I have a few tracks I've finished which are just Vocals/Electric Gtr. On these particular tracks I leave the vocal at unity gain and mix the guitar from there.
I usually find that my track very rarely peaks on the master over -8dbfs, more like an average of -10. I'm then forced to use a tonne of input gain on my limiter to boost the volume (about 11 db) I've read a few threads and been told by some friends not to slam the input gain as this can be detrimental to audio. It takes about 7dbs of input gain before I actually get any gain reduction on these specific tracks
I've gain staged everything correctly with my absolute peaks not going over -6dbfs and an average level of -12.
should I track hotter? (since it's just two tracks) or should I just raise those faders and back off on my limiter. How many dbs of input gain is too much. The type of music is acoustic, buckley esque type stuff.
all help massively appreciated
I usually find that my track very rarely peaks on the master over -8dbfs, more like an average of -10. I'm then forced to use a tonne of input gain on my limiter to boost the volume (about 11 db) I've read a few threads and been told by some friends not to slam the input gain as this can be detrimental to audio. It takes about 7dbs of input gain before I actually get any gain reduction on these specific tracks
I've gain staged everything correctly with my absolute peaks not going over -6dbfs and an average level of -12.
should I track hotter? (since it's just two tracks) or should I just raise those faders and back off on my limiter. How many dbs of input gain is too much. The type of music is acoustic, buckley esque type stuff.
all help massively appreciated