built a bunch of instrument templates in Reaper (mostly drum machines thus far) just to get my head around the workflow. Now I want to refine the templates so they're basically all gain staged as soon as I load them. This seems to have proven simple enough for the drum machines, but when I start bringing the synths in, they appear naturally much louder than the drums. However, once I gain stage them to around -18dB (I've only tweaked the input level - no other processing), the drums sound quite level but the instruments sound considerably softer. Is there something I should be keeping in mind here?
@adamsteelproducer 2 жыл бұрын
VSTs do behave similarly, I think plug-in manufacturers are encouraged to have their soft synths be very loud to be immediately pleasing… Keep in mind -18 is only a rough RMS target, adjust accordingly and use it as a starting point, keeping in mind a lot of synths sounds unmixed have huge low end that makes the meters fly!
@melxofficial 2 жыл бұрын
Hi. I'm still a bit confused about gain staging. So, my DI guitar should be at -18 or -15 db. I'm using amp sims, when using amp sims should it also be at -18 or -15?
@paulricketts10 2 жыл бұрын
In DAWs, if you hit the 'red' on the master track during mixing, you can add a volume plugin to first position on the master FX chain to bring down the level and eliminate any digital distortion from having, say 30 odd multiple tracks.
@nicholasriley4729 2 жыл бұрын
Exactly! In 32bit float gain reduction completely fixes any distortion
@adamsteelproducer 2 жыл бұрын
This only works if every plugin you use up until the master bus has no “saturation” or other processing based on level, and has inherent headroom. Most of the time it’s not actually a valid argument, even though it’s technically true
@YAHZAY 2 жыл бұрын
Fabulous.
@aloiseberl8340 2 жыл бұрын
Bravo!
@jodyrichardson8691 2 жыл бұрын
I tried this and I've encountered several problems with gain staging. After bringing the initial gain of the track to 0DBVU, each effect on the FX chain alters the level, so I'm finding myself using the output gain on every compressor and subtractive and additive EQ throughout the FX chain just to bring the dBVU back to 0. Also, after just going through four of my tracks, (which individually have been set to 0dbVU), the combined output is 6.9dbVU, clipping is audible, and the stereo output is at 15.2dBFS. Should I lower the gain of all my tracks to -18dBFS instead of attempting to bring them to 0dBVU, and afterwards do I need to use gain on the effects to attempt to keep the gain at the same level?
@tonelab 3 жыл бұрын
So, back in my day... it was rare to distort tape... because you'd be aiming not to put your signal down too loud to avoid 'bleeding' onto the surrounding tracks 🤔👍
@DarkArachnid666 3 жыл бұрын
That's an interesting way to look at it. I guess the modern equuvalent would be the use of filters to prevent wayward frequencies from cluttering up the track.
@DaveJLamar Жыл бұрын
All I have to say is, thank you!
@bengkelmatic 2 жыл бұрын
I experienced trouble when setting the gain in the mixer without the PFL button and only two main LED meter indicator lights were available, namely 'Signal' and 'Peak' only. Whereas in the channel strip there is only a 'peak' lamp, which is related to the knob gain on the channel itself. Are there good instructions sir?
@homestudioculture 2 жыл бұрын
Great video, very informative! is that a lava lamp in the back?
@adamsteelproducer 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks! Yes, two lava lamps on the console, helps with the tone ☺️
@jo_boo 2 жыл бұрын
Our band played a show at a frat house some years ago and they had a "head-room" and let me tell you...the head-room was sweet
@poalotesta7743 3 жыл бұрын
Sorry for my learner question, so if I'm using strictly in the box synths for everything, you know bass, drums, lead synths and so on, is it dependent on the input volumes of each of them to avoid clipping when processing filters are added, eq, compression and the like? I mean do you still use -12 to -18 as your yardstick?
@adamsteelproducer 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah I’d still use that 12-18 as a good measure, partly because then any analog style plugins afterwards work properly, but also then you should find you can have a lot of tracks running and not distort the master output
@redcurrantrecords Жыл бұрын
Great video. In the red, probably meant they liked the sound of the soft clipping that analogue hardware produces. This would require a plug-in in the digital world, as it only has hard clipping, as you say digital clipping is awful.
@adamsteelproducer Жыл бұрын
Yes very much so!
@bizarrefruit 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video, it's been taking me a while to get used to this, you've helped a lot. I'm running a Mesa Mk.V through a Captor X into an Akai EIE pro interface, I'm quite happy with the results, but as you mentioned, if I make my average level sit around 0 on the interface VU meters, my low strings sometimes peak too hot, making the needle hit the top and flashing the 'clip' led briefly, so I tend to turn the interface gain down, the LED doesn't flash but my average is far below red. Is it better to never have those peaks going hot and have a quieter signal as I have been doing, or should I be trying to get my average near 0VU even if it peaks hot? With the Captor X I also have another control on the gain before it reaches the interface, so I could send a hotter signal from the Captor and lower interface gain. I'd really appreciate your thoughts, perhaps my VU meters are just cheap and I shouldn't trust them. Thanks again for all of your tutorials, they have been invaluable to me.
@adamsteelproducer 3 жыл бұрын
My advice is ignore the vu meters on those akai units entirely, they’re cheap gimmicks and not calibrated to anything at all (the interface is fine as far as I know but the meters not so much). Quieter is better, digital clipping never sounds good in a mix. You can always use a limiter on the final song mix if it doesn’t feel loud enough compared to commercial releases.
@bizarrefruit 3 жыл бұрын
@@adamsteelproducer Thank you so much mate, I wondered if they were basically just cosmetics, I'll give that a try. Cheers!
@katrijna6921 Жыл бұрын
I’m just starting again with writing and recording. Using a VERY basic software (Soundtrap) but I’m getting some ok results. I have a question- my volume is too low when exporting /converting to mp3 and mp4 in you tube. Should I be recording with max volume on the software master volume, and around 50% on PC?? Also - the software doesn’t seem to have a function for identifying what dVU each track is recording at…
@InsomniakDrums 2 жыл бұрын
If you happen to be recording DI from an electric guitar, and running through an amp sim plugin inside your DAW, should you aim for the DI track to be at the -18 or so db or should you aim for that after processing through the amp sim?
@ryanmondak1844 2 жыл бұрын
Both
@johnp82 Жыл бұрын
Can you use a VU Meter on your master track on the final mix before you master? If so, what should it peak at?
@GILLISH 2 жыл бұрын
so i am trying this out i see when i use the vu meter on each track and get it to 0 the track db is about -6 however i am gain staging a live snr and when i do before even touch anything the vu meter is at 0 but the track db is at 0 and sometimes goes over. if i gain control it to -6 then the vu meter will be way low so what should i do here?
@billbergin870 2 жыл бұрын
Great content - thank you. Also, really appreciate the math (+6 db when adding two identical tracks). Question, though: What if you are recording, say, just vocals & guitar - do you still suggest tracking at lower levels, or will peaking at -6 db be fine?
@adamsteelproducer 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks! Yes lower levels every time, you can always use a master limiter if it’s not loud enough after the mix stage
@billbergin870 2 жыл бұрын
@@adamsteelproducer Thank you! You are convincing me to switch over to Reaper from Logic - really appreciate you man!
@sammybrahma3200 11 ай бұрын
nope, adding two identical tracks add 3 db to the volume
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