Musicianaire
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Okay, after much reading and videoing all over the Web the past 2½ days, I've come to this conclusion about Gain Staging (which I'd never heard of until this year): Basically, just make sure nothing clips, while maintaining good headroom! (bold text added after Farview's reply because I neglected to mention it as a given )
Whatever method is necessary to accomplish that goal is personal preference, right? I've seen many ways of doing what pretty much comes down to my stated conclusion. I was starting to get mind boggled when I stopped and thought about it. It's only a matter of doing what I've been doing for live sound for 40 years: Set the Master to unity (-0dB), and adjust the levels of faders and perpiherals accordingly; just don't let anything clip.
Am I right, or have I still missed a point or two?
Even my past recording projects have worked around that principle: don't let stuff clip. I was even a bit wary of clipping with analog sound, though I knew I could get away with it.
Just wanted to get some confirmation - or correction - of my thoughts before going forward. I totally understand how to keep everything from recording too hot, and if that's what it boils down to, then I'm good to go.
Whatever method is necessary to accomplish that goal is personal preference, right? I've seen many ways of doing what pretty much comes down to my stated conclusion. I was starting to get mind boggled when I stopped and thought about it. It's only a matter of doing what I've been doing for live sound for 40 years: Set the Master to unity (-0dB), and adjust the levels of faders and perpiherals accordingly; just don't let anything clip.
Am I right, or have I still missed a point or two?
Even my past recording projects have worked around that principle: don't let stuff clip. I was even a bit wary of clipping with analog sound, though I knew I could get away with it.
Just wanted to get some confirmation - or correction - of my thoughts before going forward. I totally understand how to keep everything from recording too hot, and if that's what it boils down to, then I'm good to go.
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