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hello all
i've got a question thats been bothering me for some time.
i home record, but am pretty amatuerish. just doing things with not much theory backing.
i know that a mixing aim is to try and get your fader levels (the actual signal, and not the knob) as close to 0 db as possible. of course, considering that a high hat usually should be at a lower volume level than a vox track, for example.
but when i record a guitar track for example... i try and record at maximum gain before clipping. this means this particular tracks wave form is very full, almost box like, but of course, not clipping.
when this track is in the digital sequencer (i use kristal audio engine), the softwares mixer shows it peaking at like -(that infinity symbol) db, and the actual fader knob set at -21db. any louder, the guitar track will be too loud in the mix. and when i test out the fader knob, raising the db level to see where i begin to clip in this particular track... it clips at -6 db. but of course, the guitar is WAY too loud in the mix.
am i doing something wrong?
what is " head room"? does that have anything to do with what im doing?
ok, thanks for all the help.
bye
i've got a question thats been bothering me for some time.
i home record, but am pretty amatuerish. just doing things with not much theory backing.
i know that a mixing aim is to try and get your fader levels (the actual signal, and not the knob) as close to 0 db as possible. of course, considering that a high hat usually should be at a lower volume level than a vox track, for example.
but when i record a guitar track for example... i try and record at maximum gain before clipping. this means this particular tracks wave form is very full, almost box like, but of course, not clipping.
when this track is in the digital sequencer (i use kristal audio engine), the softwares mixer shows it peaking at like -(that infinity symbol) db, and the actual fader knob set at -21db. any louder, the guitar track will be too loud in the mix. and when i test out the fader knob, raising the db level to see where i begin to clip in this particular track... it clips at -6 db. but of course, the guitar is WAY too loud in the mix.
am i doing something wrong?
what is " head room"? does that have anything to do with what im doing?
ok, thanks for all the help.
bye