THX1136
Bonehead
I am working on some prerecorded tracks with the intention of transferring them to disc. To help some of the balance issues I put the compressor across the master fader. I arrived at a good point where I was pulling around 2 - 3 dB which improved the overall sound of the mix. I adjusted the makeup gain (about 2 dB) and things seemed to sound good. I wasn't much paying attention to what was happening visually; just listening. Part way through a listen I noticed that the master levels had peaked. I figured maybe it happened when I started or stopped playback at some point which I have had happen on rare occasions. Started playback again and part way through it got into the red. The compressor's output meter was not showing any overs with the peaks there falling around -2 to -1 dB below 0.
My question is why are the main fader levels peaking when the compressor's makeup gain meter is not showing the peaks? I am running an EQ after the compressor pulling 3 dB at 2700 and a boost of 2 dB at 130 with a Q of .78. It just occurred to me while I typed this that this could be the explanation. Thanks for any insight anyone can offer.
My question is why are the main fader levels peaking when the compressor's makeup gain meter is not showing the peaks? I am running an EQ after the compressor pulling 3 dB at 2700 and a boost of 2 dB at 130 with a Q of .78. It just occurred to me while I typed this that this could be the explanation. Thanks for any insight anyone can offer.