pntbllrspdr
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Newbie here. I have a small amount of experience with recording but I'm confused when it comes to volume levels. After researching some I found that I should record around -18dB to -12dB? This confused me some because when I record that low, it becomes quite hard to even hear it. I know (think) during the mixing I'm supposed to raise the volume, to what levels I don't know. I use Ableton Live and the volume slider only lets me go up 6dB so it would still be quite quiet. Perhaps this difference is made up with compression or something, hopefully you guys could enlighten me there haha. And I'm also not sure what the master level should be after I'm all done. I always assumed it should be very close to 0 but never go ever. Any would be greatly appreciated!