xxmangoosexx
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So I have a few multitrack sessions in the digital domain, 44.1Khz, 24 bit.
I'll be mixing down to an analog r2r deck. I'm using -14dBFS as 0dBu. Or trying to anyway...I have to hit the deck with pretty hot levels so that hiss isn't too bad.
Once I have a nice mixdown on tape, I then need to digitize it again...how hot should I record? I don't want to clip my ADC, and I don't want to have the mix be so hot that a ME doesn't have room to work...but too low levels and I'm losing fidelity, no? Where should my peaks (for program material) be at?
I'll be mixing down to an analog r2r deck. I'm using -14dBFS as 0dBu. Or trying to anyway...I have to hit the deck with pretty hot levels so that hiss isn't too bad.
Once I have a nice mixdown on tape, I then need to digitize it again...how hot should I record? I don't want to clip my ADC, and I don't want to have the mix be so hot that a ME doesn't have room to work...but too low levels and I'm losing fidelity, no? Where should my peaks (for program material) be at?
