A bit of a particular question, I don't know how else to have it answered directly.
When I take a Zoom mic recording of my band live in a room, it often gets loud to the point that the track will clip, but as its only a single track recording it never exceeds 0 decibels. I'm not worried about the clipping, it sounds fine and is just for demo recordings.
What I don't understand is when I try to mix it in Cubase, which I usually just do the slightest amount on. Even if I just cut the tinest amount off a frequency, the track starts to exceed 0 decibels, often by a good margin. Why is it that the track volume reading changes so drastically once I touch an EQ? Is it just something in the reading, or is the track actually getting louder? It doesn't sound louder, seems the same. Will it make a difference, like squash something further, if it goes up an extra decibel or two? Obviously if I was adding somewhere in mixing it makes perfect sense why it would raise the decibel reading. But I'm often just cutting 2 or 3 decibels at 2400hz(just to dampen the screeching resonant frequencies), using the narrowest Q. This makes me confused and unsure how to mix single mic tracks of a live recording.
I'd really appreciate anyone's input, I hope this isn't too confusing. Thanks!
When I take a Zoom mic recording of my band live in a room, it often gets loud to the point that the track will clip, but as its only a single track recording it never exceeds 0 decibels. I'm not worried about the clipping, it sounds fine and is just for demo recordings.
What I don't understand is when I try to mix it in Cubase, which I usually just do the slightest amount on. Even if I just cut the tinest amount off a frequency, the track starts to exceed 0 decibels, often by a good margin. Why is it that the track volume reading changes so drastically once I touch an EQ? Is it just something in the reading, or is the track actually getting louder? It doesn't sound louder, seems the same. Will it make a difference, like squash something further, if it goes up an extra decibel or two? Obviously if I was adding somewhere in mixing it makes perfect sense why it would raise the decibel reading. But I'm often just cutting 2 or 3 decibels at 2400hz(just to dampen the screeching resonant frequencies), using the narrowest Q. This makes me confused and unsure how to mix single mic tracks of a live recording.
I'd really appreciate anyone's input, I hope this isn't too confusing. Thanks!